Medicine NewsIn a one-two punch, a familiar diabetes drug reduced tumors faster and prolonged remission in mice longer than chemotherapy alone, apparently by targeting cancer stem cells, report Harvard Medical School researchers in the Sept. 14 advance online Cancer Research. “We have found a compound selective for cancer stem cells,” said senior author [...]
Presenting a united front in the war on obesity, diabetes and other nutrition-related disorders, seven of America’s leading public health and economics experts are urging passage of taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB).
Male circumcision among heterosexual men in low male circumcision, high HIV prevalence settings is beneficial and cost effective, says a new article in the open access journal PLoS Medicine. Male circumcision should be considered as [...]
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AP – When the coughing stops is probably a better sign of when a swine flu patient is no longer contagious, experts said after seeing new research that suggests the virus can still spread many days after a fever goes away.
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AP – When the coughing stops is probably a better sign of when a swine flu patient is no longer contagious, experts said after seeing new research that suggests the virus can still spread many days after a fever goes away.
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AP – Flu season’s in full swing two months early this year and nearly all the cases are the new swine flu strain that so far is targeting mostly children and younger adults.
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AP – Flu season’s in full swing two months early this year and nearly all the cases are the new swine flu strain that so far is targeting mostly children and younger adults.
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AP – Even in the “oldest old,” a little physical activity goes a long way, extending life by at least a few years for people in their mid- to late 80s, Israeli researchers found.
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AP – Even in the “oldest old,” a little physical activity goes a long way, extending life by at least a few years for people in their mid- to late 80s, Israeli researchers found.
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Siemens Healthcare and SurgiVision, Inc. today announced an agreement for the co-development and commercialization of a real-time magnetic resonance image (MRI)-guided cardiac electrophysiology (EP) system. The two companies are collaborating with the University of Utah to bring to the clinic a fully integrated, ground-breaking EP MRI system that promises to improve conventional catheter-based cardiac procedures.
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