Having young children in the house may lessen menopausal symptoms
10/29/2014
A new study by researchers at The Kinsey Institute and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has found that the timeless, multicultural tradition of grandmothering might have an unexpected...
Updated guideline recommends not using PSA test for prostate cancer
10/29/2014
A new Canadian guideline recommends that the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test should not be used to screen for prostate cancer based on evidence that shows an increased risk of harm and uncertain...
Could a Japanese mushroom extract eradicate HPV?
10/29/2014
An extract from shiitake mushrooms - AHCC - could help treat HPV infection, according to new research from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Prostate cancer treatment linked to cardiac death risk
10/29/2014
A new study finds that, among men with existing heart problems, androgen deprivation therapy is linked with a 3.3-times increased risk of cardiac death.
Researchers find viral switches share a shape
10/29/2014
A hinge in the RNA genome of the virus that causes hepatitis C works like a switch that can be flipped to prevent it from replicating in infected cells.
Two new studies shed light on how cells sense and respond to chemical trails
10/29/2014
Amoebas aren't the only cells that crawl: movement is crucial to development, wound healing and immune response in animals, not to mention cancer metastasis.
Discontinuation of aromatase inhibitors associated with higher copayments
10/29/2014
Discontinuation and nonadherence were higher among breast cancer patients taking brand name aromatase inhibitors (BAIs) vs generic AIs (GAIs), according to a new study published in the JNCI: Journal...
Complications from heart surgery reduced when newly donated blood is used
10/29/2014
Heart surgery patients who received newly donated blood have significantly fewer post-operative complications than those who received blood that had been donated more than two weeks before their...
Fewer women than men receive hemodialysis treatment
10/28/2014
Fewer women than men are treated with dialysis for end-stage kidney disease, according to a new comprehensive analysis of sex-specific differences in treatment published in PLOS Medicine.
Fewer women than men receive hemodialysis treatment
10/28/2014
Fewer women than men are treated with dialysis for end-stage kidney disease, according to a new comprehensive analysis of sex-specific differences in treatment published in PLOS Medicine.