Orange juice, despite its high caloric load of sugars, appears to be a healthy food for diabetics due to its mother lode of flavonoids, a study by endocrinologists at the University at Buffalo has shown.
A commentary in the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO) urges researchers to explore an intriguing approach to reduce the dose, and therefore the cost, of oral targeted cancer therapies.
The key to control any pandemic is early identification and rapid response. Although considerable progress has been made in global infectious disease surveillance, few scientists are optimistic that an effective early warning system is in place, and many gaps remain, according to researchers at Columbia University?s Mailman School of Public Health.
A decade ago, scientists announced the ability to introduce foreign genes into the mosquito genome. A year ago, scientists announced the successful use of an artificial gene that prevented a virus from replicating within mosquitoes.
HIV-infected children may require repeat measles vaccination for protection, according to new research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and other institutions.
Exploiting interactions between food and drugs could dramatically lower the rapidly rising costs of several anticancer drugs, and perhaps many other medications, two cancer-pharmacology specialists suggest in a commentary in the July 16, 2007, issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
The Malawian government – Health officials in Malawi are urging the country’s sexually active residents to receive voluntary HIV tests during a weeklong national campaign that started this week.
A surgical technique known as temporalis tendon transfer, in conjunction with intense physical therapy before and after surgery, may help reanimate the features of those with facial paralysis, according to a report in the July/August issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
UCLA Medical Center ranks as one of the top three American hospitals ? and the best hospital in the western United States for the 18th consecutive year ? according to a U.S. News & World Report survey that reviewed patient outcomes data, reputation among physicians and other care-related factors.
Researchers isolated bisdemethoxycurcumin, the active ingredient of curcuminoids ? a natural substance found in turmeric root ? that may help boost the immune system in clearing amyloid beta, a peptide that forms the plaques found in Alzheimer’s disease.