http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—UK scientists have made a breakthrough in a new method of brain tumour diagnosis, offering hope to tens of thousands of people. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-fingerprinting-breakthrough-brain-tumour-diagnosis.html Medical research Fri, 21 Sep 2012 09:34:21 EST news267438833 Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) have shown that the quality – not just the quantity – of adipose, or fat, tissue is a significant contributing factor in the development of inflammation and vascular disease in obese individuals. The study, which is a special feature on the iPAD version of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, provides compelling evidence that the answer to treating cardiovascular disease and other obesity-related disorders, such as type 2 diabetes and cancer, might be found in the adipose tissue itself. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-obesity-related-diseases-reside-fat-tissue.html Cardiology Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:00:10 EST news229008823 Elderly patients with symptoms of heart failure and increased concentrations in the blood of the biomarker copeptin, or a combination of elevated concentrations of copeptin and the biomarker NT-proBNP, had an associated increased risk of all-cause death, according to a study in the May 25 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-biomarkers-death-elderly-patients-heart.html Cardiology Tue, 24 May 2011 16:48:45 EST news225474503