By Johns Hopkins Medicine
Researchers have identified a new way to predict which heart failure patients are likely to see their condition get worse and which ones have a better prognosis. Their study is one of the first to show that energy metabolism within the heart, measured usi
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By American Association for Cancer Research
Re-examination of data from four large studies of the benefits and harms of mammography screening shows that the benefits are more consistent across these studies than previously understood, and that all the studies indicate a substantial reduction in bre
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By University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
One drug attacks tumor cells directly, the other treats the immune system by taking the brakes off T cell response. Together, they put half of the patients with relapsed follicular lymphoma into complete remission in a phase II clinical trial.
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By National Cancer Institute (NCI) at NIH
Findings from two clinical trials evaluating the use of genetically modified immune system T cells as cancer therapy have been released and results shared.
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By University of Maryland
The more leave time from work that a woman takes after giving birth, the lower her risk of experiencing postpartum depression, according to a study. The research concludes that the current 12 week leave duration provided by the Family and Medical Leave Ac
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By Orlando Health
For patients at risk for sudden cardiac arrest, a new defibrillator is like the standby ambulance and medical team they need when their hearts abruptly stop. Treatment within minutes is the critical difference between life and death. Now a Florida hospita
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By University of Pennsylvania
There is an optimal amount of strain that a beating heart can generate and still beat at its usual rate, once per second. Researchers have now shown that this "sweet spot" depends on the stiffness of the collagen framework that the heart's cells
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By Wiley
A new analysis has found no evidence that children aged six to 11 years seeking a deceased donor lung transplant are disadvantaged in the current US lung allocation system. The findings help inform ongoing discussions regarding potential changes to the na
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By CNRS
Researchers have discovered an efficient and easy-to-use method for bonding together gels and biological tissues. Medical researchers have succeeded in obtaining very strong adhesion between two gels by spreading on their surface a solution containing nan
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By American Association for Cancer Research
Omission of radiotherapy is a reasonable option for women age 65 or older who receive hormone therapy after breast-conserving surgery for hormone receptor-positive, axillary node-negative breast cancer, according to results of the PRIME 2 trial.
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By Harvard University
Though it has been embraced by everyone from advocates for arts education to parents hoping to encourage their kids to stick with piano lessons, two new studies show no effect of music training on the cognitive abilities of young children.
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By European Lung Foundation
A new guideline has provided an updated definition of severe asthma along with new recommendations for treating the condition.
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By Fox Chase Cancer Center
A study done shows that many relatives of patients who undergo testing for a gene linked to breast and ovarian cancers misinterpret the results, and less than half of those who could benefit from genetic testing say they plan to get tested themselves -- d
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By Cell Press
Inhibiting the formation of new blood vessels is a common strategy for treating a range of conditions such as cancer, inflammatory diseases, and age-related macular degeneration. Unfortunately, drug inefficiency, resistance, and relapse have limited the s
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By Queen Mary, University of London
Taking the breast cancer drug anastrozole for five years reduced the chances of post-menopausal women at high risk of breast cancer developing the disease by 53 percent compared with women who took a placebo, according to a study published.
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By Duke Medicine
A protein in Salmonella inactivates mast cells -- critical players in the body’s fight against bacteria and other pathogens -- rendering them unable to protect against bacterial spread in the body, according to researchers.
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By Johns Hopkins Medicine
Cell biologists have identified a unique class of breast cancer cells that lead the process of invasion into surrounding tissues. Because invasion is the first step in the deadly process of cancer metastasis, the researchers say they may have found a weak
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By Johns Hopkins Medicine
Researchers say that a drug approved to treat lung cancer substantially shrank tumors in mice that were caused by a rare form of bone cancer called chordoma.
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By Stanford University
A biology student spent the past few summers developing an experiment for observing the brain's cellular response to a concussion. The never-before-seen action could one day lead to therapies that mitigate brain damage following mild traumatic brain injur
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By Taylor & Francis
The artificial sweetener sucralose is a biologically active compound according to an extensive review.
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