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Gene signature in ovarian cancer predicts survival and offers new drug target
A new study has identified a gene signature that predicts poor survival from ovarian cancer. The study also identified genes which help the cancer develop resistance to chemotherapy -- offering...
Pittsburgh Steelers' James Harrison demands "bully" Roger Goodell come to home for PED interview
The Sports Xchange Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker James Harrison is willing to meet with the NFL about a report that linked him to performance-enhancing drugs.
Minimum legal drinking age of 21 can protect against later risk of death
The minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) in the U.S. regulates the age at which individuals can legally purchase and possess alcohol in public. An MLDA of 21 has been linked...
Understanding Risk Factors Involved in Initiation of Adolescent Alcohol Use
Underage drinking is a major public health and social problem in the U.S. The ability to identify at-risk children before they initiate heavy alcohol use has immense clinical and public...
CAMH bolsters treatment services for Aboriginal patients with sweat lodge
Canada's largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital has added a unique service for its Aboriginal clients — a sweat lodge to help promote spiritual, physical and emotional healing.
To Diagnose Mental Illness, Read the Brain
Rather than relying on symptoms, scientists are developing a “brain circuits first” approach to mental health. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Optogenetics Lights Up Therapeutic Neuroscience
Enhanced by emerging wireless microchips, technique could offer new routes to treatment for conditions like Parkinson’s and depression -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Former Detroit Lions CB Stanley Wilson shot during naked break-in
The Sports Xchange Former Detroit Lions cornerback Stanley Wilson was shot and hospitalized.
Canelo Alvarez to fight junior middleweight champ Liam Smith
The Sports Xchange Canelo Alvarez, the lineal middleweight champion, will drop down a weight class to fight junior middleweight champ Liam Smith.
Scientists discover unsuspected bacterial link to bile duct cancer
Findings of a new study could open up possibilities for more targeted therapies for bile duct cancer. A research team discovered that bile duct tissue harboured a community of diverse...
Cross talk between hormone receptors has unexpected effects
Although the estrogen receptor is considered dominant in breast cancer, the progesterone receptor assumes control when both receptors are present and exposed to estrogens and progestins. Then, the progesterone receptor...
Experts off guidance on medical marijuana for pain
Marijuana often is used to self treat chronic pain and, with 24 states legalizing medical use of the herb, experts have published guidance for physicians caring for patients who use...
Saskatoon cyclotron now supplying radioisotopes to Royal University Hospital
Medical isotopes used at Saskatoon's Royal University Hospital will now be produced right here at home.
Neonicotinoid pesticides cause harm to honeybees
One possible cause of the alarming bee mortality we are witnessing is the use of the very active systemic insecticides called neonicotinoids. A previously unknown and harmful effect of neonicotinoids...
Primary care visits result in more colon cancer screening, better followups
People who visit their primary care physicians are more likely to get potentially life-saving colon cancer screenings and follow up on abnormal stool blood test results -- even in health...
List of Possible Zika Birth Defects Grows Longer
Even without microcephaly, seizures and developmental delays may appear in the months following birth -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Regenerative medicine offering new treatment for bronchopleural fistulas
For the first time in human application, researchers successfully closed an open wound on the upper chest caused by postoperative complications of lung removal. The protocol and approach were based...
New treatment approaches to improve peritoneal dialysis
One of the main functions of the kidneys is to filter metabolic products out of the blood. If the kidneys are no longer able to do this, the blood has...
Aggressiveness of acute myeloid leukemia elucidated
Scientists have discovered why acute leukemias with the same genetic abnormality vary in their aggressiveness based on their cellular origin. They found that the cancer inducing alteration is particularly devastating...
Obese seniors live as long as thin ones, but they're sicker
Seniors who are obese may live just as long as their thinner peers, but they are more likely to develop heart disease and to get it slightly earlier in life,...
Faster detection of pathogens in the lungs
What used to take several weeks is now possible in two days: thanks to new molecular-based methods, mycobacterial pathogens that cause pulmonary infections or tuberculosis can now be detected much...
Travelers Could Gain Antibiotic Resistant Genes In Just Two Days
Health New findings show it doesn't take much time for genes to enter your gut At an annual meeting, researchers present findings that show...
B.C. healthcare workers win breast cancer claim against Fraser Health Authority
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled in favour of three British Columbia medical workers who argued they developed breast cancer as a result of their jobs.
VIDEO: Umpire exits after hit in head with bat
The Sports Xchange Home-plate umpire Paul Emmel was struck in the head by the bat of Los Angeles Angels pinch hitter Jefry Marte during the ninth inning of the Oakland...
Effectiveness of SDF in arresting root caries in different fluoridated areas
The objective of this research study was to compare the effectiveness of annual application of silver diammine fluoride (SDF) solution on arresting root caries in community-dwelling elders living in water...
Development of drugs for local treatment of oral conditions
Several medications commonly prescribed for oral mucosal administration are actually intended for transdermal application. Many conditions affecting the oral mucosa require frequent or long-term treatments and some treatments are systemically...
Health insurer's limit on insulin pumps worries patients
Stephanie Rodenberg-Lewis wasn't happy with her insulin pump and finally switched two years ago to another brand. Now her health insurer is pushing her to go back....
Part-timers now 49 percent of nation's college and university faculty, study finds
Part-time workers now make up nearly half of the faculty of U.S. colleges and universities, according to the 2016 edition of The Condition of Education, a federal report on the...