Middle-Aged Widows Have Highest Dementia Risk, Research ShowsFriday, July 3, 2009
People over 50 who suffer from negative emotions and disruption when they lose their partners have the highest risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease,...
Hepatitis B virus mutations may predict risk of liver cancerFriday, July 3, 2009
Certain mutations in the DNA of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) are associated with the development of liver cancer and may help predict which patients with HBV...
Predicting the return of prostate cancer: New Johns Hopkins study betters the odds of successFriday, July 3, 2009
Cancer experts at Johns Hopkins say a study tracking 774 prostate cancer patients for a median of eight years has shown that a three-way combination of measurements...
Prostate cancer patients disease free after 5 years likely to be disease free after 10 yearsFriday, July 3, 2009
Prostate cancer patients who receive brachytherapy and remain free of disease for five years or greater are unlikely to have a recurrence at 10 years, according...
New targeted therapy finds and eliminates deadly leukemia stem cellsFriday, July 3, 2009
New research describes a molecular tool that shows great promise as a therapeutic for human acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a notoriously treatment-resistant...
Successful Beginning for Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Center at Boston Biomedical Research InstituteFriday, July 3, 2009
WATERTOWN, Mass. -- Last week, physicians, scientists, patients and members of the biotech industry from around the world gathered for the first major meeting...
Existing Parkinson's disease drug may fight drug-resistant TBFriday, July 3, 2009
Existing drugs used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease could be repositioned for use in the treatment of extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis, which kills...
New discovery to aid in diagnosis and treatment of kidney diseaseThursday, July 2, 2009
Boston – Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) in collaboration with scientists at the University of Louisville and the University...
Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder share genetic rootsThursday, July 2, 2009
A trio of genome-wide studies – collectively the largest to date – has pinpointed a vast array of genetic variation that cumulatively may account...
Colorectal cancerThursday, July 2, 2009
Previously, only a few genes had been associated with the formation of metastases in colorectal cancer.
