Archive: 25/10/2017
Skin found to play a role in controlling blood pressure
Skin plays a surprising role in helping regulate blood pressure and heart rate, according to scientists at the University of Cambridge and the Karolinska Institute, Sweden. While this discovery was made in mice, the researchers ...
Oct 25, 2017
Hepatitis C care falling short for young opioid users in R.I.
As public health officials worry that the increase of opioid use among young adults has helped to spread the hepatitis C virus to a new generation, a study in Rhode Island finds that while screening is common, the follow-up ...
Oct 25, 2017
Proton therapy for prostate cancer is advantageous to imrt according to new study
Proton therapy treatment for prostate cancer is associated with higher survival rates and decreased risk of complications compared to intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) according to a new study by researchers at ...
Oct 25, 2017
Pharmacist finds protein that drives gallbladder tumour growth
Patients with gallbladder cancer often show few or no symptoms for long periods of time. As a result, the tumours are only detected at a late stage of the disease when treatment is often no longer possible. Working in collaboration ...
Oct 25, 2017