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New target for rheumatoid arthritis drugs
Researchers have identified a potential new target for drugs to treat patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Efforts to develop drugs that hone in on this new target are underway.
DePuy Hid Data About Failed Hip Implant, Documents Show
Johnson & Johnson executives were aware that an artificial hip had a critical design flaw years before it was recalled, but concealed that information, according to documents disclosed at a...
Fruit and vegetable intake is associated with lower risk of ER- breast cancer
There is no association between total fruit and vegetable intake and risk of overall breast cancer, but vegetable consumption is associated with a lower risk of estrogen receptor-negative (ER-) breast...
Rise of superbugs threatens antibiotic crisis
Lethal drug-resistant organisms mean threat must be listed on register of civil emergencies, says chief medical officerAn extraordinary scene plays out in hospitals across Britain that is a harbinger of crisis ahead. Patients...
Cells ‘flock’ to heal wounds
Like flocks of birds, cells coordinate their motions as they race to cover and ultimately heal wounds to the skin. [...]
Blocking Digestive Enzymes May Reverse Shock, Stop Multiorgan Failure
New research from the University of California, San Diego published in the Jan. 23 issue of Science Translational Medicine moves researchers closer to understanding and developing treatments for shock, sepsis...
Implementation of smoke-free legislation reduces the number of acute myocardial infarctions by 11 percent
Researchers assessed the impact of the partial smoke-free legislation passed in 2006 on the incidence of acute myocardial infarction in the province of Girona and observed it has dropped 11...
White Republicans, Southern evangelicals most likely to claim reverse discrimination, research finds
With the affirmative action case Fisher v. University of Texas before the Supreme Court, "reverse discrimination" is back in the public eye.
Sinister code-breakers, beware
In the early– to mid-20th century, governments commonly used cryptography to encrypt top-secret messages or military communications. But now that the computer and Internet age has evolved to a point...
Rats 'eat' part of woman's car
Rats "eat" part of a Suffolk woman's car causing damage put at £1,200 to the interior and electrics.
Cancer fear raised over horsemeat
A drug that can potentially cause cancer in humans may have entered the food chain through horses slaughtered in UK abattoirs, Labour claims.
Novel antimicrobial hydrogel prevents antibiotic-resistant microbes from forming on wounds, medical devices and implants
Researchers from the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) and IBM Research today unveiled the first-ever antimicrobial hydrogel that can break apart biofilms and destroy multidrug-resistant superbugs upon contact. Tests...
GP judgement not enough to accurately diagnose cases of pneumonia, study suggests
Pneumonia cannot be accurately diagnosed solely on a doctor’s analysis of symptoms and patient history, according to new findings.
Tall and thin not so great for lung disease
Tall, thin women face a greater risk of infection with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), cousins of the organism that causes tuberculosis, according to researchers. Women with NTM infections also showed a...
Promising prognostic marker for aggressive breast cancer
Medical researchers have discovered a gene variant that drives the spread of breast cancer. The study lays the early foundation for predicting which breast cancer patients may develop more aggressive...
Risk of lung cancer death has risen dramatically among women smokers in recent decades
Female smokers have a much greater risk of death from lung cancer and chronic obstructive lung disease in recent years than did female smokers 20 or 40 years ago, reflecting...
Estrogen fights urinary infection in mouse study
Estrogen levels drop dramatically in menopause, a time when the risk of urinary tract infections increases significantly. Researchers have found new evidence in mice that the two phenomena are connected...
Bioengineers discover natural switch that controls spread of breast cancer cells
With a desire to inhibit metastasis, biomedical engineers have found the natural switch between the body’s inflammatory response and how malignant breast cancer cells use the bloodstream to spread.
Self-reported BMI bias estimates increasing due to weight bias, not weight loss
The gap between obesity levels measured by self-reported height and weight and obesity recorded by measured height and weight is increasing. This is due to an increasing bias in self-reported...
Forecasting brain tumors like a storm
The critical question shortly after a brain cancer patient starts treatment: how well is it working? But there hasn't been a good way to tell. Researchers have developed a new...
Novel approaches needed to end growing scourge of 'superbugs'
With the rising awareness of the so-called "superbugs," bacteria that are resistant to most known antibiotics, three infectious disease experts have called for novel approaches based on a "reconceptualization of...
Experts propose overhaul of ethics oversight of research
The longstanding ethical framework for protecting human volunteers in medical research needs to be replaced because it is outdated and can impede efforts to improve health care quality, assert leaders...
Planning for bacteria in cancer patients may help hospitals fight infections
E. coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae are especially prevalent in patients with lung and GI cancers, more so for Klebsiella if these patients have been treated previously with aminopenicillins.
Personal epigenetic 'signatures' found consistent in prostate cancer patients' metastases
In a genome-wide analysis of 13 metastatic prostate cancers, scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center found consistent epigenetic “signatures” across all metastatic tumors in each patient. The discovery...
Teenagers avoid early alcohol misuse through personality management
Personality-targeted interventions delivered by trained teachers and school staff decrease alcohol misuse in at-risk teens and delay their classmates’ alcohol uptake.
Study Suggests PET Scan May Identify C.T.E. in Living Patients
Researchers thus far have to use tissue obtained posthumously to diagnose the degenerative brain disease that has bedeviled those who have sustained repeated hits to the head.
First brain pacemaker implanted to treat Alzheimer’s
During a five-hour surgery last October at Kathy Sanford became the first Alzheimer’s patient in the United States to have a pacemaker implanted in her brain. She is the first...
"The Elder Scrolls Online" beta opens, trailer electrifies
Bethesda Softworks releases electrifying new trailer for an online version of the popular action role-playing game