An experimental therapy has brought prolonged remissions to a high proportion of patients who were facing death from advanced leukemia after standard treatments had failed, researchers are r... Read more
An investigational new heart failure drug could be poised to change the face of cardiology based on Hot Line results presented today at ESC Congress 2014. Findings from the PARADIGM-HF trial... Read more
A nasal brush test can rapidly and accurately diagnose Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), an incurable and ultimately fatal neurodegenerative disorder, according to a study by National Institu... Read more
Results of a clinical trial of Cologuard show unprecedented rates of precancer and cancer detection by a noninvasive test. The detection rates are similar to those reported for colonoscopy.... Read more
New analysis shows Asia gaining, due to increased support from both government, industry The United States’ global share of biomedical research spending fell from 51 percent in 2007 to 45 pe... Read more
The educators argue that for highly qualified applicants, the three-year degree can be an effective counterbalance to ever more extensive training periods Academic medical centers can help a... Read more
Supreme Court ruling on gene patenting, and modern risks raised by industry/academic interaction, signal need for change The law that has helped medical discoveries make the leap from univer... Read more
350 million people at risk worldwide and 1.5 million new cases annually An international collaboration of researchers from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC), Tuni... Read more
A new drug can significantly extend life The head of one of the UK’s leading cancer research organisations has hailed a golden age in prostate cancer drug discovery as for the fourth time in... Read more
This level of response in patients with advanced lung cancer was unexpected and notable Two clinical trials led by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers in collaboration with... Read more
The drug could prove to be more effective than statins A new, experimental cholesterol-fighting drug is creating quite a buzz among researchers and other experts, prompting some to use words... Read more
The system is hidebound, expensive and elitist, they say. The New England Journal of Medicine marks its 200th anniversary this year with a timeline celebrating the scientific advances first... Read more
Scientists from the Centre for Allergy and Environment in Munich (ZAUM), the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technische Universität München believe they have discovered the causes of atopi... Read more
Point-of-care ultrasonography may also allow more widespread, less expensive screening for certain illnesses Clinicians have often referred to ultrasound technology as the “stethoscope... Read more