http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. New research in animals triggered by a combination of serendipity and counterintuitive thinking could point the way to treating fractures caused by rapid bone loss in people, including patients with metastatic cancers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-steroids-reverse-rapid-bone-loss.html Medical research Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:00:01 EST news279305366 Scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered the molecular switch that allows aggressive triple negative breast cancer cells to grow the amoeba-like protrusions they need to crawl away from a primary tumor and metastasize throughout the body. Their findings, published in Cancer Cell, suggest a novel approach for developing agents to treat cancer once it has spread. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-scientists-reveal-aggressive-breast-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:00:06 EST news277374472 (Medical Xpress)—The cellular cause of birth defects like cleft palates, missing teeth and problems with fingers and toes has been a tricky puzzle for scientists. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-blocked-ionic-channels-cellular-birth.html Medical research Tue, 11 Sep 2012 06:19:16 EST news266563144 A $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will enable University of Arizona biomedical engineering researchers to improve the way doctors measure the effectiveness of drinking baking soda to fight breast cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-grant-fuel-soda-cancer-therapy.html Cancer Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:17:41 EST news252577047 Ependymomas are the second most frequent type of malignant brain tumor in children. Ependymoma develops from precursor cells of the tissue that lines the hollow cavities of the brain. Therapy results of ependymoma vary immensely: While in some patients tumor growth comes to a standstill after surgery and radiotherapy, in other children the disease rapidly takes a severe course. In about half of those affected the tumor continues to grow and the patients often succumb to the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-brain-tumors-two-tier.html Cancer Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:37:40 EST news233314628