Medications

Novel drug makes mice skinny even on sugary, fatty diet

Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) have developed a small-molecule drug that prevents weight gain and adverse liver changes in mice fed a high-sugar, high-fat ...

Oncology & Cancer

How fat could help in tailoring your cancer treatment plan

In recent years, the immunotherapy field has revolutionized oncology treatment methods by developing therapeutics that help a cancer patient's own immune system fight their disease. However, these treatments have had varied ...

Medications

Turmeric may be as good for treating indigestion as omeprazole

A natural compound found in the culinary spice turmeric may be as effective as omeprazole—a drug used to curb excess stomach acid—for treating indigestion symptoms, suggests the first study of its kind, published online ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Virus might be behind mystery child hepatitis cases: US agency

Nine young children from Alabama affected by a mysterious hepatitis (inflammation of the liver) all tested positive for a common pathogen called adenovirus 41, a study by the US health agency said Friday.

Diabetes

A promising new pathway to treating type 2 diabetes

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin, a scientific breakthrough that transformed Type 1 diabetes, once known as juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes, from a terminal disease into a ...

Oncology & Cancer

Porous cells lead to poorer livers

Need another reason to think twice before ordering that extra helping of fries? It could lead to a higher risk of developing liver cancer. Cases of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)—a type of fatty liver disease that ...

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