Medicine NewsA future sensor may take away a patient’s breath while simultaneously determining whether the patient has breast cancer, lung cancer, diabetes or asthma. A University of Missouri researcher is developing a device that will analyze breath or urine samples for volatile markers inside the body that indicate disease. These volatile markers, such as alkanes, acetones [...]
Professorship, investigator, career development grants provided to three School of Medicine faculty members Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences has been awarded an unrestricted grant along with three individual awards that could total up to $1 million by the Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) Foundation.
AP – Severe depression may silently break a seemingly healthy woman’s heart. Doctors have long known that depression is common after a heart attack or stroke, and worsens those people’s outcomes. Monday, Columbia University researchers reported new evidence that depression can lead to heart disease in the first place.
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AP – Striking new research shows dying blacks and Hispanics have much steeper treatment costs than whites, sobering evidence that racial health-care differences continue right up until death.
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AP – Think your doctor knows which drug or surgery or even diagnostic test works best? Think again. Half the time, there’s little if any good evidence comparing one to another. And one of medicine’s little secrets is that brand-new drugs don’t have to work any better than cheap old ones to be [...]
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