Stroke is the third most common overall cause of death and the leading cause of adult disability in the United States. New therapeutic interventions instituted in…
Despite major advances in the management of heart failure with angiotensin-converting–enzyme inhibitors, beta-blockers, and resynchronization therapy, there are more than…
Array BioPharma Inc’s experimental lung cancer drug, selumetinib, w as shown to increase survival by an additional 4.2 months over chemotherapy alone, according to new data released on Wednesday.
The company also reported encouraging results of a new melanoma treatment, and its shares rose 5 percent after-hours.
Array, which has licensed the lung cancer drug to…
A new link between obesity and type 2 diabetes found in mice could open the door to exploring new potential drug treatments for diabetes, University of Michigan Health System research has found.
Drugs for type 2 diabetes commonly target insulin, which lowers blood glucose levels. But the U-M study suggests that glucagon – a pancreas-produced hormone that has…
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Women who use some non-oral forms of hormonal contraception are at higher risk of blood clots than those not taking any hormone-based birth control, a Danish study suggests.
In Friday’s issue of the British Medical Journal, Professor Øjvind…
Patients with HIV/AIDS have a significantly increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD), according to a study published in the May 22 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Toss out another old wives’ tale: Sleeping too much does not make you fat. Quite the opposite, according to a new study examining sleep and body mass index (BMI) in twins, which found that sleeping more than nine hours a…
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center surveyed 1,008 physicians seeking their knowledge, recommendation beliefs and information on their practices regarding the controversial human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, which is aimed at preventing cancers resulting from sexually transmitted HPV infection. Of the physicians…
An FDA Advisory Panel unanimously recommended the approval of a new in-Home HIV Test yesterday afternoon. Local advocates are happy another weapon will be available in the fight against HIV.
Health data released on Wednesday provided the clearest evidence to date of the spread of chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease from developed nations to poorer regions such as Africa, as lifestyles and diets there change.
Patients with metabolic syndrome and diabetes are more likely to develop detectable levels of coronary artery calcium and to have greater progression of calcification compared with patients without those conditions, researchers found.
Compared with individuals with neither condition,…
Researchers have taken a critical step in understanding how allergic reactions occur after identifying a genetic signature for regulation of a key immune hormone, interleukin (IL-13).
Scientists from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center say the finding opens the…
