(NaturalNews) Radiation therapy for the treatment of brain tumors may lead to cognitive decline later in life, according to a study conducted by researchers from VU University Medical Centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and published in The Lancet Neu…
Canadian researchers may be poised to change the face of diabetes treatment by ‘teaching’ bright-cloured safflower plants how to produce insulin.
Researchers have made a breakthrough in HIV research that had eluded scientists for over 20 years, potentially leading to better treatments for HIV, in a study published today in the journal Nature.The researchers, from Imperial College London and Harv…
A newly approved ‘morning after’ pill may do a better job of preventing unwanted pregnancies than the widely used pill levonorgestrel, researchers say. The new treatment, called ulipristal acetate, can also be used up to five days after a woman has unprotected sex, compared with just three days for levonorgestrel. What do we know already? [...]
A vaccine that primes the immune system to attack prostate cancer can extend the lives of men in the advanced stages of the disease, researchers say. Men who had the experimental vaccine lived on average 8 to 9 months longer than men who had inactive, placebo injections.What do we know already?About 35,000 men are diagnosed [...]
People in their 70s who are classed as overweight live longer than those thought to be a healthy weight, researchers say. While people who are moderately overweight seem to live the longest, being very overweight (obese) or being underweight is linked to the worst impact on people’s lifespan. What do we know already? Working out [...]
Study may result in new and more effective therapiesResearchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have performed the first complete genomic sequencing of a brain cancer cell line, a discovery that may lead to personalized treatments based o…
LONDON (Reuters) – The so-called “club drug” ecstasy is more likely than other stimulants like speed or crystal meth to kill young, healthy people who are not known as regular drug users, British researchers said on Friday.
The so-called “club drug” ecstasy is more likely than other stimulants like speed or crystal meth to kill young, healthy people who are not known as regular drug users, British researchers said on Friday.
One-third of samples of milk and dairy products analyzed in various restaurants exceed the microbe contamination limits set by the European Union, according to a study carried out by researchers from the University of Valencia (UV).