Immunology

Laboratory discovers new antibody function

The laboratory of Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and an international team of researchers from Italy, United Kingdom, Japan, France, The Netherlands, Australia, Sweden and Czech Republic, ...

Cardiology

Complex "cocktail" in white blood cells has regenerative effect

Hendrik Jan Ankersmit's research group at the Clinical Department of Thoracic Surgery of MedUni Vienna has successfully shown that irradiated white blood cells release substances that reduce the severity of the damage caused ...

Diabetes

Preventing diabetes at the office

For people who already have high blood sugar, preventing diabetes could amount to just another day at the office.

Cardiology

Gel injections may help heart failure patients

(HealthDay)—Heart failure patients who had beads of gel injected into their beating hearts continue to show improvement in their health a year after undergoing the procedure, researchers report.

Other

France to lift ban on gay men giving blood

France said Wednesday it will lift a ban on gay men giving blood, but only if they abstain from sex in the months beforehand—an exclusion denounced as discriminatory by rights groups.

Cardiology

With help from pharmacists, better blood pressure costs $22

A pharmacist-physician collaborative effort to control blood pressure among a diverse group of patients was considered cost-effective, with a $22 price tag to increase the hypertension control rate by one percent, according ...

Cardiology

Post-SPRINT trial headaches

On 11 September, some 9,300 participants in the SPRINT trial were sent a letter from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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