Health

Children can learn ways to significantly reduce salt usage

Consuming excessive salt during childhood is associated with cardiovascular health risk factors, yet the effectiveness of education- and behavior-based strategies to lower salt usage among children has not been fully researched. ...

Oncology & Cancer

Olfactory receptor as therapeutic target in bladder cancer

Researchers from Bochum have detected an olfactory receptor in the human bladder that might prove useful for bladder cancer therapy and diagnosis. Using cell culture studies, the team headed by Prof Dr Dr Dr habil Hanns Hatt ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Sofosbuvir improves renal safety in patients with chronic hep C

(HealthDay)—Sofosbuvir-based treatment appears to guarantee renal safety for patients with chronic hepatitis C virus over one year of follow-up, according to a study published online May 7 in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacy ...

Oncology & Cancer

Japan to trial 'world's first urine test' to spot cancer

A Japanese firm is poised to carry out what it hailed as the world's first experiment to test for cancer using urine samples, which would greatly facilitate screening for the deadly disease.

Diabetes

New method identifies type 2 diabetics at risk of early death

When you hear the phrase 'adult-onset diabetes', your first thought might be of excessive blood sugar levels and obesity. Picturing an adult carrying extra weight around his or her waist, and who follows an unhealthy lifestyle.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Kidney disease imaging

Obstructive nephropathy—a condition in which the flow of urine is blocked—is a primary source of kidney impairment in infants and children.

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