Archive: 19/05/2015
Researchers pin down enzyme role in muscle 'aging'
Researchers at the University of Birmingham have identified the role of an enzyme in muscle wasting, and associated age-related problems. They believe that inhibiting it could hold the key to developing ways of preventing, ...
May 19, 2015
Smoking a significant predictor of lung cancer recurrence in survivors
In 2015, an estimated 158,040 Americans are expected to die from lung cancer, making it the leading cause of cancer death in in this country. Lung cancer screening with low-dose CT scans in high risk smokers has recently ...
May 19, 2015
COPD is more prevalent in poor and rural areas of the US
Living in a rural area and being poor are risk factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), said Sarath Raju, MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, lead author of a study presented at ...
May 19, 2015
Stuttering linked to rhythm perception deficiency
Stuttering may be more than a speech problem. For the first time, researchers have found that children who stutter have difficulty perceiving a beat in music-like rhythms, which could account for their halting speech patterns.
May 19, 2015
TAVI, safe and effective as surgical valves at two years in lower risk patients
Two year outcomes in a study comparing implantation of transcatheter and surgical bioprosthestic aortic valves shows that the less invasive procedure is safe and effective, and comparable to the gold standard, surgical valve ...
May 19, 2015