Waist-stature ratio can indicate the risk of cardiovascular disease even in healthy men
Physically active men who are not overweight but who have a relatively high waist-stature ratio are more likely to develop ...
Tag: Medicine/Health
Mechanism explains breast cancer cell plasticity
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine One of the main obstacles to successfully treating breast cancer is the cells' ability to ...
Blocking pro-fibrosis pathway may improve immunotherapy of metastatic breast cancer
Drug approved for lymphoma and multiple myeloma may reduce fibrosis and immunosuppression A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team has ...
UIC gets $12M to continue largest study of Latinos
The University of Illinois at Chicago has received a $12 million contract from the National Institutes of Health to continue ...
Johns Hopkins faculty data highlight how gender disparities in salary add up over a lifetime
When women medical school faculty make a few percent less per year than men, that means many tens of thousands ...
Stand Up To Cancer dream team tackles t-cell lymphoma, focused on CAR-based strategies
Credit: Stand Up To Cancer SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Jan. 28, 2019 - Stand Up To Cancer announced here today ...
Bad brakes
Researchers identify faulty 'brake' that interferes with heart muscle's ability to contract and relax Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most ...
Myocarditis: Overshooting the mark
Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have shown that a protein called midkine, a member of the class of signaling ...
GW cancer researchers investigate nanoimmunotherapies for cancer
Rohan Fernandes, PhD, is leading a team in investigating the efficacy of a nanoimmunotherapy ensemble in treating cancer WASHINGTON (Jan. ...
ERC consolidator grant for Pol Besenius for his development of synthetic vaccines
SUPRAVACC project is based on a modular concept using individual molecular building blocks for the preparation of fully synthetic vaccinesCredit: ...
Drug compound could be next-generation treatment for aggressive form of leukemia
Compounds show promise in treating acute myeloid leukemiaCredit: (Purdue Research Foundation image/Hope Sale) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers have been ...
Trial using donated eye tissue offers stem cell surgery hope
People with sight problems could benefit from a surgical trial advance that has been shown to help restore the surface ...
What you eat could impact your brain and memory
Credit: Iowa State University News Service AMES, Iowa - You may be familiar with the saying, "You are what you ...
Not all saturated fats are equal when it comes to heart health
New research in the International Journal of Cardiology confirms the cardiovascular risk of diets rich in saturated fats found in ...
Finding second hits to knock out leukemia
Credit: Ella Marushchenko (Vienna, 28 January 2019) Many new anti-cancer drugs inhibit proteins that are essential for the proliferation of ...
Multichannel bioreactor for lung regeneration analysis
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 28, 2019-New strides are being made toward the ex vivo ...
New stage in the development of corrective mechanisms for ischemia and neurodegenerative diseases
Lobachevsky University researchers have opened up new prospects for creating a fundamental platform for developing an effective way to correct ...
Alzheimer's Association funds two-year extension of the sprint mind study
SPRINT MIND 2.0 Will clarify the role of intensive blood pressure lowering in reducing dementia risk The Alzheimer's Association has ...
Bad cholesterol: 'Slim down' fat-carrying particles to reduce its spread
The enzyme that 'loads up' fat-carrying particles in the liver before they are transported around the body has been identified ...
How to create health care centaurs, half doctors and half managers
Organizational support, more than professionals' attitude, is the fundamental element for the success of the process of managerialization of hospital ...