Oncology & Cancer
Study: Common virus may cause bladder cancer
A common childhood viral infection causes damage to cells in the bladder which may lead to cancer, a new study has shown.
Feb 23, 2022
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Traditional Chinese medicine makes fertility treatments more effective: study
Traditional Chinese medicine has long been used to ease pain, treat disease, boost fertility, and prevent miscarriage. Known in the Western medical community by its acronym TCM, these traditional remedies include herbal preparations ...
Jan 9, 2012
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Attention deficit disorders
Three-quarters of children with ADHD take meds
(HealthDay)—Most children with special health care needs (CSHCN) with current attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) receive medication treatment or behavioral therapy, according to a study published online March ...
Apr 4, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Commercial water purification system may have caused pathogen infection in four hospitalized patients
A study of four cardiac surgery patients in one hospital found that they developed Mycobacterium abscessus infections, a multidrug-resistant nontuberculous mycobacteria, potentially due to a commercial water purifier. The ...
Mar 6, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hypnosis transforms treatment for chronic pain
Researchers from UNSW Sydney and Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), Universidade Cidade de São Paulo, Brazil and the University of Washington, US have identified a new drug-free treatment which combines hypnosis with ...
May 16, 2018
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Immunology
Evidence in mice that childhood asthma is influenced by the neurotransmitter dopamine
Neurons that produce the neurotransmitter dopamine communicate with T cells to enhance allergic inflammation in the lungs of young mice but not older mice, researchers report November 19 in the journal Immunity. The findings ...
Nov 19, 2019
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Neuroscience
Large-scale generation of muscle-controlling nerve cells from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients
A new Cedars-Sinai study in collaboration with the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and the Answer ALS consortium has examined the expression of thousands of genes in stem cell generated motor neurons that are known ...
Feb 9, 2023
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Medications
FDA approves first topical treatment for vitiligo
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Opzelura (ruxolitinib) as the first topical treatment for vitiligo.
Jul 21, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Anxiety and depression: Why doctors are prescribing gardening rather than drugs
Spending time in outdoors, taking time out of the everyday to surround yourself with greenery and living things can be one of life's great joys—and recent research also suggest it's good for your body and your brain.
Sep 2, 2019
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Genetics
New embryo analysis technique helps screen out genetic problems prior to IVF
(MedicalXpress)—A new technique developed by a team of researchers affiliated with a number of facilities in China allows medical practitioners involved in IVF treatment to more easily weed out embryos with genetic defects ...
