Emerging cancer drugs may drive bone tumors
February 12, 2013 By Julia Evangelou Strait Chang Yang, MD, PhD Investigational cancer drugs, IAP antagonists, may increase the risk of tumors spreading to bone. Tumors often cause bone…
Mount Sinai researchers discover how the flu virus tells time; Hides 8 hours in the Cell, then in 48 hours becomes infectious
Contact: Mount Sinai Press Office newsmedia@mssm.edu 212-241-9200 The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine Discovery provides new targets for antiviral drugs and vaccine designs Scientists have discovered…
Light exposure during pregnancy key to normal eye development
Contact: Nick Miller nicholas.miller@cchmc.org 513-803-6035 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Contact: Jason Bardi jason.bardi@ucsf.edu 415-502-4608 University of California, San Francisco CINCINNATI – New research in Nature concludes the eye –…
Light exposure during pregnancy key to normal eye development
Contact: Nick Miller nicholas.miller@cchmc.org 513-803-6035 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Contact: Jason Bardi jason.bardi@ucsf.edu 415-502-4608 University of California, San Francisco CINCINNATI – New research in Nature concludes the…
Some men voice complaints of shortened penis following prostate cancer treatment
Contact: Teresa Herbert teresa_herbert@dfci.harvard.edu 617-632-4090 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Perceived reduction in penis size linked to regrets of treatment choice BOSTON – A small percentage of men in a prostate cancer…
Quercetin blocks hepatitis C infection
Contact: Kim Irwin kirwin@mednet.ucla.edu 310-206-2805 University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences Natural compound blocks hepatitis C infection Finding may lead to a new treatment Researchers have identified two…
Popular stomach acid reducer triples risk of developing pneumonia
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Shannon Koontz shkoontz@wfubmc.edu 336-716-2415 Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – A popular stomach-acid reducer used to prevent stress ulcers in critically ill…
Natural compound ( Quercitin ) blocks hepatitis C infection
Finding may lead to a new treatment Researchers have identified two cellular proteins that are important factors in hepatitis C virus infection, a finding that may result in the approval…
Pancreatic cancers use high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), common in the Western diet to fuel their growth
Contact: Kim Irwin kirwin@mednet.ucla.edu310-206-2805 University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences Pancreatic cancers use the sugar fructose, very common in the Western diet, to activate a key cellular pathway…
Surprising finding that people with cystic fibrosis (CF) produce too little airway mucus – rather than too much..Common Medical Belief is Wrong
Shannon Koontz 336-716-4587 shkoontz@wfubmc.edu Bob Conn 336-716-4587 rconn@wfubmc.edu Mark Wright 336-716-4587 mwright@wfubmc.edu Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Surprising finding could lead to new treatment for cystic fibrosis WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.…
US reporters often do a poor job of reporting about new medical treatments
Public release date: 27-May-2008 Most medical news stories about health interventions fail to adequately address costs, harms, benefits, the quality of evidence, and the existence of other treatment options, finds…
MSU study finds media coverage of breast cancer focuses too little on prevention
Public Release: 15-Apr-2008 EAST LANSING, Mich. — News coverage of breast cancer focuses too much on treatments and not enough on prevention, a trend that could prove risky in the…
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