A compound related to a drug used in humans to prevent organ-transplant rejection attacks a key biochemical process in the faulty immune cells of lupus-prone mice, suggesting a possible new approach to combating the disease, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found.
Despite years of effort in reaching out to their local communities, the role pharmacists play as health-care providers still remains unclear to the people who need them the most — elderly Americans with multiple medications for chronic diseases.
Mayo Clinic researchers have identified the first immune molecule that appears to play a role in prostate cancer development and in predicting cancer recurrence and progression after surgery. The report on the B7-H3 molecule by Mayo Clinic Cancer Center appears today in Cancer Research.
The Utah Department of Health (UDOH) is offering low-cost vaccines to prevent the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) to eligible women in Utah ? specifically, women between the ages of 19-26 who have no health insurance or have insurance that does not pay for the vaccine.
In a new study in the American Journal of Chinese Medicine, kinesiologists at the University of Illinois suggest that older adults who adopt an exercise regimen combining Taiji and Qigong may get an extra boost from their annual flu shot.
A major surprise emerging from genome sequencing projects is that humans have a comparable number of protein-coding genes as significantly less complex organisms such as the minute nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans. Clearly something other than gene count is behind the genetic differences between simpler and more complex life forms.
Today’s doctors are trained to take a more “patient-centered” approach toward healthcare. That means educating patients about their conditions, encouraging questions and collaboration, discussing how the condition affects the patient emotionally, and involving patients in treatment decisions.
Leptin, one of the key hormones responsible for reducing hunger and increasing the feeling of fullness, also controls our fondness for food, revealed by researchers at University of Cambridge.
A new study suggests that women with chronic issues with their body image are more likely to benefit from an exercise class where the instructor emphasizes the health benefits of the workout over improved appearance, even if those women chose the class in hopes of improving their physique.
The Canadian Minister of Health, Tony Clement, announced that proposed regulations to prohibit the use of “light” and “mild” terms were pre-published in Canada Gazette, Part I on August 4, 2007, for a 75 day comment period.