Genetic mutation linked to aortic dissection in the chest
Researchers at Umeå University in Sweden have discovered a genetic mutation that can cause dissection of the thoracic aorta, which is the body's main artery. The mutation leads to an impaired function...
View ArticleA muffin a day might just keep the doctor away
Baking meets science in a delicious University of Queensland health initiative that really takes the cake.
View ArticleHow cancer cells flood the lung
Lung cancer patients are particularly susceptible to malignant pleural effusion, when fluid collects in the space between the lungs and the chest wall. Researchers at the Helmholtz Zentrum München, in...
View ArticleMultiscale modeling reveals key events during early atherosclerotic plaque...
A new computational modeling technique could indicate when atherosclerotic plaques will likely undergo rapid growth, reports a study published this week in PLOS Computational Biology.
View ArticleTest for HDL cholesterol function could transform the way healthcare...
A groundbreaking study published today in AACC's Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine shows that a new test could improve diagnosis and treatment of heart disease by measuring how effectively a...
View ArticleASTRO issues guideline for use of stereotactic radiation in early-stage lung...
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) issued a new clinical guideline for the use of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in early-stage lung cancer today. While SBRT is the current...
View ArticleImaging of pelvis has limited value in hepatocellular cancer
(HealthDay)—For patients with a primary diagnosis of hepatocellular cancer (HCC), imaging of the pelvis rarely provides additional pathologic information, according to a study published online June 14...
View ArticleNew bladder cancer therapy to start clinical trials
An experimental treatment for bladder cancer will move into an early phase clinical trial under an agreement signed today (Monday) between Cancer Research UK and Cancer Research Technology (CRT), the...
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...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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...
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