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Cell behavior mapped in low oxygen conditions, may lead to cancer treatment
Research has explained how cells behave when placed in a low oxygen environment, a development that could have implications for cancer patients and other serious illnesses. The findings open up...
The nose knows in asthma: Nasal tissue samples may advance personalized medicine for asthma
It has become increasingly clear in recent years that asthma comes in several variations, with different causes, different pathologies and different responses to therapy. These subtypes of asthma can be...
Addicted to tanning? People keep tanning despite known risks
Some people keep tanning, even after turning a deep brown and experiencing some of the negative consequences. Skin cancer is among the most common, preventable types of the disease, yet...
Minor added benefit of indacaterol/glycopyrronium in COPD
Adults with COPD of moderate or severe severity grade with no more than 2 flare-ups per year have fewer breathing difficulties when treated with the drug combination. According to the...
Targeted treatment for ovarian cancer discovered
Researchers have developed a biologic drug that would prevent the production of a protein known to allow ovarian cancer cells to grow aggressively while being resistant to chemotherapy. This would...
Making nanoelectronics last longer for medical devices, 'cyborgs'
The debut of cyborgs who are part human and part machine may be a long way off, but researchers say they now may be getting closer. Scientists have now developed...
Infants with leukemia inherit susceptibility from parents, study indicates
Babies who develop leukemia during the first year of life appear to inherit an unfortunate combination of genetic variations that may make the infants highly susceptible to the disease, according...
Chemical leak in W.Va. shows gaps in research, policy
The chemical leak that contaminated drinking water in the Charleston, W.Va., area last month put in sharp relief the shortcomings of the policies and research that apply to thousands of...
Self-employment growth does not bank on access to capital
An entrepreneurial climate is more important than access to financing and banks in encouraging self-employment growth, according to rural economists.
Man Has Skin Reaction to Tattoo — 20 Years Later
Having an allergic reaction just after getting a tattoo is not unheard of. But for one man in England, the reaction was delayed, coming 20 years after he got his...
WHO plans for neglected diseases are wrong
Research and development into diseases affecting the world’s poorest people will not benefit from the agency’s policy, warns Mary Moran.Nature 506 267 doi: 10.1038/506267a
Novartis's Japan Unit Faces Criminal Probe for Hypertension Drug Marketing
Health ministry claims Novartis Pharma hyped drug by pointing to flawed clinical trials
Highlights from the International Stroke Conference
Clotting risk after pregnancy, driving after a stroke and more presented February 12-14 in San Diego.
Injured sea turtle? Just print a splint!
Injured sea turtles are a fairly common sight along the North Carolina coast. Fortunately, these animals are pretty sturdy and have the capacity to heal themselves even without a lot...
Researchers address equine disease
It is a disease that has taken the life of Black Caviar's brother, the most expensive yearling sold at public auction in Australia, but to the average horse owner laminitis...
Nazis Studied Using Mosquitoes As Biological Weapons
Sucking blood An Anopheles stephensi mosquito, which can spread malaria. CDC In January of 1942, Heinrich Himmler ordered the opening of an entomological laboratory in the Dachau concentration camp in southeastern Germany. But why? The...
App Smart: These Apps Are Made for Walking
Several apps count your steps and calories burned, and maybe can help motivate you to move a little more.
Obama’s Vote-Getting Tactics Struggle to Find the Uninsured
Canvassers deployed by groups supporting the Affordable Care Act are searching door to door for people who lack health coverage, with little success.
Lack of sleep can lead to obesity, heart problems
Two Ottawa-based sleep doctors are sounding the alarm about the serious health consequences of sleep deprivation.
Manitoba's STARS air ambulance slammed in draft provincial report
Manitoba's STARS air ambulance crews lack adequate training, are not familiar with pediatric patients and do not understand patient oxygen needs, according to a damning report commissioned by Manitoba Health...
Countries with the Deadliest Roads Revealed
On average, 18 out of 100,000 people on the planet die in car accidents each year, but that fatality rate varies widely across different countries.
Nestle recalls Hotpockets in relation to supplier use of ‘diseased and unsound animals’
Nestlé USA’s Prepared Foods Division today announced the voluntary recall […]
HIV treatment as prevention in Africa
In this podcast, we meet the researchers behind a trial that is taking a different approach to tackling the disease.
FBI Releases Preliminary Semiannual Crime Statistics for 2013
Statistics released today in the FBI’s Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report reveal […]
Plant-derived withaferin A is a potential anti-tumor agent
Philipp von Bieberstein's research focuses on the plant Withania somnifera, a member of the tomato family that contains a potential anti-tumor agent.
A new tool for identifying key soybean genes
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers in Beltsville, Md. have developed a new tool to search for soybean genes that will make soybean plants more productive and better able to...
Zulu church embraces faux fur to protect leopards
Carrying Zulu warrior shields and draped in leopard skins, the men of South Africa's Shembe Church move hypnotically as they go through the steps of a traditional religious ritual.
Vitamin D provides relief for those with chronic hives, study shows
Vitamin D as an add-on therapy could provide some relief for chronic hives, a condition with no cure and few treatment options, new research indicates. An allergic skin condition, chronic...