Medical News

(Mayo Clinic) Researchers at Mayo Clinic's campus in Jacksonville say they have identified first steps in the origin of pancreatic cancer and that their findings suggest preventive strategies to explore.

A five-year-old girl, Laylah Peterson, was shot dead in her grandparents' home on Thursday evening. Laylah's heart will be donated to save the life of another child.

Consumers can now compare the prices and features of health insurance plans using the healthcare.gov website even before the start of the open enrollment period on Nov. 15.

A mother revives after having no pulse for 45 minutes after a routine cesarean delivery went wrong. Doctors were about to pronounce her dead when her heart started beating again.

The CDC is not taking chances in case there would be an increase of Ebola cases in the U.S. The agency has ordered nearly $3 million worth of protective gears to be used by healthcare workers.

(American College of Chest Physicians) A number of medical societies, including ATS and CHEST, recommend lung cancer screening in high-risk patients.

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists numerous potential alternative sources of HIV transmission in addition to the known classical modes for acquiring the...

(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) Regulation of a single, specific gene in a brain region related to drug addiction and depression is sufficient to reduce drug and stress responses, according to...

(Myriad Genetics, Inc.) Crescendo Bioscience, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Myriad Genetics, will present new data on Vectra DA at the 2014 American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting, Nov. 15-19, 2014, in Boston, Mas...

(Georgia State University) Three faculty members in the College of Education's Department of Counseling and Psychological Services have been awarded a five-year, $750,000 grant from the US Department of Education's Rehab...

(Indiana University) A new climate change modeling tool developed by scientists at Indiana University, Princeton University and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration finds that carbon dioxide removal ...

(Stanford University Medical Center) The child-mortality gap has narrowed between the poorest and wealthiest households in a majority of more than 50 developing countries, a new study from the Stanford University School ...

(International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer) Pretreatment interstitial lung disease is a significant risk factor for developing symptomatic and severe radiation pneumonitis in stage I non-small cell lung canc...

(The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth) Dartmouth researchers say lung cancer screening in the National Lung Screening Trial meets a commonly accepted standard for cost effectiveness as reported in the Nov. 6 issue ...

(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) For his myriad clinical, organizational and scientific accomplishments in the field of gynecologic oncology and the health and well-being of women, David M. Gershenson, ...

(Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University) A gene known to play a major role in constricting blood vessels also appears to be a major player in the aberrant blood vessel growth that can destroy the vision...

(University of Gothenburg) A new study at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, confirms that moderate alcohol consumption can protect against coronary heart disease. But only for the 15 percent of the populatio...

(University of Bristol) Scientists believe a new treatment, shown to be effective in mice, could halt the growth of tumours in patients with prostate cancer.

(University of Michigan) A mother knows best -- and the amount of education she attains can predict her children's success in reading and math. In fact, that success is greater if she had her child later in life, accordi...

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) To understand their risk for hereditary forms of cancer, such as breast and colon cancer, women need to know their family history. The design and effectiveness of a 20-mi...

(KU Leuven) A new drug combination for rheumatoid arthritis treats the disease just as well as other intensive treatment strategies but with less medication and fewer side effects at a significantly lower cost. Doctoral ...

(Elsevier Health Sciences) Public health researchers seeking to determine an individual's risk of developing cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, or stroke have previously relied on national US data, such as t...