An amino acid transporter named xCT may affect the growth and progression of non-small cell lung cancer, a discovery that
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New hope for patients with incurable and disabling hand condition, Dupuytren’s disease
Researchers at the Kennedy Institute and Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, working with clinicians
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Patients don’t mind if doctors sport tattoos or piercings
Patients don’t mind if their emergency care doctors sport tattoos or piercings, or both, suggests an observational study published online
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Can doctors identify older patients at risk of medication harm following hospital discharge?
Medication-related harm (MRH) is common in older adults following hospital discharge. A new British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology study has
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Patients with type 1 diabetes saw blood sugars improve with liraglutide
Researchers from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo have found that adding liraglutide
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Cytokinetics Announces Data From Phase 2 Clinical Study of Reldesemtiv in Patients With Spinal Muscular Atrophy
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cytokinetics, Incorporated (Nasdaq:CYTK) today announced data from the Phase 2
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Decline in medicare patients who die in acute care hospitals
(HealthDay)—Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries were less likely to die in acute care hospitals in 2015 than in 2000, according to a
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Patients ‘should be recommended e-cigarettes’
Patients ‘should be recommended e-cigarettes as a way to quit smoking and be allowed to use them at hospitals’ The
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New drugs are improving survival times for patients with aggressive type of blood cancer, study finds
Survival times for a highly aggressive type of blood cancer have nearly doubled over the last decade due to the
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Palliative care reduces odds of suicide in lung cancer patients
(HealthDay)—Patients with advanced lung cancer have increased incidence of suicide, which is reduced in association with receipt of palliative care,
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