Medical Wellness

Molecules identified that help propel cancer metastasis

Instead, it's the spread of a tiny subpopulation of cells from the primary tumor to other parts of the body—the process known as metastasis—that all too often…

Adolescent body mass index can predict young adulthood diabetes and heart disease

A large cohort study following 37,000 teenagers for 17 years found that an elevated, yet normal range Body Mass Index (BMI) constitutes a substantial risk…

Analysis of opioid prescription practices finds areas of concern

An analysis of national prescribing patterns shows that more than half of patients who received an opioid prescription in 2009 had filled another opioid…

Device Drops Blood Pressure in Patients With Difficult-to-Treat Hypertension

The device, called the Rheos® System, was tested in a pivotal Phase III study presented today as a late-breaking clinical trial at the American College of…

Researchers use zebrafish to identify new gene linked to melanoma

Thanks to the zebrafish, there is new hope for people with melanoma, an aggressive skin cancer that is responsible for approximately 8,700 deaths each year in…

Caution for estrogen therapy after hysterectomy

The editorial is a response to a study in the same issue of the journal that found that estrogen-only therapy, currently used in women with menopausal symptoms…

Page
1 200 201 202 203 204 368