Spontaneous smoking cessation may be an early symptom of lung cancer, research suggests
• Cancer: Lung • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 01 11
Many longtime smokers quit spontaneously with little effort shortly before their lung cancer is diagnosed, leading some researchers to speculate that sudden cessation may…
Answers to a rare and tragic form of epilepsy
• Epilepsy • Mar 01 11
A new study offers critical insight into the biochemistry of a rare and fatal form of epilepsy known as Lafora disease, a genetic condition…
For some kids, corneal transplant improves vision and daily life
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Mar 01 11
Teens, children, and even infants sometimes require corneal transplants, although most such surgeries are performed in adults. Australian researchers led by Keryn A. Williams,…
New cell therapy a promising atherosclerosis treatment
• Brain • • Neurology • Mar 01 11
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have shown in a new study on mice, that cell therapy can be used to reverse the effect of ‘bad’…