Medical News

Scientists interviewed a 'Guevedoce' male in a remote Dominican Republic village where one in 90 babies turn from female to male during puberty.

(Georgetown University Medical Center) A new animal study shows that traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects the body as well as the brain and that treatment with hypertension drugs blocks the production of proteins related...

(Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin) Researchers at Charité -- Universitätsmedizin Berlin have developed a biophysical treatment method that allows up to 50 percent more toxins to be removed from the blood of dialy...

California cheese manufacturer Karoun Dairies Inc. recalled products following a food positioning outbreak that left one dead and 23 others sick.

A report made by the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy revealed that India and other developing countries are becoming a hotbed for antibiotic resistant bacteria.

Health and wildlife officials are looking into what could be causing crows to drop like flies in the Spokane area. So far there are two contenders: Corvid retrovirus and West Nile Virus.

(Edelman Public Relations) Sprout Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced today that health-care prescribers and pharmacies can now complete training to become certified to prescribe or dispense the medication through the Addyi R...

(Mayo Clinic) In this age of the 24-hour news cycle, instant access to all information everywhere, PubMed, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and hundreds of other ways to glean and share knowledge beyond the traditional stack ...

(Wiley) For decades, experts have been studying potential links between childhood epilepsy and various behavioral and psychiatric conditions and some have hypothesized that that they are part of a larger spectrum of brai...

(Wiley) In a new study of older adults, having multiple chronic conditions was linked with an increased risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia.

(Dana-Farber Cancer Institute) Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute will test if aspirin helps women with breast cancer avoid recurrence and live longer.

(European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer) EORTC and PharmaMar announced today the opening of a Phase II trial (EORTC 1320 trial) with YONDELIS® (trabectedin) in patients with recurrent high grade meni...

(University of Eastern Finland) Caregiving for an Alzheimer's patient is especially burdensome for spousal and family caregivers who at the time of their near and dear one's Alzheimer's diagnosis suffer from depressive s...

(Wiley) Mutualism, when two species both benefit from their relationship with each other, is important for the survival of many organisms. There is ongoing debate regarding the importance of cheating in such relationship...

(Queen's University) Using eye-tracking glasses, Queen's University professor Adam Szulewski (Emergency Medicine) has developed a new method to determine how novice medical students learn compared to more experienced med...

(Mayo Clinic) How is individualized medicine working? Let us count the ways.

(Elsevier) Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announces that Heliyon, its new open-access journal publishing research across all disciplines, has to...

(Wiley) More than 28,000 nurses in the UK can prescribe the same medicines as doctors provided that it is in their level of experience and competence. A new study looks at whether there is added value of having nurse pre...

(American Chemical Society) We rely on them every day to keep the stink away. But have you ever wondered how those deodorants and antiperspirants we roll, spray or rub under our arms work? Turns out, you can thank chemis...

(University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry) In a landmark study, University of Alberta researchers examined pancreatic islet cells from 99 human organ donors and identified a new molecular pathway that manage...

(University of Michigan Health System) One in 5 parents say students who post online rumors about sex should be referred to police.

(Kennedy Krieger Institute) Kennedy Krieger Institute issued a statement on the recommendation to add X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy to the United States newborn Recommended Uniform Screening Panel.