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A drug currently used to treat leukaemia might also help prevent breast cancer from spreading to other parts of the body, suggests an animal study in the open-access journal Breast Cancer Research. The discovery could also pave the way for improved early diagnostics. Peter Storz and colleagues...

My grandmother is jewish, and my mother is jewish, and I'm an atheist. But they both say that I'm jewish, even though I've told them that I'm atheist several times. They think it's a race. Why do people think that Judaism is a race? You can choose to be jewish or not! Thanks! Judaism is a...

Problem is I can't get her to take the meds. I tried using the syringe and squirting a little bit at a time in the back of her mouth and holding her mouth closed to force her to swallow it. Instead she held it in her mouth and ended up choking on it and throwing up. The pharmacist recommended...

The first randomised trial to investigate the treatment of low bone density in young people with cystic fibrosis (CF), published Online First in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, provides compelling evidence that alendronate (a drug that curbs bone loss) is safe and can help increase bone mineral...

JAMA Surgery Study Highlights In a study reported in the resident's forum, Linda Adepoju, M.D., of University of Toledo Medical Center, Ohio, and colleagues suggest that tumor size, cancer stage, and Medicaid insurance were predictors of undergoing a mastectomy to treat breast cancer. (Online...

A form of treatment called cyroneurolysis is being used for chronic pain caused by nerve damage; it involves using a tiny ball of ice to interrupt pain signals and eliminate pain while the nerves slowly recover. The results of the study, presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology's...

A survey of UK doctors found that 97% have prescribed placebo treatments to patients at least once in their career. Researchers at the Universities of Oxford and Southampton in the UK discovered that 97% of doctors have used 'impure' placebo treatments, while 12% have used 'pure' placebos...

Findings from a Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine study could lead to the development of new drugs to treat gout. The study, led by Liang Qiao, MD, and his colleagues and collaborators, was published in the journal Nature Communications. Gout is caused by a buildup of uric...

For Shame! Bakery Shut Down For Putting Extra Sugar & Fat In Their ‘Sugar-Free’ Treat The Butterfly Bakery in Clifton, New Jersey has some explaining to do. After a prolonged investigation, the FDA found that the bakery falsely labeled some of their products fat and sugar content, going as far...

Obesity may trigger biomechanical changes, pathways that contribute to osteoarthritis Weight loss may prevent and significantly alleviate the symptoms of osteoarthritis, a progressive disease of the joints known as "wear and tear" arthritis, according to a literature review appearing in the...

Researchers at the University of Minnesota's Lillehei Heart Institute have combined genetic repair with cellular reprogramming to generate stem cells capable of muscle regeneration in a mouse model for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)... More...

Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and VA Boston Healthcare System (VA BHS) have found that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can help relieve pain for people with painful diabetic neuropathies. The study, which is the first of its kind to examine this treatment for...

Trade Me intends to sell its group-buying website Treat Me via a management buy-out led by the current head of Treat Me, James MacAvoy.

Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, show that cholesterol metabolism is regulated by bacteria in the small intestine. These findings may be important for the development of new drugs for cardiovascular disease. It is well established that cholesterol is the...

its not their main diet . Its just a treat because they really like it.

So I recently adopted a dog but she has a kidney disease (for life) and she cannot have protein or even rawhide (wouldn't give it to her anyways cause I am too scared she will get intestinal blockage from it). I looked online but didn't find any good ones. Can someone tell me protein free foods...

A compendium of natural ways to fight colds and cold symptoms. Herbal remedies, foods that ease coughs and aches, old-fashioned home remedies and practical tips for keeping well this winter. More » Cold Remedy Mega-Roundup: 30 Natural Remedies To Treat Or Cure A Cold is a post from Blisstree -...

A new drug used to treat patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and Philadelphia chromosome positive acute leukemia (Ph+ ALL) has just received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The drug, Iclusig (ponatinib), was expected to be approved on March 27, 2013, but as there...

I'm gay and I don't know why I'm hated for it. I just consider it a small aspect of me. I try to contribute love to the world, but because I'm gay that contribution is overshadowed. In a way, I feel like a joke. Why do people judge what they aren't? I know a lot of people say the attraction is...

Patients with diabetes who also have ovarian cancer and take the drug metformin for the treatment of their diabetes, have a greater survival rate than patients who do not take it, a new study published in the journal Cancer suggests. These new findings could potentially guide researchers as they...