Health News

Tool maps origin of cancer with help of biological signatures

Date: Jul-07-2014
Scientists develop a tool that uses changes in fatty molecule profiles to trace the biological signature of mutating cancer cells back to the original cancer gene.

Nutrition and health 'have greater influence on newborn's size than race'

Date: Jul-07-2014
The wide disparities between average size of newborns in different countries was assumed to be caused by race. A new study suggests other factors have greater influence.

Scientists regrow human corneas to restore vision

Date: Jul-07-2014
In one of the first known examples of making tissue from an adult-derived human stem cell, scientists have found a way to enhance regrowth of corneal tissue to restore vision.

Study reveals how a genetic variation may increase schizophrenia risk

Date: Jul-07-2014
Past research has suggested that people with schizophrenia have certain genetic variations. Now, a new study provides clues as to how one variation affects brain cell development.

1 in 5 adolescents engages in hookah smoking, study finds

Date: Jul-07-2014
A new study finds that 18% of adolescents use hookahs, also known as water pipes. Researchers say the findings are worrying, as many health risks have been linked to the activity.

Researchers improve heart function in rats using discarded surgery fat

Date: Jul-07-2014
In a new study, researchers reveal how they isolated stem cells from fat collected during cardiac surgery and injected them into rats with heart failure to improve heart function.

Study links high cholesterol to increased risk of breast cancer

Date: Jul-06-2014
In a study of UK women, researchers find that those with high cholesterol may be at higher risk of developing breast cancer than women with normal cholesterol levels.

Potential new treatment for aggressive breast cancer

Date: Jul-06-2014
Early-stage research offers hope that a treatment could be developed against breast cancer tumors that fail to respond to the first-line drug Herceptin.

Sierra Leone researchers call for health surveillance improvements to tackle Ebola crisis

Date: Jul-05-2014
Improvements to health care resources, disease surveillance and diagnostic technologies are needed to combat the Ebola crisis in West Africa, according to local researchers.

Could light be used to treat atrial fibrillation painlessly?

Date: Jul-05-2014
The first evidence for a new treatment method for atrial fibrillation utilizing light is to be presented at a conference of cardiovascular science societies in Barcelona, Spain.