The development of the first vaccine for the prevention of cancer came 30 years after Harald zur Hausen first hypothesized that human papilloma virus (HPV) might be associated with cervical cancer.
Today, Mayo Clinic opened the wall of one of its hospitals and used a crane to slide in a huge, high-tech steel box designed to heal patients and foster medical discoveries. The box is a 3,800-cubic-foot, high-pressure hyperbaric system that contains three specialized therapy rooms.
Drinking a daily pint of beer or a large glass of wine increases your risk of bowel cancer by around 10 per cent ? according to a new report by Cancer Research UK.
Bariatric surgery patients had 64 percent fewer complications and a 26 percent shorter hospital stay if they went to a five-star rated hospital compared with a one-star rated hospital, according to a new study released today by HealthGrades, the healthcare ratings company.
A large-scale genomic study has uncovered new genetic variations associated with multiple sclerosis (MS), findings that suggest a possible link between MS and other autoimmune diseases.
New research at the University of Nottingham, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, is paving the way for techniques that use stem cells to repair the damage caused by heart attacks.
The world?s most common joint disease, osteoarthritis (OA) affects more than 10 percent of American adults, nearly 80 percent of people past age 55, and about three times as many women as men.
Researchers and clinicians have widely noted an intriguing link between some intestinal diseases and some forms of arthritis. In particular, chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) frequently afflicts patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), marked by chronic inflammation of the spine and the sacroiliac joints.
Arthritis is common among elderly Americans, and as the population ages it is expected to increase. At the same time, disability is increasing in patients with arthritis and the racial/ethnic composition of the U.S. is changing; minority populations are forecasted to increase from 30.6 percent of the population in 2000 to 49.9 percent by 2050.
A newly identified gene may hold the promise of guiding future research into therapies for multiple sclerosis in what its discoverers say is the first major genetic advance in 30 years for understanding this nervous system disease.