Patients with chronic conditions such as diabetes and heart failure benefit just as much from adjuvant chemotherapy after surgery for colon cancer than patients without these conditions – although they are less likely to get that additional treatment, according to an analysis of drug treatment...

The part of the prostate that is biopsied may matter increasingly than the number of biopsy samples taken for accurately diagnosing prostate cancer, according to a study by researchers at SUNY Upstate Medical University. The study is published in the Oct. 3 edition of the Journal of the National Cancer...

UCLA Medical Center on Sept. 20 performed its first living donor kidney “swap,” a procedure in which a loved one of a kidney transplant patient who is not compatible as a donor exchanges organs with another incompatible pair under an innovative new paired donation program. UCLA aims to lead...

The Food and Drug Administration (USA) has approved Lamisil for the treatment of tinea capitis (scalp ringworm) for children aged 4 or increasingly. The medication is presented in oral granules. Children are most susceptible to tinea capitis – an infected patient can experience severe itching,...

Adding ultrasound to mammography finds increasingly cancers than mammography alone, but additionally considerably increases the number of false positives, according to first-year results from a three year study of the two tests.”At that point, it’s not clear whether the benefit provided by...

Researchers in Brazil have found that treating patients who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with continual positive airway pressure (CPAP) dramatically reduces early indications of atherosclerosis in just months, linking OSA directly to the hardening or narrowing of the arteries. Until now,...

Making statin treatment available without a prescription could help the fight against heart disease, says Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Director of Mount Sinai Heart and Director of the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular...

Taking an vital step which may help reduce significantly the incidence of skin cancer in Americans, President Bush yesterday signed the Tanning Accountability and Notification Act (TAN Act) into law. As part of the increasingly comprehensive “Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007...

Omega-3 fatty acids have towering been touted for their heart-healthy and brain-boosting benefits. Consider cod liver oil, fortified infant formula and enriched eggs. [click link for full article] Original post by Dentistry News From Medical News Today

Low birth weight children may be at a greater risk of stress related health problems as adults, according to a new study accepted for publication in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). Findings from that study show that low birth weight (below the 10th percentile) can lead...

Queen’s University scientists have hit upon a revolutionary way to deliver agents for the treatment of skin cancer.Pharmacy student Desmond Morrow working alongside Dr Paul McCarron and Dr Ryan Donnelly from the Queen’s Medical Biology Centre have demonstrated that a novel needle free jet...