Blood vessel drug may treat thyroid cancer

HOUSTON, July 8 (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists say an experimental drug that inhibits tumor blood vessel growth shows promise in slowing progression of metastatic thyroid cancer.

Coronary Arterial Calcium Scans Help Detect Overall Death Risk In The Elderly

Measuring calcium deposits in the heart's arteries can help predict overall death risk in American adults, even when they are elderly, according to a new study in the Journal of...

Seizures In Newborns Can Be Detected With Small, Portable Brain Activity Monitors

Compact, bedside brain-activity monitors detected most seizures in at-risk infants. That means the compact units could assist clinicians in monitoring for electrical seizures until confirmation with conventional EEG, the researchers...

Circulating Tumor Cells Can Reveal Genetic Signature Of Dangerous Lung Cancers

A microchip-based device that detects and analyzes tumor cells in the bloodstream can be used to determine the genetic signature of lung tumors, allowing identification of those appropriate for targeted...

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NASA reveals new discoveries about Mercury … Non-toxic nanotherapy for cancer created … Scientists create possible footrot vaccine … Study might lead to new AIDS treatment ... Health/Science news from...

Body's Own 'Cannabis (Marijuana)' Is Good For The Skin, Scientists Find

Scientists have discovered that our own body not only makes chemical compounds similar to the active ingredient in marijuana, but these play an important part in maintaining healthy skin. This...

Brain ‘trick’ Offers Treatment Hope For Alzheimer’s

Scientists have made a significant step forward in the search for new drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease. An aging population means that neurodegeneration, such as Alzheimer's disease, is one of...

New antibiotic beats superbugs at their own game

Looking For The Founatain Of Youth? Cut Your Calories, Research Suggests

In addition to reducing one's risk for many common diseases, new research found that calorie restriction may slow the aging process. Calorie restriction has long been shown to slow the...

Case dropped against parents who put baby on eBay

(AP) -- A baby boy removed from his parents' custody after they offered to sell him on eBay for just a euro - $1.59 - as a joke is...

Homeless die in Poland of bird-flu vaccine

WARSAW, Poland, July 3 (UPI) -- Twenty-one homeless individuals in Poland have died after being given an unproven bird-flu virus vaccine, authorities have charged.

Does Herpes Cause Brain Cancer? [News]

Editor's Note: This story will be published in the next issue of Scientific American Mind.The deadliest and most common type of brain cancer has a strange bedfellow: cytomegalovirus, a kind...

Online learning boosts literacy

Just ten weeks of using an online learning tool can increase concentration and literacy skills of kids struggling to read and write, a preliminary study has found.

Crash test dummies don't represent kids

Young passengers are not being protected as well as they could be, as child crash test dummies are merely smaller versions of adult models, research has found.

Hospital in Charlottetown failing to hold back superbug

Charlottetown's Queen Elizabeth Hospital has been unable to contain the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, with another patient infected with the bacteria.

Sub-Saharan Africa news in brief: 19 June–3 July

Kenya and Nigeria prepare cassava crop trials, DRC to benefit first from US$5 billion hydro project, yaws disease still a threat, and more.

Filipina with upside-down feet walks for 1st time

(AP) -- A Filipino teenager who came to New York so doctors could perform surgery to untwist her severely clubbed feet took her first unaided steps Wednesday in pink-and-white...

Doctors extract cancer cells from blood sample

BOSTON (Reuters) - An experimental process that snags lung cancer cells from a blood sample could give doctors real-time feedback on the most effective therapy, researchers reported on Wednesday.

Cannabis dangers: Skunk smokers more at risk of psychosis than hash users

The potency of cannabis has increased over the past 10 years, with more concentrated forms now on sale

FDA panel urges more testing for diabetes drugs

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Diabetes drugs would be subject to more stringent safety standards that could cost manufacturers millions, under recommendations made Wednesday by a government panel....

Scientist hones cancer therapy strategies

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., July 2 (UPI) -- A U.S. scientist says he's using high-powered computers to create cancer treatments involving a new class of tumor-killing drugs.

Newly identified enzyme treats deadly bacterial infections in mice

By the time antibiotics made their clinical debut 70 years ago, bacteria had long evolved strategies to shield themselves. For billions of years, bacteria hurled toxic molecules at each other...

FDA says two sexual supplements recalled

WASHINGTON, July 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the nationwide recall of "Rize 2 The Occasion" and "Rose 4 Her" sexual supplements due to...

Pandemic! 10 of the Deadliest Diseases

What makes a disease deadly in the twenty-first century? Medicine has never been more advanced; our understanding of spread and infection, never more sophisticated. And yet, we may be poised...

MRSA Infections Can Bug Fitness Buffs

Before heading to the gym, take simple steps to avoid the potentially deadly bacteria

Researchers identify potential new drug candidates to combat 'bird flu'

As the specter of a worldwide outbreak of avian or "bird flu" lingers, health officials recognize that new drugs are desperately needed since some strains of the virus already have...

Videos of US patient deaths shock

Video footage of two patients who collapsed and died in US hospital emergency rooms and were apparently ignored by staff has sparked outrage and dismissals, reports said Wednesday.

Powerful new tool to diagnose drug-resistant TB

Following successful clinical trials of a new tool to diagnose drug-resistant TB, the WHO has endorsed its use in all affected countries.