Newly discovered gene may protect against heart disease
Scientists have identified a gene that may play a protective role in preventing heart disease. Their research revealed that the gene, called MeXis, acts within key cells inside clogged arteries to help...
View ArticleRe-introducing an 'old' antibiotic may help fight multi-drug resistant bacteria
A new study indicates that the drug fosfomycin may be effective for treating multidrug-resistant bacterial infections. In most European countries, the oral formulation is only approved as a 3 gram...
View ArticleDo western societies promote narcissism?
Universitätsmedizin Berlin report that people who grew up in the former western states of Germany have higher levels of narcissism than those whose socialization took place in the former eastern...
View ArticleCan muesli help against arthritis?
It is well known that healthy eating increases a general sense of wellbeing. Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have now discovered that a fibre-rich diet can have a...
View ArticleNew antifungal provides hope in fight against superbugs
Microscopic yeast have been wreaking havoc in hospitals around the world—creeping into catheters, ventilator tubes, and IV lines—and causing deadly invasive infection. One culprit species, Candida...
View ArticleApple investors press for parental controls on iPhones
(HealthDay)—Parents aren't the only ones worried about their kids' smartphone habits. Some big Apple investors want the iPhone developer to make it easier for Mom and Dad to manage their children's...
View ArticlePharmaceutical stirs outrage over price hike for brain tumor drug
A little known pharmaceutical company in Florida has found itself in the eye of a storm following disclosures it raised the price of an old drug used to fight brain tumors by 1,400 percent, from $50 a...
View ArticleBone marrow transplant stem cells can 'swim' upstream
When a cancer patient receives a bone marrow transplant, time is of the essence. Healthy stem cells, which can restart the production of blood cells and immune system components after a patient's own...
View ArticleRevealing snapshots: Advanced imaging uncovers how the brain responds to...
Pericytes, a little-understood type of cell on the brain's blood vessels, grow into the empty space left when neighboring pericytes die, report researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina...
View ArticleCritical toxic species behind Parkinson's disease is glimpsed at work for the...
Researchers have glimpsed how the toxic protein clusters that are associated with Parkinson's Disease disrupt the membranes of healthy brain cells, creating defects in the cell walls and eventually...
View ArticleBacterial Fats, not dietary ones, may deserve the blame for heart disease
Heart disease and fatty clogs in the arteries go hand in hand. But new evidence suggests the fatty molecules might come not only from what you eat, but from the bacteria in your mouth, report UConn...
View ArticleSingaporeans with appetite for destruction get 'rage room' relief
Bad day at the office? In high-pressured Singapore there is now a solution—a "rage room" that lets stressed-out people take a baseball bat to items ranging from glass bottles to televisions.
View ArticleResearcher develops device to secure chest tubes without sutures
Medical practitioners may be able to secure chest tubes to their patients more quickly and with greater reliability by using a device developed by Dr. Samer Abu-Sultaneh, assistant professor of...
View ArticleFinding a natural defense against clogged arteries
In type 2 diabetes, chronic inflammation drives cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death among people with the condition. Researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center now have identified an...
View ArticleNew treatment significantly improved bladder activity after spinal cord injury
Researchers have shown that compared to placebo, a drug treatment intended to prevent remodeling of the bladder wall and given within 48 hours after spinal cord injury (SCI) in dogs was associated with...
View ArticleNew tool may allow doctors to 'see' bacterial infection in the body
UC San Francisco scientists have developed an imaging tool that could soon allow doctors to locate and visualize bacterial infections in the body and to rule out other common causes of inflammation,...
View ArticleThe lining of our intestines uses an approach known to business to quickly...
Every time we swallow food, cells that line the intestines must step up their activity in a sudden and dramatic manner. According to a new study by Weizmann Institute of Science researchers, reported...
View ArticleSurgeons study 'awake aneurysm surgery' for better outcomes
In a first time study published in the August edition of the Journal of Neurosurgery, Saint Louis University surgeons and researchers report that the use of conscious sedation - also called "awake...
View ArticleStudy finds monocytes replenish the bone marrow's supply of...
Infection-fighting immune cells known as monocytes consist of two distinct subpopulations in the bone marrow, an A*STAR investigation has found. One of these acts as a reservoir for the other in order...
View ArticleMylan, like other generic drugmakers, feels the pricing pain
Mylan's second-quarter profit and revenue surged, but not as much as Wall Street had expected and the company is taking a more conservative view going forward because of "ongoing challenges and the...
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