Health and Medicine
This subject area encompasses research and studies in the field of human medicine.
Among the wide-ranging list of topics covered here are anesthesiology, anatomy, surgery, human genetics, hygiene and environmental medicine, internal medicine, neurology, pharmacology, physiology, urology and dental medicine.
Radiopharmaceutical therapy controls symptoms
… and reduces medications in insulinoma patients. Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) is effective for clinical control of symptomatic metastatic insulinomas, according to new research published in the February issue…
New sex-specific genetic variants for chronic kidney disease identified
Working with an international consortium, scientists at Leipzig University have identified new genes that may play a role in chronic kidney disease. They analysed data from more than 900,000 people…
New monitoring option for rare eye disease
Bonn researchers test a new imaging method. An estimated five to ten percent of blindness worldwide is due to the rare inflammatory eye disease uveitis. Intermediate uveitis is often associated…
Disturbed skin flora increases the risk of radiodermatitis
Bacterial composition of the skin plays a role in determining how well cancer patients tolerate radiotherapy. Many cancer patients develop severe dermatitis during radiotherapy. Which factors increase the risk of…
News on drug-induced skin swelling
Researchers identify novel risk locus in the genome for ACE inhibitor-induced. Angioedema is a rare but potentially life-threatening adverse reaction to ACE inhibitors. In a joint analysis of eight European…
Why cancer immunotherapies don’t work for everyone
UTA study could impact treatments for blood, colorectal and non-small cell lung cancers. A multi-institutional study co-authored by University of Texas at Arlington scientists uncovered a mechanism by which cancer…