Medical News

Scientists discover new protein that is involved in cancer, inflammation in lung tissue

Scientists from The University of Manchester - part of the Manchester Cancer Research Centre (MCRC) - have discovered a new…

10 years ago

Link found between pollutants and certain metabolic complications of obesity

A team of researchers at the IRCM in Montr-al led by R-mi Rabasa-Lhoret, in collaboration with J-r-me Ruzzin from the…

10 years ago

Chemo and radiation can kill more cancer cells and spare healthy ones, suggests Rutgers research

What if there were a way to make chemotherapy and radiation more effective as cancer treatments than they are today,…

10 years ago

Penn researchers identify possible new way to fight rare blood disorder

A University of Pennsylvania research team has defined a possible new way to fight a disease that is currently treatable…

10 years ago

Medicare Part D cost-saving plan draws opposition on several fronts

Among other things, the proposal would limit the types of antidepressants -- and other kinds of drugs -- that are…

10 years ago

Study identifies promising target for new drugs to treat lethal form of brain cancer

A molecule in cells that shuts down the expression of genes might be a promising target for new drugs designed…

10 years ago

Study provides novel insight into the impact of genes on Huntington's disease

A study led by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine provides novel insight into the impact that genes may…

10 years ago

Killing Pain: Parsing Pain Script by Script

(MedPage Today) -- Thirty million prescriptions for narcotic painkillers were written nationwide in 2013 by non-doctors, according to data obtained…

10 years ago

Co-Ops Report Early Enrollment Successes

(MedPage Today) -- The Affordable Care Act's nonprofit co-op health plans, which see themselves as the rebel alliance battling established…

10 years ago

A Targeted Treatment for Scleroderma?

(MedPage Today) -- A monoclonal antibody that binds to the type 1 interferon-alpha receptor showed an acceptable safety profile in…

10 years ago