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An invasive heart test used routinely to measure heart function is being dramatically overused, especially among patients who recently underwent similar, more... Read More »

Both radiation and many forms of chemotherapy try to kill tumors by causing oxidative stress in their cells. New research from the University of Southern California... Read More »

Here are the top medical headlines of the week! Gene sequencing may not actually be useful in determining health risks Over the past several years the world... Read More »

In this talk from TED2012, Jack Choi demonstrated a powerful, new tool for medical training: a stretcher-sized touch screen of the human body that lets you explore... Read More »

Harvard stem cell researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have taken a critical step in the discovery of a drug to control cystic fibrosis (CF), a fatal lung... Read More »

Researchers from the University of Notre Dame have developed a ‘gene chip’ to contribute to the identification of malaria drug resistance, an effort that... Read More »

Mylan Inc. - Mylan Sues FDA Seeking Ruling That Teva Holds No Exclusivity for Its Generic Version of Provigil® Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL) today announced that... Read More »

For the majority of women, a screening mammogram is effective in detecting breast cancer. However, for some at an increased risk of breast cancer, adding other tests, ... Read More »

A dose of carbon nanotubes more than doubles the growth rate of plant cell cultures -- workhorses in the production of everything from lifesaving medications to... Read More »

A group of Chinese and Australian scientists have developed a handheld, battery-powered plasma-producing device that can rid skin of bacteria in an instant. The... Read More »

Insights into how the first vaccine ever reported to modestly prevent HIV infection might have worked were published online today in the New England Journal of... Read More »

Targeted therapeutic nanoparticles that accumulate in tumors while bypassing healthy cells have shown promising results in an ongoing clinical trial, according to a... Read More »

Cancer therapy that zeroes in on stem cells seeks $50 million IPO The company developing cancer therapies to destroy cancer stem cells to treat brain cancer and acute... Read More »

Some women experience a noticeable decline in cognitive abilities, such as memory, during menopause. Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University ... Read More »

Working in mice, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have devised a treatment that prevents the optic nerve injury that occurs in ... Read More »

A harmless virus may be able to boost the effects of two standard chemotherapy drugs. RT3D, trade name Reolysin, is a new drug developed by Oncolytics Biotech. It is... Read More »

In a third of cases, medication cannot stop epileptic seizures. One solution is to shoot a short pulse of electricity to the brain to stop the seizure just as it... Read More »

A new drug developed by Northwestern Medicine scientists prevented human prostate cancer cells from spreading to other tissues without any toxic effects to normal... Read More »

The brains of people with anorexia and obesity are wired differently, according to new research. Neuroscientists for the first time have found that how our brains... Read More »

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) today announced that topline results have been received from seven of the eight ‘Harmony’ Phase III studies investigating the use of ... Read More »