A study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers of girls and women who were sex-trafficked from Nepal to India and then repatriated has found that 38 percent were HIV positive.
Good Morning America’s anchor Robin Roberts, a noted Presbyterian, has announced that she has breast cancer.
The FDA Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee voted to keep the Glaxo’s diabetes medicine Avandia available to patients in the US. The FDA will review the panel’s recommendation before making a decision.
Castleberry?s Food Company expanded voluntary recall to additional products. If you had previously determined your Castleberry?s products were not included in the recall announced on July_18, you should check them again using the updated information below.
According to a new study in TRANSFUSION, the number of individuals in the U.S. who are eligible to donate blood may be smaller than previously believed ? approximately 60 million fewer people.
After binding DNA segments to tiny iron-containing spheres called nanoparticles, researchers have used magnetic fields to direct the nanoparticles into arterial muscle cells, where the DNA could have a therapeutic effect. Although the research, done in cell cultures, is in early stages, it may represent a new method for delivering gene therapy to benefit blood vessels damaged by arterial disease.
When it comes to searching out cancer cells, gold may turn out to be a precious metal. Purdue University researchers have created gold nanoparticles capable of identifying marker proteins making the tiny particles a potential tool to better diagnose and treat breast cancer.
A novel, free, public online database opening this week should greatly speed efforts to find genes linked to increase risk of bipolar disorder.
Many scientists assume people have sex for simple and straightforward reasons such as to experience sexual pleasure or to reproduce, but new research at the University of Texas at Austin reveals hundreds of varied and complex motivations that range from the spiritual to the vengeful.
Pigs could be the key to understanding how antibiotic resistant bacteria persist in Intensive Care Units in hospitals. NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) Immunology & Molecular Diagnostic Research Unit Team Leader, Dr James Chin, says it is commonly believed that each time an antibiotic is used only pathogens or disease-causing bacteria will be killed.