Archive: 17/06/2013
Certain types of graft-versus-host disease may increase risk of death, researcher says
Joseph Pidala, M.D., M.S., assistant member of the Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant and Immunology programs at Moffitt Cancer Center, and colleagues from the Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease Consortium have determined that ...
Jun 17, 2013
Bariatric surgery restores nerve cell properties altered by diet
Understanding how gastric bypass surgery changes the properties of nerve cells that help regulate the digestive system could lead to new treatments that produce the same results without surgery, according to Penn State College ...
Jun 17, 2013
US: 'Pay to delay' generic drugs can be illegal (Update)
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that deals between pharmaceutical corporations and their generic drug competitors, which government officials say keep cheaper forms of medicine off the market, can be sometimes be illegal and ...
Jun 17, 2013
Abnormalities in new molecular pathway may increase breast cancer risk
A new molecular pathway involving the gene ZNF365 has been identified and abnormalities in that pathway may predict worse outcomes for patients with breast cancer, according to data published in Cancer Discovery, a journal ...
Jun 17, 2013
Infections increase risk of mood disorders
New research shows that every third person who is diagnosed for the first time with a mood disorder has been admitted to hospital with an infection prior to the diagnosis. The study is the largest of its kind to date to show ...
Jun 17, 2013
Researchers find a possible treatment for one of the main symptoms of premature aging disease
HGPS is a rare genetic disease that affects one in every 4-8 million births. The disease is caused by a spontaneous mutation in one of the two copies (alleles) of the gene LMNA, which codes for lamin A, a protein important ...
Jun 17, 2013
Estrogen replacement therapy helps reduce anxiety in anorexia nervosa
Estrogen replacement therapy is associated with a significant decrease in anxiety symptoms among girls with anorexia nervosa, a new clinical trial finds. The results will be presented today at The Endocrine Society's Annual ...
Jun 17, 2013