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Bone marrow transplantation shows potential for treating adults with severe sickle cell disease
Jul 03, 2014
Use of a lower intensity bone marrow transplantation method showed promising results among 30 patients (16-65 years of age) with severe sickle cell disease, according to a study in JAMA. Read More
Sunscreen users motivated by fear of skin cancer
Jul 03, 2014
We're often told that worrying can be harmful to one's health. But University at Buffalo researchers say that when it comes to preventing skin cancer, a little fear is good for you. Read More
Determining the effectiveness of brain cancer treatment via biomarker
Jul 03, 2014
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a new biomarker that predicts whether glioblastoma - the most common form of primary brain cancer - will... Read More
31 genes discovered that are key to kidney cancer
Jul 03, 2014
A genomic analysis of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), the most common form of kidney cancer, from 72 patients has uncovered 31 genes that are key to development, growth and spread of the... Read More
Increase in Medicare-backed breast cancer screenings unsustainable
Jul 03, 2014
Breast cancer screening costs for Medicare patients skyrocketed between 2001 and 2009, but the increase did not lead to earlier detection of new breast cancer cases, according to a study published by... Read More
Health care spending could be reduced by cutting unnecessary blood testing
Jul 03, 2014
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center used two relatively simple tactics to significantly reduce the number of unnecessary blood tests to assess symptoms of heart attack and chest pain... Read More
Study points the way forward for global HIV services and other chronic conditions
Jul 03, 2014
Millions of people in need would benefit from HIV services in developing countries that are moving towards universal health coverage if these services were run more efficiently and integrated better... Read More
Deep-freezing testicular tissue produces healthy baby mice
Jul 02, 2014
Researchers from Japan have produced healthy baby mice by cryopreserving - deep-freezing - testicular tissue, culturing it to produce sperm and inseminating immature egg cells. Read More
Cancer risk: Aspirin and smoking affect aging of genes
Jul 02, 2014
The risk of developing cancer increases with age. Factors like smoking and regular aspirin use also affect the risk of cancer - although in the opposite sense. Read More
Enlightening cancer cells
Jul 02, 2014
Harald Janovjak, Assistant Professor at IST Austria, together with Michael Grusch, Associate Professor at the Institute of Cancer Research of the Medical University of Vienna, "remote-controlled" the... Read More
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