Blocking platelet-activating factor reduces liver damage in cirrhosis
Researchers from Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) in Spain have identified an effective strategy to reduce structural…
Health ministry panel agrees to raise medical fee caps, but with refined approach
A health ministry panel discussing medical fee limits for high-cost treatments has agreed to raise such caps from…
The Role of Doctors Is Changing Forever
Historically, medicine’s power rested on a specific kind of cultural authority—the ability to determine not only what diseases…
Ants show new promise as a source of powerful antibiotics
Has a crucial component to the development of human medicine been hiding under our feet? Auburn University Assistant…
How diabetes medications may influence cancer risk and progression
Diabetes, particularly Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM), has been linked to an increased risk of various cancers, including liver,…
AI-assisted evaluations can speed autism diagnosis
Access to autism evaluations through specialty health care is notorious for long wait times across the United States. In Missouri, many…
Study finds a new protein target against KRAS-driven non-small cell lung cancer
Lung cancer is the second-most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in the United States.…
Gestational diabetes alters the placenta at the molecular level, study reveals
Gestational diabetes can cause a multitude of complications in the offspring, but to date, the reasons are incompletely…
Many women suffer in silence from treatable pelvic floor conditions
Many women assume pelvic floor health issues are simply their fate – part of having vaginal deliveries, getting…
High-dose rifampicin does not improve survival in tuberculosis meningitis
Each year, 11 million people worldwide develop tuberculosis, and about 1.4 million die from it. Meningitis occurs in…
Trinity University, SwRI developing nasal spray treatment to combat PTSD
SAN ANTONIO – Researchers with Trinity University and the Southwest Research Institute are working on treating PTSD with…
NHS fruit juice warning to millions on statins, amlodipine and anxiety meds in UK
Patients who have been prescribed certain types of these common drugs should be aware of the risks 09:09,…