http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR), or the formation of scar tissue in the eye, is a serious, sight-threatening complication in people recovering from surgical repair of retinal detachment. PVR is difficult to predict, lacks effective treatment options, and substantially reduces an individual's quality of life. Each year 55,000 people are at risk for developing PVR in the United States alone. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-ranibizumab-retinal-detachment-side-effect.html Ophthalmology Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:40:05 EST news284719198 A recent University of Colorado Cancer Center review in the journal Advances in Nutrition shows that rice bran offers promising cancer prevention properties. Meanwhile, an ongoing clinical trial is testing the effectiveness of rice bran in preventing the recurrence of colon cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-clinical-trial-rice-bran-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 06 Dec 2012 05:34:05 EST news273994430 Estrogen causes wounds in women to heal slower than in men - who have lower levels of estrogen - says a new study published in the April 2012 issue of the FASEB Journal. In the report, scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, provide the first evidence that mild injury response in the eye is fundamentally different in males and females because of estrogen. This discovery provides new clues for successfully treating a wide range of inflammatory diseases such as dry eye disease, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, multiple sclerosis, and scleroderma. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-estrogen-responsible-wound-women.html Medical research Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:40:02 EST news252577281 The world's first potential vaccine for coeliac disease has shown promising results for treating coeliac disease in a Phase I clinical trial and is expected to move to Phase II trials within the next year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-celiac-disease-vaccine-results-phase.html Medications Mon, 09 May 2011 09:33:54 EST news224152408