Medical News

(Georgia State University) Georgia State University biologists have received a $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the effect of diabetes on cardiovascular disease.

(Cleveland Clinic) Broader geographic sharing of pediatric donor lungs could result in twice as many lung transplants for young patients in the US, according to a study published today in the American Journal of Transpla...

Digital board game helps older adults with memory loss in tasks needed for successful independent living, researchers say. The kind of memory that weakens with age can be improved with Virtual Week computer game.

Ryan White was a teenager who was diagnosed with AIDS back in the 1980s. Now, his HIV/AIDS Program under the U.S. Health and Human Services has been awarded $2.2 billion in funds to enhance disease management.

Children-directed TV ads lure children with toy items. Findings showed high exposure to youth-targeted ads increase family visits to major fast food chains.

A study found a shorter, uninterrupted sleep is better than a longer, fitful snooze time. To wake up feeling refreshed, people need to hit slow-wave sleep where the body and mind calm down.

(University of Virginia Health System) Researchers have taken a new approach to understanding why so many breast cancer patients in Appalachia aren't getting the care they need, and their findings are set to change how p...

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) One in five pediatricians dismiss families who refuse to vaccinate their children, according to findings published today in the journal Pediatrics and based on research by...

(Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) A new discovery published in the Nov. 2015 issue of The FASEB Journal shows that cancer cells use previously unknown channels to communicate with one another an...

(Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso) A common heart drug may stop the progression of angiosarcoma, a cancer of the inner lining of blood vessels, according to a study by researchers at Texas Tech Univer...

(Dartmouth College) A new Dartmouth study sheds light on brain cells in our 'inner GPS,' which may improve understanding of memory loss and wandering behavior in people with Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseas...

(March of Dimes Foundation) Dr. Jennifer L. Howse, president of the March of Dimes, presented the 2015 March of Dimes Agnes Higgins award to Christine Olson, Ph.D., R.D., of Cornell University during the American Public ...

(Duke University) A pair of studies in the latest special issue of Health Affairs finds support for policy efforts underway in several countries to mandate healthier school meals, limit sales of super-sized sugar-sweeten...

(O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law) Lawrence Gostin, JD, LLD (h.c.), Faculty Director of the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown Law, was honored today for his 'Lifetime ...

(University of Cincinnati) The study finds similarities to how the gay community was stigmatized during the AIDS crisis in the '80s.

(Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine ) The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine has launched its first scholarly medical journal designed to bring attention on medical issues and cond...

(Salk Institute) By testing over 4,000 genes in human tumors, a Salk team uncovered an enzyme responsible for suppressing a common and deadly lung cancer.

(Simon Fraser University) Researchers at Simon Fraser University and the BC Cancer Agency have developed a groundbreaking method to identify and separate stem cells that reside in the tonsils. Their research, which sheds...

(University of Alberta) Looking for more and better sex? If you're a man, you might consider doing the dishes once in a while. A new study out of the University of Alberta reveals that couples enjoyed more frequent and s...

(University of Cincinnati) Study finds that African-American girls show more empathy and are more accepting of overweight peers who can be victims of bullying.

(Oregon State University) A recent study suggests that obese people with metabolic syndrome face an unexpected quandary when it comes to vitamin E -- they need more than normal levels of the vitamin because their weight ...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing) Penn Nursing will host the Philadelphia launch of a major, new report, 'Women and Health: The Key for Sustainable Development,' issued by the Commission on Women and Health....