The only solution in the absence of real human models is to create computerised “in-silico” models that simulate the real heart and enable possible drugs and…
The introduction of clozapine in the 1980’s suggested a potential that other brain targets might complement the blockade of dopamine D2 receptors to treat…
“Animal tests have shown acrylamide to be a carcinogen, but until recently no studies have demonstrated a link between acrylamide in foods and cancer in…
The United States places last among 19 countries when it comes to deaths that could have been prevented by access to timely and effective health care,…
Following validation by a number of independent groups worldwide, in studies involving more than 8,000 patients, the American Society of Clinical Oncology has…
Rather than focusing on how an individual factor is related to health, the study calculates the combined impact of these four simply-defined forms of…
Many people who are guilty of this type of abuse go free due to a lack of evidence; others are wrongly suspected of a crime that they did not commit….
New research tracking the number of cases of childhood eczema across the globe has revealed big changes in the prevalence of the condition over the last five…
A study of more than 2,000 people, published in the journal Arthritis and Rheumatism, suggests that people whose index finger is shorter than their ring finger…
Drug addiction is a serious worldwide problem with strong genetic and environmental influences. So far different technologies have revealed a variety of genes…
“There are limited effective treatments for the depressive phase of bipolar disorder,” said Dorothy Sit, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry and the…
The industrial revolution brought the advent of modern food processing technology. Whether you credit the Frenchman Nicholas Appert in 1809, or British born…
This problem is compounded by the fact that standard antiviral treatment for the disease can further reduce platelet numbers to dangerously low levels,…
Deep sleep, also called “slow-wave sleep,” is thought to be the most restorative sleep stage, but its significance for physical well-being has not been…
Lead investigator Joseph Califano, M.D., says his group at Johns Hopkins asked 211 head and neck cancer patients and 527 individuals without cancers of the…
The study, the largest of its kind enrolling both men and women, involved 3,433 people with an average age of 68 who were enrolled in the Sleep Heart Health…
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