Medical News

The FDA has approved a new implant device that can help alleviate symptoms of Parkinson's disease. This new treatment is said to aid patients who cannot be relieved by drug therapy alone.

(American Association for Cancer Research) The presence of certain human papillomavirus (HPV)-16 antibodies in the blood was associated with improved rates of survival among patients with HPV-related oropharyngeal carcin...

Clinicians are challenged every day to make difficult decisions regarding patients' suicide risk. Using Veterans Health Administration (VHA) health system electronic medical record data, Veterans Affairs (VA) and Nationa...

A new study conducted by the Scripps Research Institute suggests that sleeping can help improve the ability of the brain to retain memory. It suppresses the activity of certain nerve cells that cause forgetfulness in peo...

Seventy-eight-year-old James Harrison from Australia has been donating his blood for the past 60 years. His blood has been used by doctors in his country to produce an antibody shot that prevents the potentially fatal ef...

Classes resume in South Korea after suspension of operations due to MERS outbreak. On the same day, five new cases were identified.

Italian neurosurgeon makes a speech about his planned head transplant surgery. American neurosurgeons expressed varied reactions.

One-hundred-year-old Pauline Spagnola of Pennsylvania credits the longevity of her health and life to drinking alcoholic beverages.

Aspirin could be the next big thing in treating cancer. The drug traditionally used for treating fever and pain was shown to stop the growth of breast tumors and prevent them from coming back.

Poison control centers receive an increasing number of calls related to use of synthetic marijuana, also known as Spice. Related calls received between January and May 2015 jumped by 229 percent compared with the same pe...

Barely three weeks after it re-opened on May 13, Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams has halted production in its Ohio plant owing to Listeria. The ice cream maker has also closed its scoop shops a second time round due to the Li...

(University of Florida) Aging can cause many changes to the body, including obesity and a loss of lean mass. Now, a group of University of Florida Health researchers has discovered that an existing drug reduces body fat ...

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A review of clinical studies that used terpenoids to treat a variety of dermatological diseases demonstrated that this diverse class of phytochemicals may benefit patient...

(Wiley) A new global review reveals that elder abuse -- which includes psychological, physical, and sexual abuse; neglect; and financial exploitation -- is common among community-dwelling older adults and is especially p...

(Scripps Research Institute) Chemists at The Scripps Research Institute have invented the first practical, scalable method for synthesizing jiadifenolide, a plant-derived molecule that may have powerful brain-protecting ...

(Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center) Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has received $20 million to study the effects of muscadine grape extract on prostate and breast cancers. The gift by a donor who wishes to remain an...

(American Association for Cancer Research) Breast cancer patients with high levels of the protein activin-like receptor kinase (ALK1) in the blood vessels of their tumors were more likely to develop metastatic disease. T...

(University of Delaware) University of Delaware researchers have discovered a soil microbe that mobilizes an 'iron shield' to block the uptake of toxic arsenic in rice. The UD finding gives hope that a natural, low-cost ...

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) More than one-third of African-American lesbian or bisexual women reported a negative experience with a heath-care provider and many of those women did not seek medical c...

(Loyola University Health System) The percentage of adults beginning kidney dialysis who lived in zip codes with high poverty rates increased from 27.4 percent during the 1995-2004 time period to 34 percent in 2005-2010.

(Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University) One mouse with weak bones appears to have a strong metabolism, even on a high-fat diet, scientists report.

(Penn State) Zinc plays an important role in a woman's ability to successfully breastfeed her child, according to health researchers.