A new study by researchers at the Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center and the University of Puerto Rico may help explain some of the well-documented ethnic disparities in pediatric asthma. Compared to…
The Mapping Of All Mammalian Gene Interactions By UCLA Scientists
In one of the first efforts of its kind, UCLA researchers have taken mammalian genome maps, including human maps, one step further by showing not just the order in which genes fall…
Suspicious Gene Tied To Breast Cancer
Someone in the world is diagnosed with breast cancer every 23 seconds. It is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide among women and approximately 456,000 die from the disease each year….
The Brain’s Wiring Examined In New Study
The brain has been mapped to the smallest fold for at least a century, but still no one knows how all the parts talk to each other. A study in Proceedings of…
Stem Cells To Fix A Broken Heart
These days people usually don’t die from a heart attack. But the damage to heart muscle is irreversible, and most patients eventually succumb to congestive heart failure, the most common cause of…
Doctor sues Health Ministry over cupping ban
An Arab doctor is locked in a legal battle with the Ministry of Health for its decision to ban him from practising cupping, a traditional Arabian treatment involving sticking cups on the…
ETC Biomedical Systems Sells Bara-Med To Nhat Nam Medical
Environmental Tectonics Corp’s (ETC) Biomedical Systems Group has sold Bara-Med monoplace hyperbaric chamber to Nhat Nam Medical Equipment, a medical supplier in Hanoi, Vietnam. Bara-Med is expected to be integrated into a…
ACD Unveils RNAscope FFPE Assay Kit For Biomarker Validation
Advanced Cell Diagnostics (ACD) has launched RNAscope FFPE Assay Kit, a line of RUO (Research-Use-Only) products designed to detect RNA biomarkers in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue specimens with single molecule sensitivity. ACD…
Weight a Factor in Breast Cancer Risk After HRT Use
Another analysis of data on hormone therapy use among U.S. women finds that the panorama of risks is even more complex than previously thought: Thinner women taking it showed a higher risk…
Hospitals make progress in quest for multi-hospital campus EHR incentives
Hospitals are up in arms about what they consider unfair treatment in the meaningful use rule that will prevent them from earning millions of dollars in incentives. But it appears Congress might…
Brain Changes Seen with Dysmenorrhea
Abnormal structural changes in areas of the brain involved in pain and emotion can be seen on MRI in young women with primary dysmenorrhea, and persist even when the women are not…
Rate of diabetic vision impairment down
Nearly 3 in 10 Americans with diabetes over the age of 40 suffer from vision impairment caused by diabetic retinopathy, and about 4.4% have a form of the condition so severe it…
For Good Health, Watch Your Waist Size
You may assume that if your weight is in the healthy range, you have a low risk of heart disease, diabetes, and other conditions linked to obesity. But new research suggests that…
Dangerous staph infections declining
The most comprehensive U.S. study to date shows that the number of cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, dropped in healthcare settings from 2005 to 2008. Dangerous infections caused by the…
New Technique for Diagnosing Alzheimer’s
It may soon be possible to obtain a highly accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease by analyzing a sample of spinal fluid. A study released Monday found that a constellation of three substances…