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New drug seeks receptors in sarcoma cells, attacks tumors in animal trials
A new compound that targets a receptor within sarcoma cancer cells shrank tumors and hampered their ability to spread in mice and pigs, a study reports. The researchers...
7 hours ago - ScienceDaily
The immune system's supercell - how it matures
NK cells, or natural killer cells, play an important role in the body's defences against cancer and various infections. Now scientists have mapped how the different steps of...
7 hours ago - ScienceDaily
Treatment shown to improve the odds against bone marrow cancer
Hope has emerged for patients with a serious type of bone marrow cancer as new research into a therapeutic drug has revealed improved outcomes and survival rates.
7 hours ago - ScienceDaily
After losing his mother to cancer, this baker turned her recipes into sweet dreams
Valery Jean-Bart bakes every type of cheesecake under the sun, from sweet red velvet to savory bacon cheddar.
11 hours ago - NBC News
Columbia, NewYork-Presbyterian appoint new cancer center director
Anil K. Rustgi, MD, has been named director of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia...
12 hours ago - Healio
Computer Model Predicts the Course of Disease in Prostate Cancer
A computer model predicts the course of disease in prostate cancer was developed by the researchers, after the examination of tumor genomes in 300 patients.
16 hours ago - Medindia Health
Is Macular Degeneration Preventable?
An intriguing presentation about the possible link between age-related macular degeneration and processed food consumption literally caught my eye. As presented in the featured...
17 hours ago - Mercola
Keystone island flaps for reconstruction following lower leg skin cancer resection: a comparison with split-thickness skin grafts
The lower leg is a common site for skin cancer in older patients. For all but the smallest defects, split thickness skin grafts remain the mainstay of reconstruction in this...
19 hours ago - Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Checkpoint Checkmate: Adverse Event Management for Checkpoint Inhibitors
Although it might seem silly to use the game Whack-A-Mole to illustrate a point about health care - knock one down and another pops up - this seems to be a fitting comparison...
21 hours ago - Healio
New Chief of Breast Surgery Named at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center
Tari King, MD, has been appointed Chief of Breast Surgery at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center , effective August 1, 2015. King will hold appointments at Brigham...
22 hours ago - BWH
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Study: PQQ may prevent and even reverse Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's disease may be one of the most fearsome health conditions common among the elderly. Imagine gradually losing your memory while your body weakens. But the risk of...
Priest Torments Mourners By Condemning Teen's Death By Suicide At His Funeral
During 18-year-old Maison Hullibarger's funeral, a priest criticized him for dying by suicide When Jeff and Linda Hullibarger met with Father LaCuesta ahead of their son's...
Early Physical Therapy Reduces Risk of Opioid Use
For patients with shoulder, back or knee pain who did use opioids, early physical therapy was associated with a 5 to 10 percent reduction in how much of the drug they used, the...
Most Accurate Tool Yet to Predict Asthma in Kids: Study
Pediatric Asthma Risk Score will become the most common tool used to predict asthma in young children and help prevent the common airway disease from developing, reveals a new...
How Allergies in Infants are Impacted by Diet During Pregnancy?
In a longitudinal study of pregnant women across US, many of the women avoided certain allergenic foods to prevent food allergies in infants.
BREAKING: Obamacare ruled unconstitutional by federal judge. era of forced...
In a stunning ruling that's sending shock waves across the nation, a federal judge has ruled that Obamacare - the deceptively named “Affordable Care Act” - violates the United...
4 Good reasons why you should give fermented foods a try
If you're new to fermented foods, you may have a hard time eating them, especially since some dishes can look and smell strange. However, if you give fermented foods a chance...
New study explains why having a lower calorie intake is healthier for you
A study from the University of Geneva backs the age-old knowledge that losing weight requires reducing your caloric intake. However, the researchers say it's not so your body...
Johnson & Johnson knew for DECADES that asbestos lurked in its baby powder...
A Reuters investigation said the papers, dating from 1971 to the 2000s, show J&J knew that the powders sometimes tested positive for asbestos. The firm closed out down 10...
All 50 US states to screen newborns for 'bubble boy disease'
Newborns in all 50 states in the US will now be screened for SCID, the devastating immune deficiency that claimed the life of Carol Ann Demaret's son, David Vetter, known as...