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Mental Activities May Protect Aging Brain
Aging Brain Mayo Clinic researchers have found that engaging in mentally stimulating activities, even late in life, may protect against new-onset mild cognitive impairment, which is the intermediate stage between normal cognitive aging and dementia. The study found that cognitively normal...
Over 100 New Blood Pressure Genes Could Provide Targets for Treating Hypertension
Scientists have found 107 new gene regions associated with high blood pressure, potentially enabling doctors to identify at-risk patients and target treatments. (Blood Pressure Genes) The study, led by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and Imperial College London, suggests that...
Analysis: US Deaths from Diabetes Significantly Underestimated
US Deaths from Diabetes The proportion of deaths attributable to diabetes in the U.S. is as high as 12 percent – three times higher than estimates based on death certificates suggest, according to a new analysis led by a Boston University...
New Hope for Children With Brain Tumors
children brain tumors Precision medicine — in which diagnosis and treatments are keyed to the genetic susceptibilities of individual cancers — can play a major role in treating children with brain tumors, suggests a study by investigators at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer...
Study Reveals Why Cancer Cells Spread within the Body
Cancer Cells Spread Each day, more than 1,600 people die from cancer in the U.S., and 450 in the U.K., mostly because the cancer cells spread beyond a stage when surgery is an effective cure and has become resistant to therapy....
Millions of People with Metabolic Syndrome May Need More Vitamin E
Metabolic Syndrome New research has shown that people with metabolic syndrome need significantly more vitamin E – which could be a serious public health concern, in light of the millions of people who have this condition that’s often related to obesity....
Faster Drug & Medical Device Approvals Under 21st Century Cures Act Raises Patient Safety Concerns
President Obama signed a bill that will provide US$6 billion in federal funding for basic medical research on Dec. 13. Called the 21st Century Cures Act, it also introduces changes to how the Food and Drug Administration approves drugs and medical devices, creating...
Culture etched on our DNA more than previously known, research suggests
medicine research “We study whites a lot, and then we try to generalize that to Sri Lankans, blacks, Asians, and other racial groups. That’s not just socially unjust, it’s bad science and bad medicine,” Dr. Burchard said.” Common ancestry, common culture,...
Researchers Find Genetic Fingerprint Identifying How, When Prostate Cancer Spreads
Canadian prostate cancer researchers have discovered the genetic fingerprint, a molecular diagnostic tool, that explains why up to 30 per cent of men with potentially curable localized prostate cancer develop aggressive disease that spreads following radiotherapy or surgery. The findings, published...
Cells Dripped Into The Brain Help Man Fight Deadly Cancer
A man with deadly brain cancer that had spread to his spine saw his tumors shrink and, for a time, completely vanish after a novel treatment to help his immune system attack his disease – another first in this promising field....
Final Test Results Confirm Ebola Vaccine Highly Effective
Final test results confirm an experimental Ebola vaccine is highly effective, a major milestone that could help prevent the spread of outbreaks like the one that killed thousands in West Africa. Scientists have struggled to develop an Ebola vaccine over the...
Cancer Immunotherapies to Witness Extraordinary Growth by 2022
The market size for cancer immunotherapies is expected to grow more than fourfold from $16.9 billion in 2015 to $75.8 billion by 2022, representing a rapid compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 23.9%, according to business intelligence provider GBI Research. The...