A collaborative study by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the University Hospital of Maastricht, The Netherlands, has identified a new…
“It's the only thing so far that really slows this disease down without adverse side effects,” Allan J. Tobin, a UCLA professor emeritus of physiological…
“This line of research is important because many physicians and other experts in heart disease and cholesterol are familiar with the benefits of statins and…
Eight to 12 percent of Americans have periodontal disease serious enough to require some type of advanced treatment, such as surgery. Left untreated, the…
The worlds of medical and biological research are abuzz with the promises offered by nanoparticles known as semiconductor quantum dots. These Quantum Dots…
The study appeared in the Sept. 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.In acute lung injury — usually resulting from infection, inflammation or…
The research appears in the second issue for September 2006 of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, published by the American…
A survey in the UK has asked 2574 NHS clinicians about their attitudes to health care settings as smoke-free environments. The results showed clear differences…
J. William Harbour, M.D., the Paul A. Cibis Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and associate professor of cell biology and molecular…
Bats or other cave dwelling animals may have been responsible for the deadly 1998–2000 outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever among gold miners in the…
The researchers worked with transgenic mouse models that were engineered to overproduce a special cytokine – a hormone which regulates immunity – called BAFF,…
The conference marks the launch of a new British Nutrition Foundation publication ‘The Health Effects of Dietary Unsaturated Fatty Acids’.It is becoming…
New recommendations released today by a joint task force of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), American College of Occupational and Environmental…
Epilepsy affects about 50 million people worldwide, and while anticonvulsant medications can reduce the frequency of seizures, the drugs are ineffective for as…
The four-year project, the results of which are now being piloted in four hospitals in India, will offer a means of identifying the two most deadly forms of…
World Heart Day is run by the World Heart Federation's member organizations in more than 100 countries. Activities on the day include health checks, walks,…
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