An international randomized trial has shown that complete revascularization reduces major cardiovascular events compared to culprit-lesion only percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Late breaking results of […]
Poverty as a disease trap
No drug can cure a paradox. That basic truth is at the heart of a new Stanford-led study highlighting how poverty traps make it impossible […]
Scientists Unearth New SHOCKING Evidence about Intelligence
Intelligence can be defined as the general cognitive problem-solving skills embedded in the nature of a person. These skills are applied in calculation, reasoning, learning, […]
Overweight kids actually eat less right after stressful events
People often react to stress by binging on sweets or fattening comfort foods, cravings fueled by the appetite-stimulating stress hormone cortisol. But overweight adolescents—considered particularly […]
Methylation of microRNA may be a new powerful biomarker for cancer
Researchers from Osaka University find a new way to distinguish individuals with early pancreatic cancer from healthy controls, representing a promising new metric in cancer […]
Map of broken brain networks shows why people lose speech in language-based dementia
For the first time, Northwestern Medicine scientists have pinpointed the location of dysfunctional brain networks that lead to impaired sentence production and word finding in […]
Many who die waiting for a kidney had multiple offers, new study finds
Patients who die waiting for a kidney, or who are removed from the transplant waitlist for poor health, are usually considered unfortunate victims of the […]
Personality reboots are possible, studies suggest
Do you ever think that being more at ease at social and business functions could make you happier or possibly help you get ahead at […]
Personalizing drug development using big data
A new computer program developed at the University of Arizona College of Medicine—Tucson and recently licensed to startup INTelico Therapeutics, LLC, is pushing the envelope […]
Psoriasis independently linked to increased mortality risk
(HealthDay)—Psoriasis is significantly associated with an increased mortality risk, according to a study published online Aug. 12 in the Journal of the American Academy of […]
Modified drug combination may reduce risk of recurrence for some breast cancer patients
Oncologists at VCU Massey Cancer Center were invited to co-author an editorial published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology providing expert commentary on findings from […]
Alzheimer’s: carriers of risk gene show brain changes in their 20s – here’s why we shouldn’t worry
Dramatic developments in genetics research and the availability of commercial genetics tests have put us in a very modern predicament—we can now find out (quickly, […]
Biophysicists discover how ‘Australian’ mutation leads to Alzheimer’s disease
A team of scientists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry (IBCh RAS) studied one hereditary genetic […]
Study shows frying oil consumption worsened colon cancer and colitis in mice
Foods fried in vegetable oil are popular worldwide, but research about the health effects of this cooking technique has been largely inconclusive and focused on […]