HIV, Vanderbilt / 09.03.2012
HIV Rates for Black Women in Parts of the US Much Higher than Previously Estimated
Newswise — 3/09/2012 - Newark is one of six locations in the United States that are the focus of a...
Heart Disease, NIH / 26.01.2012
NIH launches trials to evaluate CPR and drugs after sudden cardiac arrest
The National Institutes of Health has launched two multi-site clinical trials to evaluate treatments for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. One will...
Breast Cancer, Mayo Clinic / 08.12.2011
Obese patients with HER2-positive breast cancer may have worse outcomes
SAN ANTONIO -- Obese patients with early-stage HER2-positive breast cancer may have worse outcomes than patients who are normal weight...
Brigham & Women's - Harvard, Medical Research Centers, Prostate Cancer, University of Michigan / 08.12.2011
Judicious PSA, Testing, Can Help Reduce Unnecessary Prostate Biopsies
BOSTON – Prostate cancer screening that combines an adjusted blood test with other factors including the size of the gland,...
Breast Cancer, Cancer Research, Duke, Genetic Research, Nature, University of Michigan / 20.11.2011
Researchers find genetic rearrangements driving 5 to 7 percent of breast cancers
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered two cancer-spurring gene rearrangements that...
Addiction, NIH / 26.10.2011
NIH to Support Addiction Medicine Education Programs
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 Contact:NIAAA Press Office 301-443-3860 NIH grant will help translate addiction research into practice A new grant will help establish...
Hormone Therapy, Mayo Clinic, Stroke / 12.10.2011
Study finds estrogen may prevent younger menopausal women from strokes
ROCHESTER, Minn. - Estrogen may prevent strokes in premature or early menopausal women, Mayo Clinic researchers say. Their findings challenge...
Cleveland Clinic, JAMA, Prostate Cancer / 11.10.2011
Study shows increased prostate cancer risk from vitamin E supplements
Men who took 400 international units (I.U.) of vitamin E daily had more prostate cancers compared to men who took...
Cancer Research, MD Anderson, Ovarian Cancer / 11.10.2011
Ovarian cancer patients survive longer with BRCA2 mutated in tumors
HOUSTON - Women with high-grade ovarian cancer live longer and respond better to platinum-based chemotherapy when their tumors have BRCA2...
Dartmouth, Mayo Clinic / 06.10.2011
Women exposed to diethylstilbestrol in the womb face increased cancer risk
A large study of the daughters of women who had been given DES, the first synthetic form of estrogen, during...
Breast Cancer, Cleveland Clinic / 06.10.2011
Tyk2 protein potential new Breast Cancer Therapy Target
New Rochelle, NY, October 5, 2011 -- A possible new target for breast cancer therapy comes from the discovery that...
Alzheimer's - Dementia, Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Mayo Clinic, Mental Health Research / 05.10.2011
Blood Tests May Hold Clues to Pace of Alzheimer’s Disease Progression
Release Date: 10/03/2011 Johns Hopkins-led research suggests levels of certain fats in blood might predict rate of cognitive decline. A team of...
ALS, Mayo Clinic, Neurological Disorders, UCSF / 21.09.2011
A gene for Lou Gehrig’s disease and frontotemporal dementia identified
Frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease -- two fatal neurodegenerative disease with distinct symptoms...
Breast Cancer, MD Anderson / 13.09.2011
Study: Gene therapy causes breast cancer stem cells to self-destruct
Targeted agent avoids healthy cells, blocks proteins that prevent cell death in tumors HOUSTON -- Gene therapy delivered directly to a...
Antibiotic Resistance, Baylor College of Medicine Houston / 09.09.2011
Genomic analysis of superbug provides clues to antibiotic resistance
HOUSTON - (Sept. 7, 2011) - An analysis of the genome of a superbug has yielded crucial, novel information that...
Alzheimer's - Dementia, Exercise - Fitness, Mayo Clinic / 08.09.2011
Aerobic exercise may reduce the risk of dementia
ROCHESTER, Minn. - Any exercise that gets the heart pumping may reduce the risk of dementia and slow the condition's...
Autism, Stanford / 05.09.2011
Researchers report distinct features of Autistic brain in novel analysis of MRI scans
STANFORD, Calif. - Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital have used a novel...
Genetic Research, Nature, Vanderbilt / 10.08.2011
New Multiple Sclerosis Gene Associations Discovered
An international team of scientists has identified 29 new genetic variants linked to multiple sclerosis, providing key insights into the...
Discovers new asthma gene in African-Americans, replicates 4 others A new national collaboration of asthma genetics researchers has revealed a novel...
DETROIT – Kezhong Zhang, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular medicine and genetics and of immunology and microbiology in the School...
Diabetes, JCEM, Nature, UCLA / 28.07.2011
Increased muscle mass may lower risk of pre-diabetes
Study shows building muscle can lower person's risk of insulin resistance A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's...
Nature, Stanford, Stroke, UCLA / 25.07.2011
Substance may extend time to prevent brain damage after Stroke
STANFORD, Calif. — A naturally occurring substance shrank the size of stroke-induced lesions in the brains of experimental mice —...
Cancer Research, Dartmouth / 25.07.2011
Study examines screening for pancreatic cancer in high-risk populations
OAK BROOK, Ill. – July 25, 2011 – Researchers from New England report in a new study that using a...
Cancer Research, Nature, Sloan Kettering, University of Pennsylvania / 24.07.2011
2 genetic variations predict second cancers after radiation for children with Hodgkin lymphoma
A genome-wide association study published in the August issue of Nature Medicine has found two tiny genetic variations that can...
Stroke, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania / 22.07.2011
Optimism associated with lower risk of having stroke
American Heart Association Rapid Access Journal Report Study Highlights: • A large-scale observational study shows that optimism is associated with lower risk...