Pfizer buys antibiotics business

It's acquiring part of AstraZeneca's antibiotics business for about $1.5 billion. More...

The gender divide in urology: Surgeon gender shapes the clinical landscape

Female urologists perform more surgeries on women than their male colleagues, according to a new study More...

Alzheimer's drug shows promise for patients in phase III trial

In what has been hailed "a significant event in the history of Alzheimer's and dementia research," scientists have completed the first ever phase III clinical trial of a drug that targets one of the drivers of Alzheimer's disease - a protein known as tau. More...

'Ice Bucket Challenge' Funds a Boon to ALS Research

The hugely popular "Ice Bucket Challenge" did more than convince millions of people to dump buckets of ice water over their heads to raise money for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) research: It actually funded a study that has discovered an important new ALS gene. More...

Metastatic prostate cancer cases skyrocket: More lax screening rather than more aggressive disease?

The number of new cases of metastatic prostate cancer climbed 72 percent in the past decade from 2004 to 2013, reports a new study. More...

New detection method paves the way for 100 percent detection of esophageal cancer

Software almost on par with specialists in recognizing esophageal cancer More...

Overweight or not, mannose levels may indicate diabetes risk

Even if you are not overweight, your mannose levels may indicate whether you're at risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D) or insulin resistance (IR), a new study shows. More...

Antibiotics increase availability of nutrients in the gut, enabling growth of pathogens

A newly discovered mechanism helps explain how antibiotics change the gut microbiota, increasing nutrients that benefit the growth of pathogens, like Salmonella. More...

Action required to minimize heart failure in breast cancer survivors

Despite the known toxic effects of chemotherapy on the heart, the majority of women undergoing breast cancer treatment are not getting the recommended follow-up heart scans, according to new research. More...

Drug against breast cancer is also highly potent against a frequent form of leukemia

Cancer cells have an abnormal cell division and survival machinery - they grow faster than they die. For their permanent development, they produce an excess of growth factors and nutrients and block the body’s own safety mechanisms. More...

Zika virus may cause microcephaly by hijacking human immune molecule

Fetal brain model provides first clues on how Zika virus blunts brain development; blocking mechanism reduces cell damage More...

Demand for radiotherapy will rise substantially over next ten years

The demand for radiotherapy across all European countries will increase by an average of 16% between 2012 and 2025, with the highest expected increase being for prostate cancer cases (24%), according to a new study. More...

Biologists discover new strategy to treat central nervous system injury

Neurobiologists have discovered how signals that orchestrate the construction of the nervous system also influence recovery after traumatic injury. They also found that manipulating these signals can enhance the return of function. More...

More dietary calcium may lower risk of cardiovascular disease

In older people, higher dietary calcium intake may lower the risk of cardiovascular disease, but not of stroke and fracture, new research suggests. More...

GI tract bacteria help decrease stroke

Certain types of bacteria in the gut can leverage the immune system to decrease the severity of stroke, according to new research. This finding can help mitigate stroke -- which is the second leading cause of death worldwide. More...

Before retinal cells die, they regenerate, blindness study finds

In a new study, researchers have shown that retinal cells in three distinct forms of canine early-onset blindness possess an unexpected feature: they temporarily rejuvenate. More...

Form of genetically elevated 'good' cholesterol may actually be bad

Research has implications for better understanding the relationship between 'good' cholesterol function -- in addition to level -- and heart disease risk More...

'Person-on-a-chip': Engineers grow 3-D heart, liver tissues for better drug testing

Researchers have developed a new way of growing realistic human tissues outside the body. Their 'person-on-a-chip' technology, called AngioChip, is a powerful platform for discovering and testing new drugs, and could eventually be used to repair or replace damaged organs. More...

Sports Medicine / Fitness Seniors / Aging Keep moving, live longer

Move more, sit less. That is the main message from a new study on the link between exercise and longevity in the over-50s.
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Researchers work to decipher genetic data in hunt for new prostate cancer treatments

Researchers are working on new approaches to deciphering genetic data that may lead to new, more targeted prostate cancer treatments. Prostate cancer affects one in seven men in the United States. More...

Researchers create 'mini-brains' in lab to study neurological diseases

Researchers say they have developed tiny 'mini-brains' made up of many of the neurons and cells of the human brain -- and even some of its functionality -- and which can be replicated on a large scale. More...

Pioneering discovery leads to potential preventive treatment for sudden cardiac death

Roughly 15 years ago, a team of researchers discovered the precise malfunction of a specific protein in the heart that leads to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a common culprit in cases of sudden death in young athletes. More...

Proton therapy for cancer 'just as effective and safer' than standard radiotherapy

Proton therapy is as effective as standard photon or X-ray radiotherapy at treating the most common type of malignant brain tumor in children - and causes fewer long-term side effects. More...

Brain levels of vitamin B12 decrease with age and are prematurely low in people with autism and schizophrenia

A new study has found that Vitamin B12 levels in the brain are significantly decreased in the elderly and are much lower in individuals with autism or schizophrenia, as compared to their peers at similar ages. More...

Researchers kill drug-resistant lung cancer with 50 times less chemo

Cancer drugs packaged in immune bubbles home in directly to tumors without getting sidetracked and destroyed; less chemo with better results More...

Cellular 'switch' helps brain distinguish safety from danger, new study finds

Researchers have identified a cellular circuit that helps the mouse brain to remember which environments are safe, and which are harmful. More...

Biggest database for cancer drug discovery goes 3-D

The world's largest database for cancer drug discovery has been revolutionized by adding 3-D structures of faulty proteins and maps of cancer's communication networks, according to a new report. More...