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Colon cancer screening is a tough sell. It's icky, uncomfortable and the thought of a colonoscopy, especially the prep, can be intimidating, to say the least. But here's what clinches
Glioblastomas are the most common and most malignant type of glioma. Healthcare professionals face many challenges in the treatment of glioblastoma as therapy remains largely palliative, and me
The combination of two obesity-related genetic variations may be associated with an increased body mass index (BMI) among severely obese patients undergoing bariatric weight loss surgery, accordi
A philanthropist, businessman and long-time supporter of USC's cancer treatment initiatives, Larry Freeman has donated $5 million to the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center. Keck School of M
Researcher-scientists at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles have discovered a way to dramatically enhance the growth of stem cells from umbilical cord blood after trans
Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), a leader in technology for treatment of spinal conditions, salutes the World Health Organization (WHO) for recently releasing a fracture risk tool that validates the
Online medical service DrThom has teamed up with HIV and sexual health charity, Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) to offer a range of sexual health tests and treatments by post (
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has expanded its tools to improve documentation and coordination of cancer treatment and survivorship care by developing a generic chemotherapy t
'Inspiring' a new Alzheimer's Society publication, aimed at shining a light on leadership in dementia care is released recently. Setting out 10 key beliefs, which go to the heart of perso
Michigan State University scientist Ned Walker is taking on one of the biggest killers in the world - malaria. And he believes he can help win the battle to save lives, especially the lives of chi
UroToday.com - Adenosine-triphopshate (ATP) acts as an extracellular signalling molecule via specific receptors (P2-purinoceptors) and urological research has largely focused on its actions in the
UroToday.com - Is Pentosan Polysulfate More Effective When Administered Early In Disease Course?In 2005, Nickel and colleagues reported the results of a company-sponsored dose ranging tri
The dramatic increase that has occurred in the cure rate for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) will be difficult to replicate in older patients without considerable additional resea
The Maryland House of Delegates on Wednesday voted 105-34 to approve a fiscal year 2009 budget that reduces funding for the state's stem cell research program to $15 million, the
By injecting a customized genetic patch into early stage fish embryos, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis were able to correct a genetic mutation so the embryos
Hepatitis B Foundation President Dr. Timothy Block testified about the public health challenge of chronic hepatitis B before the Congressional Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and H
Sixty-two per cent of Africans do not have access to an improved sanitation facility -- a proper toilet -- which separates human waste from human contact, according to the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitor
QResearch - a not-for-profit partnership between EMIS and the University of Nottingham - is supporting the first large scale European-wide initiative to detect adverse drug reactions (ADRs) - the
The numbers speak louder than words: There are over 83 pregnancies per 1,000 adolescents in the United States, compared with 10 in Japan and 12 in the Netherlands. However, according to a recent a
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has today (20 March 2008) published a further two new commissioning guides to help the NHS in England effectively commission eviden
Hispanics who have just a small amount of plaque buildup in a particular artery in the neck are up to four times more likely than others with clear arteries to have or die from a stroke, heart at
Somnambulism (sleepwalking), which usually involves misperception and unresponsiveness to the environment, mental confusion and amnesia about sleepwalking episodes, affects up to 4 percent of adul
To develop new strategies to control tuberculosis (TB), a contagious disease that infects one-third of the world's population and kills almost two million people every year, the University of Pitt
Anatomy of tomorrow's InternetETH Zurich, with the Auto-ID Labs at the University of St. Gallen, and MIT (US), will bring together for the first time leading researchers, visionar
Although the HIV/AIDS epidemic has taken hold in black America, the disease can be prevented and sent packing, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) writes in a
New Saint Louis University research found that although white women are more likely to drink or binge drink prior to pregnancy, African-American women are less likely to reduce drinking during pre
Hispanics who have even a small amount of plaque build-up in the neck artery that supplies blood to the brain are up to four times more likely to suffer or die from a stroke or heart attack than H
More than a decade after national guidelines were issued for asthma treatment, some patients still don't receive prescriptions for the inhalers that experts say offer the safest and most effective
Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PARD), a biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology, announced that preliminary data from a Phase 1 trial of an oral formulation of picoplatin in pat
A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine (March 18, 2008) reports that pelvic floor muscle training, in conjunction with bladder training, resolved the symptoms of urinary inconti