Michael Yarborough, a 58-year-old business owner from Waxahachie, Texas, was fortunate. A routine check-up three years ago revealed prostate cancer, but a side effect of his successful surgery was “driving him nuts.”
With infections increasingly resistant to even the most modern antibiotics, researchers at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed) report in the September issue of Nature Reviews Microbiology on new clues they have uncovered in immune system molecules that defend against infection.
Treating diabetes during pregnancy can break the link between gestational diabetes and childhood obesity, according to a Kaiser Permanente study featured in the September issue of Diabetes Care.
Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) and The Alzheimer?s Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS) group announced the decision to pursue a multi-center U.S. Phase III study evaluating the role of Gammagard Liquid [Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human)] (IGIV) , an intravenous immunoglobulin preparation, for the treatment of patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer?s disease.
The Kern County Department of Public Health is concerned that residents are not taking necessary precautions to prevent West Nile virus infection. To highlight the personal impact West Nile virus has had on infected individuals and their survival, a video presentation of California survivors was shared with the news media about their personal stories to recover from the disease.
Last week, Jamba Juice was informed by the Santa Clara County Department of Public Health that an employee at San Jose/Willow Glen store has recently been diagnosed and treated for Hepatitis A, the mildest form of Hepatitis.
The use of hypnosis prior to breast cancer surgery reduced the amount of anesthesia administered during the operation, the level of pain reported afterwards, and the time and cost of the procedure, according to a study published online Aug. 28 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
More prostate cancers were detected among men who were screened every two years than men screened every four years, according to a study published online Aug. 28 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. But the shorter time between screenings did not reduce the number of aggressive cancers found between the scheduled screening tests.
In a report that is among the first to describe the prevalence of HIV and Hepatitis B and C viruses in Afghanistan, a researcher from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine voiced concerns that increasing injection drug use and accompanying high-risk behavior could lead to an HIV epidemic in Afghanistan.
Using magnetic resonance images of the brain, researchers have identified a new abnormality related to disease progression and disability in patients with multiple sclerosis, according to a study published in the August issue of Radiology.