Women who find their jobs mentally tiring are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in the European Journal of Endocrinology. The study findings suggest that mentally…
Mystery infections traced to blood-shedding religious ritual
Add self-flagellation to the list of ways to get a dangerous viral blood infection. Researchers said Wednesday that they were initially puzzled how 10 British men had become infected with a little-known…
Kidney cancer: Signs and symptoms, risk factors, treatment and survival rates
Cancer of Kidney is some thing that can appear in adults as well as children. Here are some detials Kidney cancer, including the signs and symptoms, causes, treatment, and survival rates. Kidney…
Metformin found to be safe Chronic Kidney Disease And Beneficial
Author: Dahlia Elimairi, Pharm D Student, UC Denver Skaggs School of Pharmacy Facebook Twitter LinkedIn In patients with stage 3 kidney disease, metformin use may be safe and may reduce the risk…
A new drug that attacks Cancer causing genes
Two recent papers attack two cancer-related problems using the same drug. They hope that it might improve survival in breast and lung cancer and halt obesity-related cancers. Researchers from Michigan State University…
Do autism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder share molecular traits? Study finds
Most medical disorders have well-defined physical characteristics seen in tissues, organs and bodily fluids. Psychiatric disorders, in contrast, are not defined by such pathology, but rather by behavior. A UCLA-led study, appearing…
New stem-cell based stroke treatment repairs damaged brain tissue
A team of researchers at the University of Georgia’s Regenerative Bioscience Center and ArunA Biomedical, a UGA startup company, have developed a new treatment for stroke that reduces brain damage and accelerates…
This electronic skin can heal itself — and then make more skin
In a quest to make electronic devices more environmentally friendly, researchers have created an electronic skin that can be completely recycled. The e-skin can also heal itself if it’s torn apart. The…
King Faisal Specialist Hospital’s cardiac center among world’s top 10% in transplant surgeries
RIYADH: The cardiac center at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSHRC) in the Saudi capital has entered the top 10 percent of the world’s heart centers in the number…
Palliative care services can help cancer patients
A cancer diagnosis is frightening and often impacts patients on both a physical and an emotional level. It can actually lead to symptoms such as pain, nausea, anxiety and depression. These symptoms,…
Metabolites significantly affected in chronic kidney disease, study finds
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects 1 in 7 people in the United States, according to the U.S. National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). These individuals have a very…
Intrusive Thoughts and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Intrusive thoughts are threatening thoughts that constantly occur to a person without conscious or voluntary control. These thoughts are capable of creating severe anxiety when they enter the mind. They play a…
Alzheimer’s may spread through blood transfusions? Study shows
Can you catch Alzheimer’s disease? Fear has been growing that the illness might be capable of spreading via blood transfusions and surgical equipment, but it has been hard to find any evidence…
Breast cancer researchers track changes in normal mammary duct cells leading to disease
The findings of the multidisciplinary team of surgeons, pathologists and scientists led by principal investigator Dr. Susan Done are published online today in Nature Communications. Dr. Done, a pathologist affiliated with The…
Can bones affect your appetite — and your metabolism?
Your skeleton is much more than the structure supporting your muscles and other tissues. It produces hormones, too. And Mathieu Ferron knows a lot about it. The researcher at the Montreal Clinical…