By the beginning of this year, a consensus had developed on the link between COX-2 drugs and heart disease risk: The evidence for cardiovascular side effects was strongest for Vioxx and Bextra, intermediate for Celebrex, and weak for naproxen. An overview article in the March issue of the Harvard Health Letter explains this consensus, and can serve as a base of information that readers can turn to as this story continues to unfold.
U.S. researchers said they have genetically engineered a strain of mice with bone density up to four times greater than ordinary mice.
Virginia scientists say a compound derived from a rare South American plant stops the growth of human breast cancer cells in laboratory cultures.
A previously undescribed population of adult human stem cells, derived from bone marrow, is capable of forming three different cell types and of self-renewal.
A healthy diet is very important for the development of good health during the early years of life. A faulty lifestyle and especially faulty food can lead to an unhealthy adult and therefore an unhealthy society and nation.
Vitamin E from seeds, but not most supplements, might halt the growth of prostate and lung cancer cells, scientists at Purdue University reported.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new intravenous biologic product, palifermin (trade-name Kepivance) to help reduce the chance that certain cancer patients, those with blood cancers undergoing chemotherapy and radiation in preparation for bone marrow transplants, will develop mucositis. Palifermin also shortens the duration of the condition.
A team of researchers working with cells from mice has overcome a technical barrier and succeeded in growing sperm progenitor cells in laboratory culture. The researchers transplanted the cells into infertile mice, which were then able to produce sperm and father offspring that were genetically related to the donor mice.
Prostate cancer is the number one cancer diagnosed in men over age 45. While this disease is very common in the United States, it’s not as common in Japan or China. So, what’s the difference? What we eat could be the key to preventing prostate cancer.
Pregnant women suffering from epilepsy need to better informed about the risks of birth defects from treatments used to control their seizures.