Medical News
New receptor genes turn T-cells into powerful liver cancer foes
EurekAlert! - 3 Apr 2018 06:00
(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) Mouse genes that make human T cells powerful at fighting liver cancer could one day help patients do the same, scientists report.Georgia Cancer Center scientists exposed...
Synthetic Marijuana Situation In Illinois Kills 2, Number Of Cases Still Growing
Tech Times - 3 Apr 2018 15:59
Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed that the death toll in Illinois linked to fake marijuana use climbs to two. The unexplained outbreak now listed 56 cases of severe bleeding, along with other pressing sympto...
Babies Given Antibiotics And Antacids Are More Likely To Develop Allergies
Tech Times - 3 Apr 2018 06:00
A new study discovered that babies who are given antibiotics and antacids are more likely to develop allergies as they grow up. The results of the research provide evidence on the the importance and delicate balance of t...
Legalizing Marijuana May Help Alleviate Rise Of Opioid Epidemic
Tech Times - 3 Apr 2018 22:22
Two new studies find that legalizing marijuana may help offset the amount of opioid prescriptions. Opioid deaths are ravaging through the every state in the U.S.
Ionizing Radiation Found To Soften Tumor Cell Microenvironment
Medical Design Technology - 3 Apr 2018 21:56
News Nearly half of all cancer patients receive radiation therapy to curb the growth of malignant cells. A team of researchers from Vanderbilt University aims to unlock how irradiation might alter the mechanical properti...
Safe Kickbacks Inflate Costs, Cause Drug Shortages, Reports the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)
Medical Design Technology - 3 Apr 2018 21:45
News Drugs and medical devices may cost ten times as much in the U.S. as in other advanced countries, and the most basic essential drugs are increasingly scarce, reports the Association of American Physicians and Surgeon...
Yeast Engineered To Manufacture Complex Medicine
Medical Design Technology - 3 Apr 2018 19:00
News Stanford University bioengineers have figured out a way to make noscapine, a non-narcotic cough suppressant that occurs naturally in opium poppies, in brewer's yeast.The researchers inserted 25 foreign genes into th...
Photo of the Day: Flare-Responsive Hydrogel Developed To Treat Arthritis
Medical Design Technology - 3 Apr 2018 18:51
News investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital have found that flares may also represent an important opportunity for improving treatment options for patients. In experiments carried out in the lab, BWH bioengineers ...
Monitor Detects Dangerously Low White Blood Cell Levels
Medical Design Technology - 3 Apr 2018 17:55
News One of the major side effects of chemotherapy is a sharp drop in white blood cells, which leaves patients vulnerable to dangerous infections. MIT researchers have now developed a portable device that could be used t...
Sugar-Coated Nanosheets Developed To Selectively Target Pathogens
Medical Design Technology - 3 Apr 2018 17:02
News Scientists have developed a process for creating ultrathin, self-assembling sheets of synthetic materials that can function like designer flypaper in selectively binding with viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens. ...
Slow, Steady Waves Keep Brain Humming
Medical Design Technology - 3 Apr 2018 16:31
Article Very slow brain waves, long considered an artifact of brain scanning techniques, may be more important than anyone had realized. Researchers have found that very slow waves are directly linked to state of conscio...
Breast Cancer Info On U.S. Department of Health And Human Services Website Disappears Without Warning
Tech Times - 3 Apr 2018 15:13
Without warning and explanation, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services removed crucial information about breast cancer from its website in December 2017. The reason? It wasn't used that much and wasn't mobile-...
Dozens Of Tourists In Washington D.C Hospitalized For Possible Food Poisoning
Tech Times - 3 Apr 2018 14:09
51 tourists were brought to the hospital after showing symptoms of norovirus. Some started to feel sick in New York but sought medical attention after checking in to their hotel in Washington D.C.
California On The Brink Of War Against EPA's Nationwide Emission Rules
Tech Times - 3 Apr 2018 13:29
EPA challenged California to adhere to its new emission rules and discard its 10-year stricter implementation on greenhouse gases. EPA chief Scott Pruitt said the government wants to make cars and fuel more affordable to...
Medical marijuana gets wary welcome from older adults, poll shows
EurekAlert! - 3 Apr 2018 06:00
(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) Few older adults use medical marijuana, a new national poll finds, but the majority support its use if a doctor recommends it, and might talk to their own doctor about it if t...
Mayo Clinic coordinates effort to expand medical research, care for Lewy body dementia
EurekAlert! - 3 Apr 2018 06:00
(Mayo Clinic) Lewy body dementia is the second most common type of progressive dementia after Alzheimer's disease, but it is underdiagnosed, says Bradley Boeve, M.D., a Mayo Clinic neurologist. A new program among resear...
Genetic test may improve post-stent treatment, outcome
EurekAlert! - 3 Apr 2018 06:00
(American Heart Association) A test for specific genetic mutations successfully informed blood-thinner treatment selection following stent placement to open clogged blood vessels, leading to significantly fewer complicat...
Mathematical modeling offers new way to understand variable responses to targeted therapy
EurekAlert! - 3 Apr 2018 06:00
(H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute) Moffitt Cancer Center researchers are using a unique approach by combining typical cell culture studies with mathematical modeling to determine how heterogeneity within...
Partner's finances impact well-being, even in young love
EurekAlert! - 3 Apr 2018 06:00
(University of Arizona) How a young adult's boyfriend or girlfriend manages money may have an impact on the young adult's overall well-being and life outcomes, according to a new study led by the University of Arizona.
Parkinson and binge eating: A new study investigates the reason why
EurekAlert! - 3 Apr 2018 06:00
(Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati) The results of a new study show that 'binge eating,' which affects some Parkinson patients, would be associated to an impairment of a cognitive function called 'working...
Long-term caffeine worsens symptoms associated with Alzheimer's disease
EurekAlert! - 3 Apr 2018 06:00
(Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) A study coordinated by the Institute of Neuroscience of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and in collaboration with the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden provides evidence that a lo...
Peer influence, better HIV counseling could encourage boys in Africa to be circumcised
EurekAlert! - 3 Apr 2018 06:00
(Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) With research showing that male circumcision reduces the odds of getting HIV through heterosexual sex by 60 percent, more boys and young men -- primarily those...