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Cancer treatment may result in bone loss
A new cross-Canada study has found that breast and prostate cancer treatment can foster bone loss. In the online edition of the Journal of Clinical Oncology,…
Biomedical Team Obtains $4.9 Million for Trauma Research
The group, the Global Human Body Models Consortium (www.ghbmc.com), is funding the Center for Injury Biomechanics (www.cib.vt.edu) to conduct a study to…
UK study shows kids are active but not eating their ‘5-a-day’
The study was performed by a team of researchers from The Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit and The University of East Anglia, coordinated by Esther…
Hope for treating relapse to methamphetamine abuse
A new study at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory suggests that vigabatrin (a.k.a. gamma vinyl-GABA, or GVG) blocks…
Novel 4-drug combination proves safe for lung cancer treatment
The four drug-combination of carboplatin and paclitaxel, with the targeted therapies bevacizumab (Avastin) and cetuximab (Erbitux), is safe and may improve…
Hormones and Brain Activity: Study Sheds Light on Facial Preferences
The researchers identified regions of the brain that responded more strongly to masculine faces and demonstrated that differences between masculinized and…