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Neuroscientists have long believed that scar tissue formed by glial cells -- the cells that surround neurons in the central nervous system -- impedes damaged nerve cells from regrowing after a brain or spinal cord injury...

Middle-aged black women have higher levels of a protein in their blood associated with a predictor of heart disease than their white counterparts, even after other factors, such as obesity, are taken into consideration, ...

A woman from New York decided to delay her brain cancer treatment to prioritize the well-being of the child in her womb. She is hopeful that she will beat glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive type of brain cancer...

Being obese has long been established as a major health risk. Those with prostate cancer, however, will have to be more mindful of their weight as being obese has been found to promote the progression and spread of the d...

Drug loans or health care loans (HCL) are proposed to provide patients with payment terms for expensive Hepatitis C and cancer drugs. HCL was presented to an MIT conference, with insurance companies in attendance.

There is something new in a Campbell soup can, and it is not a new flavor. The company has decided to shift to BPA-free cans by 2017.

They scrub in according to a strict protocol. All instruments are sterile, the patient is put to sleep, and an incision is cut and held open with retractors. Moving into the abdominal cavity, surgeons clamp bleeding arte...

With 100,000 doctors in its network, HealthTap is stronger than ever before. Leading the virtual care movement, it aims to make healthcare personal again by tapping into conveniences and improvements offered by technolog...

New Zealand now has the highest invasive melanoma rates in the world. The Kiwis have overtaken Australians, a study has found. Unfortunately, the skin cancer rates in New Zealand are expected to get worse.

PITTSBURGH. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Normal pressure hydrocephalus or NPH is a condition that many of us have never heard of, but it can cause a person to lose the ability to walk and talk normally. And because the symptoms...

Deborah Gentile, M.D., Director of Research, Division of Allergy at the Asthma & Immunology Allegheny Health Network, talks about a new cutting edge way to treat allergies without needing a shot.

(Burness Communications) The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund) announced today that it's investing US$1,383,785 in a pair of innovative malaria eradication tools -- a vaccine that could block transmiss...

(Sanford-Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute) Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) have identified a protein complex, mTORC1, that is required for conversion of 'bad' white fat t...

(The Gerontological Society of America) Economic conditions have caused older Americans to see significant increases in financial inequality over the past three decades, according to the results of a study published onli...

(Columbia University Medical Center) In a multicenter, randomized clinical trial, ex-prisoners who received six monthly injections of naltrexone -- a long-acting medication that blocks opioid receptors in the brain -- we...

(McGill University) For each additional month of paid maternity leave offered in low- and middle-income countries, infant mortality is reduced by 13 percent, according to a new study by researchers from McGill University...

(Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center) According to doctors at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, medications and treatments long considered safe to treat pregnant women with migraines may not be.

(SAGE) Every year, tens of millions of individuals across Europe undergo endoscopic procedures to assist with the diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal diseases. However, significant variation in current endoscopy...

(American Chemical Society) Psychedelic compounds have had a colorful past. Although initially investigated for medical uses, they were banned after cultural and political times changed in the 1960s and 1970s. Now, the c...

(Van Andel Research Institute) Two recently discovered compounds have shown promise in preclinical studies for treating Ewing sarcoma, a rare cancer that predominantly affects children and adolescents.

(NORC at the University of Chicago) New research reveals that nine laws designed to reduce underage drinking have been instrumental in saving more than 1,100 lives each year in the states that have adopted them, and that...

(Entomological Society of America) An article in the open-access Journal of Integrated Pest Management explains the biology of white grubs, also known as masked chafers, and discusses options for managing them.