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— Introducing a human disease into mice is helping researchers explore its nature and find potential therapies.
A few years ago, two scientists from the Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro in Italy found themselves riding together on a train to Rome. By the time the train…
— During our daily subway commute to and from Health Blog HQ, we’ve noticed posters telling us exactly how far we’d have to walk to work off various sugar-sweetened drinks.
Now a study just published online by the American Journal of Public Health makes us think…
— Doctors were mostly hoping to prevent complications and relapses when they gave young women a medicine to keep their bones strong during breast cancer treatment. Seven years later, they found it did more than that: The bone drug improved survival, as much as many chemotherapies do. …
— (Reuters) - Health regulators are investigating a rare but potentially serious problem with a newer class of heart stents that causes the tiny tubular devices made of wire mesh to shrink, or lengthen, after implantation.
The problem appears to occur most frequently in the Promus…
— The FDA commissioner, Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg, said that clinical trials had shown that the drug was not helping breast cancer patients to live longer or to meaningfully control their tumors, but did expose them to potentially serious side effects like severe high blood pressure and…
— A potential treatment for various eye problems comes from researchers who have managed to attach steroids to tiny drug delivery vehicles
— Your grown-up kids aren't coming home for Christmas. They're all married, and it's the in-laws' turn to host dinner in another state. Or your divorce is finally final, and your ex has the kids this year. Yes, you can celebrate a few days later…
My name is Roger Daniel Rizzo. I have an authentic story to share with you about how I was on the doorsteps of death for so very, very long. My story also describes how I overcame all challenges, both medical and personal, which enabled me to spend all my…
— Thanksgiving is a state of mind, a time to count blessings. Danny White feels like one of the lucky ones. White is an Arizona State University legend, the first native Arizonan inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
And when he returns to Dallas…
— Efforts to use stem cells to help revitalize hearts damaged by heart attack got a boost from three studies presented Monday at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association.
Cardiologists attending the Orlando, Fla.-based conference heard how infusing bone marrow stem cells into the…
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