Medical News

Highlights Two-thirds of the children with kidney disease were classified as vitamin D deficient. Children with kidney disease who took vitamin D supplements had vitamin D levels that were 2 times higher than those who d...

Viagra not only improves sex life by treating erectile dysfunction, but also boosts the flow of blood and helps prevent heart failure. A new study found that the 'little blue pill' can help prevent heart attacks among ma...

The 'condom of the future' is here and Charlie Sheen is endorsing it. Will the innovative LELO HEX condom be a game changer in sexual health and help prevent HIV?

Breastfeeding is good for babies but not when taken in conjunction with antibiotics. Prescribing antibiotics to infants reduces the health benefits they can get from their mother's milk, which carries lifelong consequenc...

Gene therapy is all the rage among researchers in several fields of medicine, and the BBC America sci-fi TV hit Orphan Black has made sure to get its own piece of the action. As with reproductive cloning and other biotec...

Many scientists are concerned about the effects of C-section and antibiotic treatments to the gut microbiome of newborn infants. Now, two new studies reveal how both could affect your baby.

A new compression collar designed specifically to protect athletes from head-to-head collision has been found to be effective in reducing devastating impact. The wearable collar is a 'game-changer' in helping athletes.

WHO reversed its 1991 warning that coffee is a possible carcinogen. Drinking the beverage and other hot liquids at very high temperature, however, may still cause cancer of the esophagus.

The FDA has warned Whole Foods regarding several instances of food safety violations that inspectors found in the company's Massachusetts facility. Violations include failing to sanitize food preparation surfaces and pla...

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) Women with premenstrual symptoms including mood swings, weight gain/bloating, and abdominal cramps/back pain have elevated levels of C-reactive protein, a biomarker of in...

(Florida State University) A new study by a Florida State University researcher shows that both a lack of stimulation in the workplace and a dirty working environment can have a long-term cognitive effect on employees.

(University of California - Davis) People with diabetes often suffer from wounds that are slow to heal and can lead to ulcers, gangrene and amputation. New research from an international group led UC Davis shows that, in...

(University of Kent) Research from the University of Kent has demonstrated for the first time that mental fatigue can have a negative impact on football performance by reducing running, passing, and shooting ability.

(Ruhr-University Bochum) As a person ages, perception declines, accompanied by augmented brain activity. Learning and training may ameliorate age-related degradation of perception, but age-related brain changes cannot be...

(JCI Journals) In this issue of JCI Insight, Abhimanyu Garg and colleagues at UT Southwestern Medical Center identify a genetic mutation that caused atypical lipodystrophy in a single family.

(University of Alabama at Birmingham) Metabolism-based therapies such as the ketogenic diet have the potential to become a valuable adjunct to standard cancer treatment.

(American Society for Radiation Oncology) Three leaders in radiation oncology, including clinicians and researchers from Duke University, Massachusetts General Hospital and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, have been named re...

(Springer) The Arnold Berliner Award 2016 goes to Juan Scheun of the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa. He receives the award for his research article on the effects of urbanization on the African lesser bushba...

(Bentham Science Publishers) This review provides an overview of current therapeutic targets of miRNA-associated chemoresistance in EOC and illustrates the therapeutic potential and molecular mechanisms by which miRNAs i...

(Thomas Jefferson University) A natural molecule shows benefit in a preliminary clinical trial for Parkinson's Disease.

(University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences) Rocky S. Tuan, Ph.D., has received a research grant from the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space to continue his work on a 3-D microphysiological syste...

(Buck Institute for Research on Aging) A small trial of 10 patients using a personalized systems approach to memory disorders shows an unprecedented reversal of memory loss in those diagnosed with early stage Alzheimers....