Spread of Drug-Resistant Superbug Increases Five-Fold in Southeastern U.S.
Cases of the highly contagious, drug-resistant bacteria, Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), have increased fivefold in community hospitals in the Southeastern United States, according to a...
Researchers Link Showers to Crohn’s Disease
Humans may be exposed to bacteria linked with Crohn's disease through fine spray from showers according to research led by Lancaster University, UK. Mycobacterium...
Total Darkness at Night Key to Success of Breast Cancer Therapy
Exposure to light at night, which shuts off nighttime production of the hormone melatonin, renders breast cancer completely resistant to tamoxifen, a widely used...
Paper Calls for Preventing Diseases of Aging vs Fighting Chronic Illness
Medicine focuses almost entirely on fighting chronic diseases in a piecemeal fashion as symptoms develop. Instead, researchers writing in the journal Nature say more effort should...
Apple Peel Ingredient Prevents Muscle Wasting and Atrophy to Promote Stronger...
Researchers have identified a natural compound found in apple peels, Ursolic acid, as a candidate for preventing the widespread and debilitating muscle wasting condition that affects nearly everyone at...
Potential Epidemic as Painful Mosquito-Borne Chikungunya Virus Arrives in U.S.
The tropical virus, Chikungunya, has turned up the U.S. and is poised to become an epidemic, according to researchers with the Centers for Disease Control...
Are Antihistamines in Your Medicine Cabinet The Next ‘New’ Cancer Drug?
New research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that antihistamines may play a role in reducing the growth of tumors by interfering...
Injection Reverses Type 2 Diabetes in Mice
In mice with diet-induced diabetes—the equivalent of type 2 diabetes in humans—a single injection of the protein FGF1 is enough to restore blood sugar levels to...
Potassium Supplements May Increase Survival in Heart Failure Patients
Researchers have found that patients taking potassium supplements together with loop diuretics for heart failure have better survival rates than those taking diuretics without potassium....
Researchers Create Biological Pacemaker by Reprogramming Heart Cells
Cardiologists at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute have developed a minimally invasive gene transplant procedure that changes unspecialized heart cells into "biological pacemaker" cells that...
Parasite in Cat Poop May Play a Role in Curing Cancer
Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is a single-celled parasite that is happiest in a cat’s intestines, but it can live in any warm blooded animal. Found...
Popular Pain Relievers Linked to Strokes, Heart Attacks in Postmenopausal Women
For women taking certain kinds of pain relievers, a heart attack could be waiting in their medicine cabinets.
A University of Florida study has found that the...