Category: Missed – Medical Breakthroughs

Public Release: 16-Nov-2018University of WürzburgProfessor Gerhard Bringmann, an expert in natural product chemistry, and his team from the Institute of Organic Chemistry at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) in...

Public Release: 13-Nov-2018   Cell Press A widely-used probiotic stimulates bone formation in young female mice, according to a study published November 13th in the journal Immunity. In response to treatment with...

Public Release: 13-Nov-2018   Iowa State University AMES, Iowa – Lifting weights for less than an hour a week may reduce your risk for a heart attack or stroke by 40 to 70 percent, according to a new Iowa State...

Public Release: 14-Nov-2018   Effect may improve the success of obesity treatment BMJ The researchers say this effect may improve the success of obesity treatment, especially among people with high insulin secretion...

Public Release: 8-Nov-2018   University of Surrey Exposure to blue light decreases blood pressure, reducing the risk of developing cardiovascular disease, a new study from the University of Surrey and Heinrich Heine...

Public Release: 8-Nov-2018   Neuroscientists and chronic pain experts at the UNC School of Medicine used a weak alternating current of electricity to target a specific part of the brain and significantly decrease chronic...

Public Release: 10-Nov-2018 Findings show omega-3 fatty acids reduced risk of heart attacks, especially among African Americans; vitamin D reduced cancer deaths over time Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, MA — For...

Public Release: 6-Nov-2018   A drug screen using the SPECTRUM library identified candidates that restore energy production in DGUOK-deficient liver-like cells, offering the first potential treatment for MTDPS Medical...

Public Release: 6-Nov-2018   Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association The human gut is teeming with billions of beneficial bacteria. Therapies that use antibiotics often destroy most of them....

Public Release: 31-Oct-2018   Comparing the properties of cold- and hot-brew coffee, researchers found similar acidity in both, but higher antioxidant levels in hot coffee Thomas Jefferson University (PHILADELPHIA) —...

Public Release: 1-Nov-2018 American Association for the Advancement of Science Researchers have generated a new anti-flu antibody that demonstrates long-lasting and universal protection from a wide variety of influenza A and B...

Public Release: 1-Nov-2018 Meta-analysis finds treatments not better, more risky than placebo Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON – The painful condition known as “tennis elbow” results from overuse of...