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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 ...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 ...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, ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...