Medical News

(Impact Journals LLC) "Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) are heterogeneous tumors that arise in the upper respiratory tract and are the 6th most common cancer worldwide by incidence."

(Impact Journals LLC) Upon treating mice systemically with doxorubicin, which induces widespread cellular senescence in vivo, variant 2 increased to a larger extent than variant 1

(University of Virginia Health System) The findings dash hopes that antimicrobials would benefit patients with life-threatening idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The trial, however, will still benefit the battle against the...

(Cornell University) All fish are not created equal, at least when it comes to nutritional benefits. This truth has important implications for how declining fish biodiversity can affect human nutrition, according to a co...

(University of Alberta) Zebrafish exposed to the leading cannabinoids found in cannabis in the earliest stages of development suffer a significant drop in neural activity later in life, according to a University of Alber...

(The Endocrine Society) The Endocrine Society appointed two new Editors-in-Chief of its prestigious journals. Ashley Grossman M.D., F.R.C.P., of Barts and the London School of Medicine in London, U.K., has been named the...

(Florida Atlantic University) Almost three-quarters of emerging infectious diseases are spread between animals and people. COVID-19 is the latest and most impactful zoonotic event of the modern era. Researchers offer thr...

(Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care) High-risk medical devices: §137h assessments restarted in Germany with 7 new invasive procedures Target destruction of brain tissue with focused ultrasound can offer...

(University of Pennsylvania) Researchers from Penn and CHOP detail the mechanism by which HIV infection blocks the maturation process of brain cells that produce myelin, a fatty substance that insulates neurons.

(Concordia University) Researchers at Concordia's Pediatric Public Health Psychology Lab (PPHP) found that the sleep quality of the surprisingly high number of children who share a bed with their pets is indistinguishabl...

(La Jolla Institute for Immunology) The National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health has granted over $4.2 million to launch the Cancer Epitope Database and Analysis Resource (CEDAR), led by La Jo...

(University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) When pigs get hit with significant illnesses during key stages of pregnancy, their immune response may negatively affect developing pi...

(NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) A new study supported by the National Institutes of Health aims to improve gestational diabetes screening and diagnosis by better understanding blood...

(University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry) A new study by University of Alberta researchers sheds light on why many COVID-19 patients, even those not in hospital, are suffering from hypoxia--a potentially da...

(Impact Journals LLC) "Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths across the globe with more than 1.7 million deaths annually."

(University of Bristol) A new global review has found that receiving Opioid Agonist Therapy (OAT) is associated with lower risk of multiple causes of death among people with opioid dependence.

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) A new survey looks at the changes prompted by the pandemic at many centers that provide ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) for severe depression and other conditions.

(University of Rochester) A new study by a team of University of Rochester psychologists and other researchers in the Collaborative Initiative on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (CIFASD) finds that partners of mothers-t...

(NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine) One-quarter of people who take the drug methotrexate for common immune system disorders -- from rheumatoid arthritis to multiple sclerosis -- mount a weaker immune r...

(Oregon Health & Science University) People of color are more than twice as likely to die after a traumatic brain injury as white people, according to a new retrospective review from Oregon Health & Science University. T...

(The Endocrine Society) A new study finds people who consume two servings of fruit per day have 36% lower odds of developing type 2 diabetes than those who consume less than half a serving. The research was published in ...

(NYU Tandon School of Engineering) A new campaign under The 100 Questions Initiative, led by The GovLab at NYU Tandon aims to engage the wisdom of the crowd to identify the 10 most important questions that need to be ans...