Dartmouth Medical School researchers have identified a new way that arsenite, a form of arsenic, acts in treating a rare cancer known as APL, or acute promyelocytic leukemia. Their study is published in the Jan_3 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Evidence-based medicine is widely accepted among researchers as the “gold-standard” for scientific approaches. Over the years, EBM has both supported and denied the value of allopathic medicine practices, while having less association with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practices. Since most CAM practices are complex and focus on healing rather than cure the question arises as to whether EBM principles are sufficient for making clinical decisions about CAM.
Nutrition 21, Inc., today announced the results of a recent placebo controlled, double-blind, randomized, single center study that demonstrated that Diachrome, a patented combination of chromium picolinate and biotin, safely improves blood glucose levels and cholesterol metabolism in people with type 2 diabetes.
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have developed a highly sensitive test for identifying which drug-resistant strains of HIV are harbored in a patient’s bloodstream.
Scientists have discovered a new source of stems cells and have used them to create muscle, bone, fat, blood vessel, nerve and liver cells in the laboratory. The first report showing the isolation of broad potential stem cells from the amniotic fluid that surrounds developing embryos was published today in Nature Biotechnology.
Eating Disorders Association’s Steve Bloomfield warna about internet websites which he believes are leading vulnerable people into anorexia and bulimia. He claimed that the so-called “pro-ana” sites are “literally killing people”.
Dogs are usually indulged in eating biscuits, and it causes obesity in them. Now dogs have slimming drug Slentrol, manufactured by Pfizer, to control obesity. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today is announcing the approval of Slentrol (dirlotapide), a prescription drug for the management of obesity in dogs.
Recent studies report that 4% of novice nurses in Japan quit within nine months on the job, while 8.5% quit within one year.
When a stroke strikes, the supply of blood to the part of the brain affected is interrupted, starving it of oxygen. Brain cells can be seriously damaged or die, impairing local brain function.
Research has shown that serum tests work effectively as a pre-screening method for atrophic gastritis and gastric cancer. These tests will foster the detection rate of early cancer in patients ? providing not only a far less invasive examination as compared to the conventional scope method, but also give patients a cheap, convenient and safe alternative.