Medical research

Can we turn back the clock on an aging thymus?

As we age our thymus shrinks and is replaced by fatty tissue, losing its essential ability to grow and develop T cells and leaving us susceptible to infections, immune disorders and cancers.

Pediatrics

Aromatase inhibitor plus growth hormone can optimize height

(HealthDay)—Use of an aromatase inhibitor in combination with growth hormone seems effective for optimizing height in 11β-hydroxylase-deficient congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), according to a case report published ...

Pediatrics

Premature babies may grow up to have weaker bones

Among the many important processes that happen during a woman's last few weeks of pregnancy is the transfer of calcium to the growing foetus to boost bone development. But what happens if this transfer is interrupted when ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Drinking coffee, smoking may protect against cholangitis

(HealthDay)—Coffee consumption and smoking might protect against the development of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), according to a study published in the June issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Alendronate reduces adjacent-level vertebral fractures

(HealthDay)—For females with osteoporosis, the rate of adjacent-level vertebral fractures is relatively low, with reduced odds with bisphosphonate therapy, according to a study published in the Dec. 1 issue of Spine.

Oncology & Cancer

Age shouldn't limit access to transplants for MDS, study suggests

Patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) who were as old as 74 fared as well with stem cell transplantation as did patients in the 60-to-65 age range, according to a study from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute presented ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Not just a 'women's disease,' osteoporosis strikes men too

Osteoporosis, a disease that causes bones to weaken and sometimes break, is often thought of as a "women's disease," but it poses a significant threat to more than 2 million men in the United States, according to the National ...

Health

Should short boys take growth hormone?

(HealthDay)—Parents often worry when their child, especially a son, is much shorter than average. But as long as there is no medical cause, parents can rest easy, experts say.

page 5 from 8