A researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health has discovered a new part of the complicated mechanism that governs the formation of blood vessels, or angiogenesis.
Trigosamine is a scientifically-advanced, once-a-day formulation that not only helps build and maintain healthy joints and cartilage but also helps relieve joint discomfort.
By measuring levels of a protein in tumor cells, doctors may be able to predict which people with colorectal cancer will survive five years or more, researchers say.
Taking vitamin D cut the risk of pancreatic cancer nearly in half, according to a new study that is being called the first to show such a benefit.
Benzimate is the lead compound selected from a series of compounds known as benzimidazoles. The anti-cancer and anti-viral activity of the benzimidazoles was originally investigated by the Proctor & Gamble Company (P & G) beginning in the 1990’s.
Anti-cancer drug developer AmpliMed Corp. announced a clinical benefit rate of 44.4 percent for its lead drug candidate Amplimexon.
Some people out there wonder why people pay out money on expensive contact lenses or expensive glasses. If you?ve never worn glasses or contact lenses, then chances are that you have good eyesight. In contrast, those that don?t have good vision will need to get either contact lenses or glasses in order to have near perfect vision.
If you someday become diagnosed with skin cancer and survive, one of the most worrisome issues you will face will be preventing a recurrence of the cancer. After successful treatment, your doctor will continue to schedule regular follow-up appointments to ensure that you remain skin cancer-free. Even regular medical attention is no substitute for exercising good skin care habits.
Children who are overweight as toddlers or preschoolers are more likely to be overweight or obese in early adolescence, report researchers in a collaborative study by the NIH and several academic institutions. The researchers periodically collected height and weight measurements of a sample of children, beginning at age 2 and continuing until age 12. Their analysis, appearing in the September Pediatrics, provides some of the strongest evidence to date that overweight in early childhood increase the chances for overweight in later life.
Cardiac arrest is often preceded by symptoms lasting for more than an hour, and usually occurs in cases with a known history of heart disease or risk factors, German investigators report. These findings refute the theory that sudden cardiac death occurs at random in apparently healthy or low-risk patients, the authors say.