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UK researchers developed oxygen-enhanced MRI to determine oxygen deprivation sites in tumors. Better imaging is estimated to help lead to more planned and effective cancer treatments such as radiotherapy.

New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 373, Issue 24, Page 2302-2303, December 2015.

Mexican health officials approved the world's first dengue vaccine manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur. Dengvaxia reduces hospitalization risks by 80 percent based on global clinical tests and also lowers the chances of devel...

Animal autopsy of beloved beluga whale showed the animal died of acute heart failure. Maris was born in November 2005 and spent the last 10 years at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta.

A pesticide used prior to the early 1980s and found in milk at that time may be associated with signs of Parkinson's disease in the brain, according to a study published in the December 9, 2015, online issue of Neurology...

The association between survival and the time to surgery and chemotherapy for patients with breast cancer is examined in two original investigations published by JAMA Oncology, along with a related editorial and an audio...

A study of a million UK women, published today in The Lancet, has shown that happiness itself has no direct effect on mortality, and that the widespread but mistaken belief that unhappiness and stress directly cause ill ...

Among patients with early-stage breast cancer, those who received breast- conserving surgery plus radiation therapy had improved overall survival after 10 years compared with those who received mastectomy without radiati...

Teens from middle class families were found to drink alcohol more regularly than those belonging to the most deprived class. Affluent families think exposing their children to occasional drinking can help curb future dri...

The Affordable Care Act may have its drawback for individuals who are without health insurance: in 2016, the Obamacare penalty for being uninsured will increase to about 47 percent. Experts said this may drive uninsured ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Alexion drug Kanuma in treatment for a rare genetic disease known as lysosomal acid lipase deficiency (LAL-D). The FDA's approval marks the first ever enzyme replacement...

The FDA just approved a revolutionary syringe that could save a lot of lives, as it can plug bullet wounds in less than half a minute. Previously approved only for military use, the new FDA certification now clears the X...

Korean researchers found taurine-like EPPS chemical dissolved amyloid buildup in mice brains engineered to mimic Alzheimer's symptoms. Non-toxic and water soluble, the EPPS chemical can break down amyloid clusters that c...

Researchers say nanobubbles of cancer drugs can be 'popped' directly inside tumors using ultrasound in an effort to combat cancer of the liver. The finding offers the possibility of new treatment for the approximately 35...

A new study presented during the latest American Epilepsy Society meeting has found that a previously unknown waveform occurs in the brain of individuals whenever they use smartphones. Experts believe this discovery coul...

An extensive study of 1,500 patients showed both counselling and anti-depressants have an overall 45 percent improvement in treating depression. Health experts suggest both options should be offered to patients with the ...

(Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) A new $1.5 million grant to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia from Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation supports an innovative approach to treating relapsed or refractory neuroblas...

(University of Copenhagen The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences) The birth rate is declining in all industrialized countries, and socioeconomic factors and women's age are not solely to blame. Male reproductive heal...

(RAND Corporation) With the increase in students seeking mental health treatment, RAND researchers predict an additional 329 students will receive a college degree for each year the investment is made. Graduating from co...

(D'Or Institute for Research and Education) Brazilian researchers from D'Or Institute for Research and Education, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Federal University of Bahia have demonstrated in laboratory that ...

(IOS Press) A new epidemiologic study showed that patients with early stage dementia, who had been referred to a specialist, have twice the risk of institutionalization compared to those who are not, according to a resea...

(Wolters Kluwer Health) Patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest have low survival rates -- but why do some hospitals achieve higher survival than others? Higher nurse staffing levels and better working conditions may be...