Breast cancer

One of the most common viruses in humans may promote breast cancer development

9 Aug 2016

New research reveals that infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) may put some women at increased risk for developing breast cancer. The findings, published online in the July issue of the...

Diabetes (Type 2)
Diabetes insipidus

Statins may RAISE the chances of diabetes

9 Aug 2016

Statins, which lower the 'bad' form of cholesterol, could increase the risk of diabetes, a study suggests.Scientists found that people with naturally lower levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL)...

Asthma

First new asthma pill in 20 years hailed as ‘wonder drug’ by sufferers

9 Aug 2016 • 4 comments

The first new asthma pill for nearly 20 years has the power to significantly reduce the severity of the condition. The new drug, which has been described as ‘a game changer for future treatment of...

Diabetes (Type 2)
Diabetes insipidus

How Type 2 diabetes could be banished by a tiny balloon inside the gut

2 Aug 2016 • 1 comment

A new treatment for diabetes involves heating part of the intestine using a tiny balloon. Retired university dean and part-time magistrate Russell Pearson, 61, from Loughton in Essex, was the first...

Multiple sclerosis

Man with multiple sclerosis can walk again after radical stem cell therapy

1 Aug 2016 • 4 comments

A multiple sclerosis sufferer who lost the use of his legs can walk again after having radical stem cell therapy in Mexico. Eric Thomson, 50, who was diagnosed with the illness five years ago, was...

Prostate cancer

Prostate cancer breakthrough could lead to new diagnostic tests and treatments

1 Aug 2016 • 3 comments

Prostate cancer patients have been offered hope after scientists at Newcastle University, UK, have identified a new group of molecules that could be targeted to slow tumour growth. Experts used an...

COPD

COPD Patients Might Breathe Easier with Exercise Table Now Being Tested

26 Jul 2016

A team of researchers at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) is testing an exercise table that may help patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) breathe easier “The...

Lung cancer

New therapeutic targets for small cell lung cancer identified

26 Jul 2016

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a protein termed ASCL1 that is essential to the development of small cell lung cancer and that, when deleted in the lungs of mice, prevents...

Asthma

Cure for asthma on horizon as scientists find genetic cause

26 Jul 2016

A cure for asthma is on the horizon after scientists discovered a genetic switch which prevents the condition. The research carried out at the University of Southampton, discovered that the gene...

Multiple sclerosis

Researchers develop antibody with potential therapeutic effects against multiple sclerosis

26 Jul 2016

Inserm Unit U919, directed by Prof. Denis Vivien ("Serine Proteases and Physiopathology of the Neurovascular Unit") has developed an antibody with potential therapeutic effects against multiple...

Prostate cancer

New Tool Helps Patients With Prostate Cancer Decide if Watchful Waiting is Right

26 Jul 2016

More than 90 percent of prostate cancers are detected at a curable stage. Those patients with localized, low-risk prostate cancer are presented with two options upon diagnosis: active surveillance,...

Asthma

Increase in childhood, adult asthma linked to London's 1952 Great Smog

18 Jul 2016

London's Great Smog of 1952 resulted in thousands of premature deaths and even more people becoming ill. The five December days the smog lasted may have also resulted in thousands more cases of...