Medical News

An amendment was denied that could have allowed VA doctors to discuss medical marijuana with the veterans to treat medical conditions like PTSD. More than 20 states have already legalized cannabis for medical purposes.

Fructose and glucose are both sugars, they're both prevalent in our diets and they both contain the same amount of calories. But one sugar makes you crave junk food more than the other. When compared to glucose, consumin...

Ebola may now also be classified as a sexually transmitted disease after a woman gets infected after having unprotected sex, joining a number of dangerous infections plaguing the world.

Could taking drugs for reducing cholesterol also reduce the risk of dying from lung cancer? A new observational study points toward the possibility.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the number of Lyme disease cases in the country has increased in the past few years, with Pennsylvania being the most affected by the illness. Experts beli...

The H5N2 bird flu virus origin has not been discovered yet by scientists and experts. Experts are puzzled how are they continuously spreading despite biosecurity measures. The chicken and turkey population have greatly b...

A genetic link between prodigy and ASD children has been discovered by scientists that could lead to new autism treatments. A child prodigy has been identified as an individual recognized either nationally or internation...

Known dangers of a sedentary lifestyle can be alleviated with as little as 2 minutes of walking in each hour of sitting, study suggests. Even such light activity can "confer a survival benefit," researchers say.

Retinal problems have always led to vision loss, but researchers are now saying gene therapy can prevent such, used as a means of treating Leber congenital amaurosis.

(American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy) The May issue of GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, features a meta-ana...

(Kansas State University) Kansas State University kinesiology research offers encouraging information for cancer patients: A brisk walk or a slow jog on a regular basis may be the key to improved cancer treatments.

(Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center) A new study shows how pharmacies might collaborate with physicians and families to reduce asthma-related illness. The Cincinnati Children's study found that pharmacies in n...

(Rockefeller University) Research begun at Rockefeller University has uncovered a purpose for a rare type of histone: preventing mutations by keeping certain so-called 'jumping genes' in place. This discovery reveals a b...

(Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry) Various repair mechanisms help our cells to revert continuous damage to their DNA. If they fail, mutations accumulate that can lead to devastating diseases. DNA repair defects under...

(University of Washington) Researchers at the University of Washington's Friday Harbor Laboratories are looking at how the biomechanics of clingfish could be helpful in designing devices and instruments to be used in sur...

(Society of Nuclear Medicine) A recent study reported in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine compared use of the novel Ga-68-PSMA-ligand PET/CT with other imaging methods and found that it had substantially higher detection ...

(Case Western Reserve University) Studies have long associated low-income areas with poor oral health. But dental researchers at Case Western Reserve University and University of Washington sensed that other factors rela...

(St. Jude Children's Research Hospital) St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have developed a significantly better computer tool for finding genetic alterations that play an important role in many cancers but...

(Washington University School of Medicine) Researchers have uncovered a unique connection between diabetes and Alzheimer's disease, providing further evidence that a disease that robs people of their memories may be affe...

(Wiley) In a 4-year study of 178 pre- and 329 postmenopausal women, investigators found that women's sexual functioning was moderately stable over time. The main predictors of changes in sexual functioning and satisfacti...

(Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs) The John T. and Jane A. Wiederhold Foundation grants $130K to the Alliance for Contraception in Cats & Dogs to advance an immunocontraceptive vaccine to offer long-term ferti...

(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Exosomes could help with longstanding medical issues from cancer diagnosis to sophisticated research tool. Now, they could potentially help with delivering potent antioxidant...