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3D printed organs come a step closer
Australian and US scientists make major medical breakthrough in printing vascular network Continue reading...
New York woman killed trying to save her Boston Terrier from trash truck
Matt BradwellNEW YORK, July 2 (UPI) -- A 58-year-old woman died after crawling under a New York City sanitation truck in a successful, but fatal, attempt to rescue her dog.
Drug everolimus does not improve overall survival in patients with advanced liver cancer
Despite strong preclinical data, the drug everolimus failed to improve overall survival in patients with advanced liver cancer, compared to placebo, according to a study. Patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma...
Recipes for Health: Two-Bean and Tuna Salad
This is the most amazing version of tuna and bean salad I’ve ever tasted, thanks to Good Mother Stallard beans.
Shia LaBeouf is not in rehab, but 'voluntarily receiving treatment'
Kate StantonLOS ANGELES, July 1 (UPI) -- Shia LaBeouf is not in rehab, as previously reported, but he is "voluntarily receiving treatment for alcohol addiction."
Adults can undo heart disease risk by changing lifestyle
The heart is more forgiving than you may think -- especially to adults who try to take charge of their health, a new study has found. When adults in their...
Alzheimer's linked to brain hyperactivity
The precise molecular mechanism that may trigger elevated neuronal activity in Alzheimer's patients has been pinpointed by researchers. This mechanism subsequently damages memory and learning functions. With the understanding of...
4 Habits Prepare Nurses For Discussions With Parents Of Pediatric Patients
A child's illness and hospitalization is stressful for children and their parents and also clinicians. 20 years ago, the Four Habits Model of Highly Effective Clinicians, a core set of communication...
Better Engineering Through Urine - You're Welcome, Isaac Newton
When it comes to urine, it's all relative. We can't prove Sir Isaac Newton was thinking about how animals urinate when he was developing his laws of gravity but he...
Doctors urge caution with Fourth of July fireworks
Nothing says “Fourth of July” like fireworks, but doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center urge caution with consumer fireworks and suggest leaving these displays to the experts. Vanderbilt doctors annually...
New study from population and development review finds flaws in mortality projections
Demographers have found that mortality projections from most low-mortality countries are more pessimistic than they should be. Existing projections fail to recognize that fewer people smoke today than used to....
Combatting drug resistance for melanoma patients
A new way to identify possible therapeutic targets for patients with drug resistant melanoma has been developed by researchers. It involves using liquid chromatography-multiple reaction monitoring mass spectrometry to measure...
Native Americans Had a Precolonial Baby Boom
For hundreds of years, Native Americans in the southwestern U.S. had a prolonged baby boom — with birthrates as high as any in the world today.
Study finds low hand hygiene compliance rates during anesthesia administration
Anesthesia providers are missing opportunities to clean their hands during surgical procedures, according to a study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official...
Childhood Cancer Changes Could Lead To Huge Savings For Health Care
Recently findings could help to reduce health care charges while also protecting childhood cancer survivors from heart ailments caused by drug therapy. The paper reviewed data from patient histories to show...
Turning red blood cells into cargo ships
Advance could allow the cells to deliver cancer-fighting drugs or image blood vessels
Leprosy, Still Claiming Victims
New research suggests that the leprosy parasite is a paradox encapsulated — at once rugged and feeble, exacting and inept.
Caffeine overdose killed high school senior, coroner finds
A toxic caffeine level was found in the system of a high school student who died unexpectedly, says a U.S. coroner who warns young people need to be educated about...
Scientists engineer nanoparticles to prevent bone cancer, strengthen bones
A research collaboration between Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) has utilized nanomedicine technologies to develop a drug-delivery system that can precisely target and attack cancer...
Clot-building nanoparticles raise survival rate following blast trauma
A type of artificial platelet being developed to help natural blood platelets form clots faster offers promise for saving the lives of soldiers, as well as victims of car crashes...
Op-Ed Contributor: Anthrax? That’s Not the Real Worry
Labs are working with virulent flu strains that could start a pandemic.
The New Old Age Blog: Elderly Patients Often Overtreated for Diabetes, Study Suggests
Calculating how much medication an older patient should get and on what schedule is often complicated by erratic meals, vision loss, depression and dementia.
The New Health Care: What the Reduction in Tonsillectomies Teaches Us About Medicine
Strict guidelines for how to treat certain conditions in certain patients, and allowing physicians to use their judgment, both have a role.
Mother of Georgia baby left to die in locked car also researched hot-car deaths
Matt BradwellCOBB COUNTY, Ga., June 30 (UPI) -- The mother of a 22-month-old in Georgia who died when his father left him in a hot car also researched hot car...
Expat virologist takes to YouTube to challenge “pseudoscience” behind Egyptian devices
Military-supported devices claim to noninvasively detect viruses in blood and treat infected people
Soothing Cells, Peaceful Protein Could Hold Promise for Treating Autoimmune Uveitis
Uveitis occurs when immune cells invade the eye, causing inflammation, swelling and vision loss. Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have found a unique type of immune cell and...
The Next Big Cancer Drug Could Already Be In Your Medicine Cabinet
Antihistamines, which help reduce watery eyes and runny noses during allergy season, might also help ward off tumors too. A new report suggests that antihistamines may have significant anti-cancer properties...
St. John's Wort Herbal Supplement Causes Dangerous Interactions With Real Medicine
It's unclear why there is a natural medicine craze in the modern era. Real medicine was invented because natural medicine didn't help people. If natural medicine survived double-blind clinical trials,...