Washington: In a global breakthrough, scientists have used patient cells to tailor urinary tubes and successfully replace a damaged tissue. The research team from the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest…
Guided Therapeutics Provides Update On FDA PMA Review Of Cervical Cancer Test
Guided Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCBB & OTCQB: GTHP), provided an update on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review process for its premarket approval application (PMA) for the LightTouch™ non-invasive test for…
Innovative interprofessional training for students can improve healthcare for patients
The University of Leicester, De Montfort University and University of Northampton are celebrating a major milestone in innovative interprofessional training for health and social care students, which will lead to improved healthcare…
Research shows how tubercle bacterium manages to survive inside body’s macrophage cells
Tuberculosis kills two million people each year and is once again gaining ground also in Sweden and other Western countries. Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden are now presenting new findings that…
Oral magnesium oxide is a safe treatment for children with chronic constipation
Magnesium-containing cathartics are commonly used to treat chronic constipation. Although hypermagnesemia is a rare clinical condition, it can occur as a side effect of increased intake of magnesium salts. The Japanese government…
UH conducts first ever pilot study to test heat therapy for treatment of PE
University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center is conducting the first ever pilot study to test a new procedure using “heat therapy” or local radiofrequency energy to treat premature ejaculation. The procedure is…
Study finds reduction in pain favoring Mynx Vascular Closure Device to Angio-Seal Evolution Device
AccessClosure, Inc., the U.S. market segment leader in extravascular closure devices, announced today results from the first published study (Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery) comparing the pain associated with deployment of different vascular…
Brain implant surgery can improve life for people with cervical dystonia
Implanting electrodes into a pea-sized part of the brain can dramatically improve life for people with severe cervical dystonia – a rare but extremely debilitating condition that causes painful, twisting neck muscle…
New clinical trial to prevent aggressive type of breast cancer
In a first-of-its-kind clinical trial, physician-scientists at University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center are exploring a new method to potentially prevent recurrence of an early stage, aggressive type of breast cancer. The…
Autoimmune response mediated by T lymphocytes may play vital role in pathogenesis of biliary atresia
Biliary atresia (BA) is an inflammatory obliterative cholangiopathy with unknown etiology, leading to progressive fibrosis and cirrhosis. Microarray technology, emerged as an indispensable research tool for gene expression profiling, has been used…
Variation in exposure to sunlight may affect sensitivity of individuals to drugs
A study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet has shown that the body’s ability to break down medicines may be closely related to exposure to sunlight, and thus may vary with…
Collaborative care programs in hospitals reduce depression, anxiety in heart disease patients
Study Highlights: — Twelve weeks in a low-intensity collaborative care program improved depression symptoms and reduced anxiety in heart disease patients. — A collaborative care program for depression uses a non-physician care…
Overall survival rate for ovarian cancer have increased over last 30 years
Survival from ovarian cancer has almost doubled over the last 30 years according to new figures from Cancer Research UK released today. The overall five year survival rate for early ovarian cancer…
Multiple target therapy may treat HER2-positive breast cancers
Combining targeted therapies might be required for maximum anti-tumor activity when treating HER2-positive breast cancers, according to two new studies by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) investigators. The findings, reported in two papers…
Research shows how tubercle bacterium manages to survive inside body’s macrophage cells
Tuberculosis kills two million people each year and is once again gaining ground also in Sweden and other Western countries. Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden are now presenting new findings that…