Doctors want to work more closely with carers in their communities but are being hampered by financial cutbacks, says the BMA. Updated guidance from the BMA?s Community Care Committee published says extra resources would help GPs identify more carers.
Women who have breast cancer before age 50 and who have few female relatives on one side of their family tree should be considered candidates for genetic testing for cancer genes, say a team of researchers at City of Hope.
Unique technology, that uses the enzymes of fireflies to read the genetic code of DNA, has been installed at the University of Liverpool.
High-tech dental lasers used mainly to prepare cavities for restoration now can help eliminate bacteria in root canals, according to research published in the July issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA).
Dr. ?ric A. Cohen, a researcher at the IRCM (Institut de recherches cliniques de Montr?al), and his team will publish on Friday, July 13, in PLoS Pathogens a discovery that could lead to the development of a new class of drugs to combat HIV.
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine report how the gene for utrophin, which codes for a protein very similar to dystrophin, the defective protein in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), puts the brakes on its own expression in muscle cells, thereby suggesting a new target for treatment.
A new University of Colorado at Boulder study shows people have the ability to suppress emotional memories with practice, which has implications for those suffering from conditions ranging from post-traumatic stress disorder to depression.
By borrowing techniques used in telecommunications technology, computed tomography (CT) scanners may eventually see data collection speeds increase by hundreds of times, leading to better images, faster imaging procedures, and potentially lower x-ray exposures.
Groin injury accounts for a large amount of lost playing time, especially in soccer players. A new study finds that a simple 20-minute warm-up program used during preseason averts these injuries.
Studies by scientists at the Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University in Michigan have discovered a correlation between the speed of ultrasound transmitted through breast tissue and the density of that tissue.