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Discovery may shed light on why some HIV-positive patients have more virus

(Medical Xpress)—Biologists at UC San Diego have unraveled the anti-viral mechanism of a human gene that may explain why some people infected with HIV have much higher amounts of virus in their bloodstreams ...

HIV & AIDS created Sep 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists identify agent that can block fibrosis of skin, lungs

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have identified an agent that in lab tests protected the skin and lungs from fibrosis, a process that can ultimately end in organ failure and even death because ...

Medical research created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Through-the-nipple breast cancer therapy shows promise in early tests

Delivering anticancer drugs into breast ducts via the nipple is highly effective in animal models of early breast cancer, and has no major side effects in human patients, according to a report by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer ...

Cancer created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mice with human livers make pharmaceutical testing more accurate

(Medical Xpress) -- In a new report published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of researchers reveal a new miniature artificial human liver that can be implanted into mice to bet ...

Medical research created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Geneticists find causes for severe childhood epilepsies

(Medical Xpress)—Using a state-of-the-art DNA sequencing technique, UA researchers have discovered genetic mutations underlying seizure disorders in previously undiagnosed children.

Neuroscience created May 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

FIU researchers develop new pathway to brain for medicine

Stumped for years by a natural filter in the body that allows few substances, including life-saving drugs, to enter the brain through the bloodstream, physicians who treat neurological diseases may soon have a new pathway ...

Medical research created May 06, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fetal exposure to antiepileptic drug valproate impairs cognitive development

(Medical Xpress)—The effects of antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy have long been a concern of clinicians and women of childbearing age whose seizures can only be controlled by medications. In 1999, a ...

Neuroscience created Mar 20, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers argue for a 'new paradigm' in the world of healthcare

(Medical Xpress)—Two innovative programs designed to improve the availability of emerging medical technologies that can help patients receive more effective, efficient and personalized health care are advanced in a commentary ...

Health created Mar 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New blood thinner beats older drug for vein clots

(HealthDay)—People who need to take a blood thinner because they've had a clot in the deep veins of their legs appear to do better with the new drug Pradaxa (dibigatran) than with the older drug warfarin, ...

Medications created Feb 20, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

People with low risk for cocaine dependence have differently shaped brain to those with addiction

People who take cocaine over many years without becoming addicted have a brain structure which is significantly different from those individuals who developed cocaine-dependence, researchers have discovered. New research ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 17, 2013 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Experts warn red wine could mask testosterone levels

(Medical Xpress)—Red wine could give athletes and players a boost in the sports arena by increasing the amount of performance-enhancing hormone testosterone in their bodies, according to researchers from ...

Medical research created Jan 08, 2013 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bristol-Myers, Pfizer's Eliquis approved in Japan

Regulators in Japan have approved sales of an anticlotting drug called Eliquis, developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Pfizer Inc., that's a potential blockbuster in a new category of medicines to prevent strokes and heart ...

Medications created Dec 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New blood thinner may help prevent leg clots, study finds

(HealthDay)—The new anti-clotting drug apixaban (Eliquis) appears to help prevent potentially fatal blood clots in patients with deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a new Italian study finds.

Medications created Dec 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New test for tuberculosis could improve treatment, prevent deaths in Southern Africa

A new rapid test for tuberculosis (TB) could substantially and cost-effectively reduce TB deaths and improve treatment in southern Africa—a region where both HIV and tuberculosis are common—according to a new study by ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Two-gene test predicts which patients with heart failure respond best to beta-blocker drug, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—A landmark paper identifying genetic signatures that predict which patients will respond to a life-saving drug for treating congestive heart failure has been published by a research team ...

Cardiology created Oct 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast