Medical News

A new study by a multidisciplinary team of researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Hadassah Medical Center shows that eating vegetables and fruits grown in soils irrigated with reclaimed wastewater expose...

Pancreatic cancer is on track to become the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths by 2020. These statistics are due, in part, to pancreatic cancer's resistance to most targeted cancer therapies. Working with panc...

Hepatitis C may increase the risk for certain types of head and neck cancers, researchers say. Sadly, more than 3.5 million Americans are infected with this virus and are unaware of the same.

Canadian health officials issued a food recall warning due to possible contamination with the Hepatitis A virus. Though thedisease is mild, it could cause debilitating symptoms and progress into acute liver failure.

Long-term intake of a common drug used to treat heartburn, acid reflux, and ulcers may lead to an increased risk of kidney disease and kidney failure, new study has found.

More teens in the United States are using e-cigs but the rate of tobacco use stayed the same in the last four years, a CDC report says. Health officials say it is too early to say whether e-cig use would lead to fewer pe...

Folic acid is an important vitamin for pregnant women. The FDA has approved to add folic acid to corn masa flour to prevent neural birth defects particularly among Hispanic and Latino babies.

The chemicals we dump into the sea are coming back to us in the fish we eat, potentially disrupting our body's defense against toxin, a new study revealed. Experts say policymakers must think about the possible risks.

Children as young as age 3 can already be given fertility and sex education, according to British experts who believe reproductive health can be taught early on through YouTube, social media and other digital platforms.

(Umea University) Researchers from Umeå University in Sweden have discovered that the single-celled parasite causing African sleeping sickness has a defense mechanism against potential pharmaceuticals under development ...

(University of Stirling) University of Stirling scientists have discovered that wild bumblebees are born with the ability to remove pollen from nectarless flowers using high-frequency vibrations. The study, published in ...

(Journal of Clinical Investigation) In this month's issue of the JCI, research led by Matthew Levine at the University of Pennsylvania linked female resilience to renal ischemia with protective effects of estrogen.

(University of California - San Diego) Study suggests that the same neural mechanism that interrupts body movement also interrupts cognition. The findings may give insights into Parkinson's disease. The brain circuitry i...

(Rockefeller University Press) Researchers at the Baylor Institute for Immunology Research have discovered that the neutrophils of systemic lupus erythematosus patients release oxidized DNA from their mitochondria that c...

(American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery) The American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery and its Foundation are pleased to announce that its clinical data registry, Regent, has been appr...

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) New clinical trial results show that transplantation of pancreatic islets -- cell clusters that contain insulin-producing cells -- prevents severe, potentially ...

(Oregon State University) A recent study has identified specific intake levels of xanthohumol, a natural flavonoid found in hops, that significantly improved some of the underlying markers of metabolic syndrome in labora...

(Northwestern Memorial HealthCare) Northwestern Medicine researchers are co-investigators in a breakthrough clinical trial that found transplanted human islets prevent hypoglycemic events and provide excellent glycemic c...

(Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine) The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine announced today that the Senate Health Education Labor & Pensions Committee has approved bill S. 2745 by voice vote, a bill intended to promot...

(Uppsala University) Using unique demographic records on 140,600 reproducing individuals from the Utah Population Database, a research team led from Uppsala University has come to the conclusion that lowered birth rates ...

(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) Scientists may have discovered a significant new diagnostic marker for liver cancer, according to a paper published in the April 18 online issue of Nature Cell Biology.

(Baylor University) Nearly nine of 10 Americans have relied upon healing prayer at some point, praying for others even more than for themselves, according to a Baylor University study. 'The most surprising finding is tha...