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New device aids tumor diagnosis, prognosis
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- UCLA medical scientists say they have created a silicon chip with nano-sized features that can capture circulating tumor cells in a patient's bloodstream.
Cognitive dysfunction reversed in mouse model of Down syndrome
A study by neuroscientist William C. Mobley, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, and colleagues at Stanford University...
Common pain relief medication may encourage cancer growth
Although morphine has been the gold-standard treatment for postoperative and chronic cancer pain for two centuries, a growing body of evidence is showing that opiate-based painkillers can stimulate the growth...
New research helps explain why bird flu has not caused a pandemic
Bird flu viruses would have to make at least two simultaneous genetic mutations before they could be transmitted readily from human to human, according to research published today in PLoS...
New culprit for viral infections among elderly - an overactive immune response
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that exaggerated responses of the immune system explain why the elderly succumb to viral infections more readily than younger people. Published in...
Can EP4 agonist alleviate gastric lesions?
Over 300 million patients use non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in the world to treat pain, arthritis, fever and other diseases. Nearly 30% of the users suffer from gastric lesions and...
| Science and Health: Chemical May Help Down Syndrome Sufferers
Increasing the levels of a message-carrying chemical in the brain may help prevent some of the memory deficits in Down syndrome.
Saliva Proteins Change as Women Age
In a step toward using human saliva to tell whether those stiff joints, memory lapses, and other telltale signs of aging are normal or red flags for disease, scientists are...
Good news on multiple sclerosis and pregnancy
There is good news for women with multiple sclerosis (MS) who are pregnant or thinking about becoming pregnant. A new study shows that pregnant women with multiple sclerosis are only...
Toward explaining why hepatitis B hits men harder than women
Scientists in China are reporting discovery of unusual liver proteins, found only in males, that may help explain the long-standing mystery of why the hepatitis B virus (HBV) sexually discriminates...
Marathoners' hearts stressed, but not necessarily by heart attacks
Detailed imaging of runners’ hearts before and after races doesn’t find signatures of heart attacks
Avoiding panic in pandemics
Public health officials walking a tightrope between massive demand for vaccines and intense public scrutiny of side effects now have a new standard for evaluating the safety of their vaccination...
How Viruses Destroy Bacteria
Viruses are well known for attacking humans and animals, but some viruses instead attack bacteria. Researchers are exploring how hungry viruses, armed with transformer-like weapons, attack bacteria, which may aid...
Poor women 'bear climate burden'
Women in developing countries will be the most vulnerable to climate change, a report from the UN Population Fund warns.
Genome advances promise personalized medical treatment
A whirlwind of activity is under way to apply the findings of the $3 billion Human Genome Project to improve health care in the United States and around the world.
Inventor seeks next big thing in cancer fight
Robert Goldman is a geek's geek, a Silicon Valley inventor who likes to know exactly how things work.
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Tooth bleaching service prompts warning
A new tooth-whitening service in Winnipeg is prompting calls of buyer beware from the Manitoba Dental Association (MDA).
Latest findings released in review of Yorkton radiologist
An update of a review of a Yorkton, Sask., radiologist has found that about two per cent of roughly 40,000 examinations he performed had the potential to negatively affect the...
Don't add an ER visit to your holiday plans
(PhysOrg.com) -- UNC emergency physician Abhi Mehrotra, M.D., explains how you can avoid the most common injuries that land people in a hospital emergency department during the four-day Thanksgiving holiday...
Modern Turkey: Modern Miracle
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many of us will sit down with our families to a wonderful turkey dinner this Thanksgiving. But statistics increasingly show that Americans consider turkey a year-round staple.
BIDMC Neuroscientists Awarded Grants from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) neurologists Alvaro Pascual-Leone, MD, PhD, and Daniel Tarsy, MD, have been awarded grants totaling more than $1.5 million from the Michael J. Fox Foundation...
Detecting the Undetectable in Prostate Cancer Testing
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Northwestern University researchers, using an extremely sensitive nanotechnology-based tool known as the biobarcode system, has detected previously undetectable levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in patients...
Sir John Crofton obituary
Leading figure in respiratory medicine and the treatment of tuberculosisSir John Crofton, who has died aged 97, was a world leader in respiratory medicine for more than 60 years and was at the...
Researchers Try to Solve the Mystery of HIV Carriers Who Don't Contract AIDS
More than half a million people in the U.S. have died from HIV infection , and more than a million currently live with the virus, but a relative handful...
Scientists find molecular trigger that helps prevent aging and disease
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine set out to address a question that has been challenging scientists for years: How do dietary restriction -and the reverse, overconsumption -produce protective...
Treatment aids post-transplant
A new immunotherapy treatment has helped a bone marrow transplant patient beat a deadly infection, and may help others do the same.
Birth defects from prescription drugs avoidable
Serious birth defects that strike possibly hundreds of babies each year in Quebec could be avoided, according to a new study.