GPs urged to ensure every squint is checked with a red reflex test to rule out eye cancer
5/13/2014
A children's cancer charity is calling for all squints in babies and young children to be checked with a red reflex test to rule out eye cancer.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists studying two rare, inherited childhood neurodegenerative disorders have identified a new, possibly common source of DNA damage that may play a role in...
Gene behind hemifacial microsomia (HFM), a highly prevalent facial anomaly, identified
5/13/2014
Whitehead Institute scientists have identified a genetic cause of a facial disorder known as hemifacial microsomia (HFM).
Nanoparticles that stagger delivery of 2 chemotherapy drugs knock out aggressive tumors in mice
5/13/2014
MIT researchers have devised a novel cancer treatment that destroys tumor cells by first disarming their defenses, then hitting them with a lethal dose of DNA damage.
Atrial fibrillation patients at higher risk of dementia when meds out of range
5/13/2014
A new study by researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City has found that atrial fibrillation patients who are on blood thinning medications are at higher risk...
Health benefits of red wine antioxidant questioned in study
5/13/2014
Despite several previous studies stating the contrary, a new study suggests resveratrol - an antioxidant found in red wine - does not decrease chances of developing CVD or cancer.
Novel lung cancer treatment
5/13/2014
An old idea of re-treating lung tumors with radiation is new again, especially with the technological advances seen in radiation oncology over the last decade.
Study questions health benefits attributed to red wine compound
5/13/2014
Despite several previous studies stating the contrary, a new study suggests resveratrol - an antioxidant found in red wine - does not decreases chances of developing CVD or cancer.
Metastasis of ovarian cancer cells is more aggressive on soft tissues
5/13/2014
When ovarian cancer spreads from the ovaries it almost always does so to a layer of fatty tissue that lines the gut.
Some immune cells produce steroids
5/13/2014
Researchers at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have discovered that some immune cells turn themselves off by producing a steroid.