Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Sleeping pill found to reduce levels of Alzheimer's proteins

Sleep disturbances can be an early sign of Alzheimer's disease. Many people eventually diagnosed with Alzheimer's start experiencing difficulty falling and staying asleep years before cognitive problems such as memory loss ...

Oncology & Cancer

New therapy harnesses patients' blood cells to fight tumors

Adoptive cell therapy (ACT) has become a promising immunotherapy tool to help treat advanced melanoma. The therapy, which harnesses immune cells collected from the patient's own tumors, could provide a new treatment option ...

Medications

Therapy for rare bone disorder shows promise in clinical trial

A clinical trial at the National Institutes of Health found that a medication, denosumab, significantly reduced abnormal bone turnover in adults with fibrous dysplasia, a rare disease marked by weak and misshapen bones. Bone ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Finger-prick test developed for trichomoniasis

A quick, affordable diagnostic test developed by a Washington State University researcher may help curb one of the most prevalent but least discussed sexually transmitted infections.

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