Prices of Cancer Drugs Too Expensive for Patients, Doctors Say
• Cancer • • Drug News • Apr 26 13
Cancer medicines that cost more than $100,000 a year aren’t morally justifiable and may keep patients from getting life-saving treatments, a group of more…
Roundworm quells obesity and related metabolic disorders
• Obesity • Apr 25 13
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, have shown in a mouse model that infection with nematodes (also known as roundworms)…
Teen years may be critical in later stroke risk
• Stroke • Apr 25 13
The teenage years may be a key period of vulnerability related to living in the “stroke belt” when it comes to future stroke risk,…
Research finds targeted screening for hepatitis C is cost-effective
• Infections • Apr 25 13
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have found that targeted screening for populations with a higher estimated prevalence for hepatitis C may be cost-effective.
…New studies prove lethal link between alcohol, weight
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 25 13
Research announced today at the International Liver CongressTM 2013 has revealed the deadly impact that alcohol and body weight have on liver disease.
Novel therapeutic approaches to cure chronic HBV infection
• Infections • Apr 25 13
Exciting new data presented today at the International Liver Congress™ 2013 include results from early in vitro and in vivo studies targeting covalently closed…
Aging U.S. to drive up heart-related health costs: study
• Heart • • Public Health • Apr 25 13
The costs linked to heart failure in the United States are expected to more than double within the next two decades as the population…
Sugary drinks can raise diabetes risk by 22 percent -study
• Diabetes • • Food & Nutrition • Apr 25 13
Drinking just one can of sugar-laced soda drink a day increases the risk of developing diabetes by more than a fifth, according to a…
Important fertility mechanism discovered
• Fertility and pregnancy • Apr 25 13
Scientists in Mainz and Aachen have discovered a new mechanism that controls egg cell fertility and that might have future therapeutic potential. It was…
International study finds new genetic links to juvenile arthritis
• Arthritis • • Genetics • • Rheumatic Diseases • Apr 25 13
Researchers report in Nature Genetics they have increased the number of confirmed genes linked to juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) from three to 17…
More severe concussion symptoms lead to longer recovery time
• Children's Health • Apr 25 13
Most children who suffer from sports-related concussions recover within a few days. However, in a small number of children, symptoms can last for a…
Using Marijuana to Treat Pain? A Pill May Outlast a Puff
• Pain • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 23 13
A pill may work as well as a puff when it comes to using marijuana to treat pain, according to a small but carefully…
City Plan Sets 21 as Legal Age to Buy Tobacco
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 23 13
The age to legally buy cigarettes in New York City would rise to 21 from 18 under a proposal that officials unveiled on Monday,…
Diagnostic errors more common, costly and harmful than treatment mistakes
• Public Health • Apr 23 13
In reviewing 25 years of U.S. malpractice claim payouts, Johns Hopkins researchers found that diagnostic errors - not surgical mistakes or medication overdoses —…
Atrophy in key region of brain associated with multiple sclerosis
• Brain • • Neurology • Apr 23 13
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measurements of atrophy in an important area of the brain are an accurate predictor of multiple sclerosis (MS), according to…
Bird flu found in German turkeys
• Infections • Apr 22 13
Germany has reported new cases of a low pathogenic bird flu virus at two turkey farms in the northwestern part of the country, the…
Just say no to “cinnamon challenge:” pediatricians
• Children's Health • Apr 22 13
Pediatricians today cautioned young people against participating in a popular dare known as the cinnamon challenge, which involves trying to swallow a tablespoon of…
Is food truly addictive?
• Food & Nutrition • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 22 13
Biological Psychiatry is proud to announce this week’s publication of a special issue focusing on the question of food as an addiction.
In India hip fracture is associated with high rates of mortality and disability
• Mortality and Morbidity • Apr 22 13
Indian study shows that 30.4 percent of hip fracture patients died within one year, with the majority of deaths occurring within the first six…
Conn. cancer patient fights marijuana loophole
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 22 13
Eighteen states and Washington D.C. have legalized medical marijuana. Connecticut joined that group last year.
While it’s legal to use medical marijuana there, it’s…
Changing Diet and Exercise Patterns give Best Results: Study
• Dieting • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • Apr 22 13
Adopting a healthy diet and exercise regimen is essential for maintaining weight. And, according to a new study from Stanford University School of Medicine,…
After age 18, asthma care deteriorates
• Allergies • • Asthma • Apr 22 13
It is widely accepted that medical insurance helps older adults with chronic health problems to receive better care. But what about young adults between…
Even a few cigarettes a day increases risk of rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 22 13
Number of cigarettes smoked a day and the number of years a person has smoked both increase the risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), finds…
Alternative medicine use by MS patients now mapped
• Alternative Medicine • • Neurology • Apr 20 13
A major Nordic research project involving researchers from the University of Copenhagen has, for the first time ever, mapped the use of alternative treatment…
Water-pipe smoking may not be a safe alternative to cigarette smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 20 13
Smoking tobacco in a water pipe resulted in a different pattern of exposure to toxic substances and may result in a cancer risk profile…