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Why Boutique CROs Are Ideal for Running Your Clinical Trial
Before various medicines and techniques make their way to pharmacies all around the world, they must go through rigorous clinical trials to ensure that they…
Breakthrough Research on Modified Citrus Pectin and Galectin-3 for Cardiovascular Disease, Fibrosis and other Inflammatory Conditions
In a new important research study out of the UK, scientists found that Modified Citrus Pectin (MCP) of the correct molecular weight interrupts deadly kidney…
Berries for Brain Protection
Blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, etc. - America is a berry rich country. These wonder foods are well known for their antioxidant and…
Major Blood Pressure Discovery Offers Immediate Solutions
British researchers using state-of-the-art x-ray technology have identified the primary reason blood pressure elevates in the first place. A key…
Olive Leaf Extract Offsets Stress of High Calorie Intake
It is ironic that food, which is so vital to survival, when consumed in excess is literally poison to your metabolism. Excess consumption of fat and…
Vitamin K Reduces the Risk for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Researchers at Minnesota's Mayo Clinic have found that people who have higher intakes of vitamin K have a lower risk of developing Non-Hodgkin…
BAMLET AND HAMLET – A New Play or a Cure for Cancer?
There are two new actors on stage in the war on cancer, BAMLET AND HAMLET. It was a fluke discovery; HAMLET was stumbled onto by researchers trying to…
Cancer and Home remedies
Cancer and Herbal Remedies There are a number of herbal remedies available for treating many diseases affecting the human body. Some have been used for…
How Imbalanced Digestive Bacteria Cause Obesity & Heart Disease
Science now reveals that the foreign contents within your digestive tract play a dramatic role in your energy level, metabolic function, body weight, and…
High Intake of EPA/DHA Reduces Risks for Cardiovascular Disease
By now just about everyone is aware that consuming essential fatty acids like DHA is vital to your cardiovascular health, weight management, and general…
Avandia is Killing Americans, FDA Negligence Comes Front and Center
It appears the new FDA leadership is not much different than the last administration, as the diabetes drug Avandia killed 304 people in the third quarter of…
Surprisingly High Cancer Risk from CT Scans
Isn't it nice to know that the medical profession caused 29,000 future cases of cancer in 2007 from the CT scans it performed on patients (a great tool for…
Common Phthalate Exposure Linked to ADHD
Phthalates are commonly added to plastics to increase their flexibility and transparency. The are common in the average household and can readily leach…
New Science Questions Theory of Antidepressant Drugs
Eva Redei, David Lawrence Stein Professor of Psychiatry at Northwestern's Feinberg School, has presented a study that throws a monkey wrench in the…
The FDA’s Peramivir H1N1 Swine Flu Experiment
The FDA has now opened the door for widespread human experimentation during this year's flu season, allowing an antiviral drug called Peramivir to be used…
Tamoxifen Shockingly Found to Cause Aggressive Breast Cancer
Long-term Tamoxifen use, as widely promoted by oncologists for women following breast cancer, turns out to increase the risk of highly aggressive hormone…
Steep Escalation in Minority Obesity and Breast Cancer
A new report in the journal Academic Pediatrics shows that severe obesity in children has tripled in the past two decades. It has especially risen…
Immunometabolism: The New Frontier
Every now and then rather jaw-dropping research is published, as is the case this week as the journal Nature Medicine published three groundbreaking articles…
How Hostile Bacteria Take Up Unwanted Residence
Some of the worst bacterial infections have learned how to trick and evade the human immune response, allowing themselves to set up shop and wreak havoc to…
Hayflick Comments on Aging
Leonard Hayflick, PhD, a professor of anatomy at the University of California, San Francisco is best known for his aging theory known as the Hayflick Limit,…
News Articles
Breast Cancer Discovery: Ukrainian Clinical Study Shows Stunning Achievement of Respiration Retraining Oxygenation Treatment
Metastasized breast cancers can be frequently deadly. Up to 20-25 percent of females die during next 5 years because of spread of cancerous cells to…
Scientists develop new drug treatment for malaria
As part of the £1.5 million project, researchers are now testing the drug to determine how the treatment could progress to clinical trials. The drug is…
Brain Study Shows That Thinking About God Reduces Distress—But Only for Believers
Thinking about God may make you less upset about making errors, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for…
Women in their 40s have lower mammographic tumour detectability
The reduced effectiveness of mammographic screening in women in their forties is primarily due to lower detectability instead of faster tumour growth rate,…
Morphine blocks tumour growth
Minneapolis, USA - Current research suggests that taking morphine can block new blood vessel and tumour growth. The related report by Koodie et al,…
Novel HIV test is quick and cheap
Microfluidic device uses antibodies to 'capture' white blood cells called T cells affected by HIVUC Davis biomedical engineer Prof. Alexander Revzin…
Rhythm of life: Music shows potential in stroke rehabilitation
Music therapy provided by trained music therapists may help to improve movement in stroke patients, according to a new Cochrane Systematic Review. A few small…
Artificial sweeteners, without the aftertaste: Scientists find bitter-blocking ingredient
Researchers have discovered a chemical that specifically blocks people's ability to detect the bitter aftertaste that comes with artificial sweeteners such…
Trials begin on potent new hepatitis C drug
The first clinical trials have started on a new investigational drug, discovered by researchers at Cardiff University, which is being developed to treat…
Cheese found to improve the immune response of the elderly
Cheese acting as 'carrier' for probiotic bacteria can help to restore immune systemScientists in Finland have discovered that cheese can help…
Potential new test for early diagnosis of osteoarthritis identified
Researchers at King's College London's Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, based at St Thomas' Hospital have discovered new ways…
Diet high in B-vitamins lowers heart risks in Japanese study
Dallas, USA - Eating more foods containing the B-vitamins folate and B-6 lowers the risk of death from stroke and heart disease for women and may reduce the…
Study shows potential benefit of dark chocolate for liver disease patients
Vienna, Austria - Doctors could soon be prescribing a dose of dark chocolate to help patients suffering from liver cirrhosis and from dangerously high blood…
Household detergents, shampoos may form harmful substance in waste water
Scientists are reporting evidence that certain ingredients in shampoo, detergents and other household cleaning agents may be a source of precursor materials…
Breathe easy: A natural fruit compound may help asthma
A preliminary study by New Zealand company Plant & Food Research shows that natural chemicals from blackcurrants may help breathing in some types of…
New form of insulin can be inhaled rather than injected
Scientists today described a new ultra-rapid acting mealtime insulin (AFREZZATM) that is orally inhaled for absorption via the lung. Because the insulin is…
EU to fund complementary medicine research
The Prince of Wales Foundation for Integrated Health has welcomed news that the European Union is to put €1.5 million into complementary medicine research…
Vitamin D and calcium interplay explored
Increasing calcium intake is a common--yet not always successful--strategy for reducing bone fractures. But a study supported in part by the Agricultural…
IBS patients not more likely to develop polyps or colon cancer
Patients with irritable bowel syndrome are at no greater risk of having polyps, colon cancer or inflammatory bowel diseases than healthy people undergoing…
Michael J. Fox Foundation awards grant to advance Parkinson's disease research
For his work contributing to a potential new treatment approach for Parkinson's disease, the Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) for Parkinson's Research…
New cancer treatment gives hope to lymphoma and leukaemia patients
Scottsdale, USA - Cancer researchers have high hopes for a new therapy for patients with certain types of lymphoma and leukaemia. PCI-32765 is a new drug…
Scanning for skin cancer: Infrared system looks for deadly melanoma
Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a noninvasive infrared scanning system to help doctors determine whether pigmented skin growths are benign moles or…
New Material Mimics Bone To Create Better Biomedical Implants
A "metal foam" that has a similar elasticity to bone could mean a new generation of biomedical implants that would avoid bone rejection that often…
Small Liquid Sensor May Detect Cancer Instantly, Could Lead to Home Detection Kit
What if it were possible to go to the store and buy a kit to quickly and accurately diagnose cancer, similar to a pregnancy test? A University of Missouri…
Promising therapy for relapsing multiple sclerosis
Salt Lake City, USA - An international team of researchers has found that adding a humanized monoclonal antibody called daclizumab to standard treatment…
Scientists discover new treatment for chronic pain condition
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered that treating the immune system of patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CPRS) leads to a…
New research rejects 80-year theory of 'primordial soup' as the origin of life
For 80 years it has been accepted that early life began in a 'primordial soup' of organic molecules before evolving out of the oceans millions of years…
Double trouble: Bacterial super-infection after the flu
San Diego, USA - Current research suggests that the flu may predispose to secondary bacterial infections, which account for a significant proportion of…
Addictive Effects of Caffeine on Kids Being Studied
Caffeine is a stimulant drug, although legal, and adults use it widely to perk themselves up and being "addicted" to caffeine is considered perfectly…
Rapid flu testing
Milwaukee, USA - Researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin, the Children's Research Institute, and the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin have…
Omega-3 fatty acids may reduce risk of colon cancer
Houston, USA - Long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, primarily found in fish and seafood, may have a role in colorectal cancer prevention, according to results…
Mayo Clinic researchers prove key cancer theory
Animal study demonstrates how whole chromosome changes cause cancerRochester USA -- Mayo Clinic researchers have proven the longstanding theory that changes in…
New hope for diagnosis and treatment of intractable paediatric brain tumours
Scientists have discovered oncogenes capable of driving growth of normal human brain stem cells in a highly malignant paediatric brain tumour. The research,…
New device enables early detection of cancerous skin tumours
Beer-Sheva, ISRAEL - Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev are developing a new device that detects cancerous skin tumours, including melanomas…
Breast density associated with increased risk of cancer recurrence
A new study finds that women treated for breast cancer are at higher risk of cancer recurrence if they have dense breasts. Published in the December 2009 issue…
Gut worms may protect against house-dust mite allergy
A study conducted in Vietnam has added further weight to the view that parasitic gut worms, such as hookworm, could help in the prevention and treatment of…
Institute for Aging Research study links high-heels to heel and ankle pain
Women should think twice before buying their next pair of high-heels or pumps, according to researchers at the Institute for Aging Research of Hebrew Senior…
New test quickly finds active TB in smear-negative patients
Active tuberculosis can be rapidly identified in patients with negative sputum tests by a new method, according to European researchers. Active tuberculosis…
National autism research led by Leicester specialist
The first ever major study into adults living with autism was published this week by the NHS Information Centre. The report, entitled 'Autism Spectrum…
Ice cream may target the brain before your hips
DALLAS, USA - Blame your brain for sabotaging your efforts to get back on track after splurging on an extra scoop of ice cream or that second beef burger…
Vaccine to prevent urinary tract infections shows early promise
University of Michigan (U-M) USA - Scientists have made an important step toward what could become the first vaccine in the U.S. to prevent urinary tract…
Toward a nanomedicine for brain cancer
In an advance toward better treatments for the most serious form of brain cancer, scientists in Illinois are reporting development of the first nanoparticles…
Anti-cancer compound found in American mayapple
VERONA, USA - A common weed called American mayapple may soon offer an alternative to an Asian cousin that's been harvested almost to extinction because of…
World-first swine-flu vaccine trial reveals one dose provides 'strong immune response'
Results from the first swine-flu vaccine trials taking place in Leicester reveal a strong immune response after just one dose.The pilot study, run by the…
Sustainable fertilizer: Human urine and wood ash produce large harvest
Results of the first study evaluating the use of human urine mixed with wood ash as a fertilizer for food crops has found that the combination can be…
Cancer mortality rates experience steady decline
PHILADELPHIA, USA - The number of cancer deaths has declined steadily in the last three decades. Although younger people have experienced the steepest…
Higher drug doses needed to defeat tuberculosis, researchers report
The typical dose of a medication considered pivotal in treating tuberculosis effectively is much too low to account for modern-day physiques, UT Southwestern…
Knee injuries may start with strain on the brain, not the muscles
ANN ARBOR, USA - New research shows that training your brain may be just as effective as training your muscles in preventing ACL knee injuries, and suggests a…
The hepatitis healing power of blueberry leaves
A chemical found in blueberry leaves has shown a strong effect in blocking the replication of the Hepatitis C virus, opening up a new avenue for treating…
Unlocking the key to human fertility
Scientists at Leeds and Bradford have discovered a unique ‘DNA signature' in human sperm, which may act as a key that unlocks an egg's fertility…
Elimination of river blindness feasible
GENEVA Switzerland - The first evidence that onchocerciasis elimination is feasible with ivermectin treatment was published recently in the open-access journal…
Stem cell discovery may bring tissue repair closer
The goal of creating adult blood stem cells from human embryos to prepare a patient for tissue and organ transplant has been brought a step closer by research…
Environmental manganese good in trace amounts but can correlate to cancer rates
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. USA - In the first ecological study of its kind in the world, a Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Centre researcher has uncovered the…