Medinews - Medical News, Articles and Blogs

Advertisement
(World Journal of Gastroenterology) Hepatic fibrosis is associated with a number of morphological and biochemical changes leading to structural and metabolic abnormalities in the liver. Qianggan-Rongxian decoction is a traditional Chinese medicine. A team from China investigated the protective effe read more »
Source:http://www.eurekalert.org
1 Comment   Bury
(Oregon Health & Science University) New study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds blacks who receive colon cancer screening are more likely to have serious polyps, compared to whites, and are therefore likely to benefit from more intensive screening. Black men and wo read more »
Source:http://www.eurekalert.org
Discuss   Bury
On Wednesday, in an effort to help voters understand the differences, the New England Journal of Medicine is offering a critique of the health plans of the presidential candidates. read more »
Source:http://www.msnbc.msn.com
Discuss   Bury
(University of Manchester) University of Manchester scientists are to investigate the biological causes of the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer's, thanks to a prestigious £1.9 million senior fellowship award from the Medical Research Council. read more »
Source:http://www.eurekalert.org
Discuss   Bury
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Scientists at the University of Illinois have developed a new class of disposable, microplate-based optical biosensors capable of detecting protein-DNA interactions. Based on the properties of photonic crystals, the biosensors are suitable for the rapid read more »
Source:http://www.eurekalert.org
1 Comment   Bury
Reuters - Doctors who perform colonoscopies should
not be worried that they may lose business to so-called virtual
colonoscopies, despite reports that both approaches work
equally well at detecting colon cancer, a gastroenterology
expert said on Wednesday. read more »
Source:http://us.rd.yahoo.com
Discuss   Bury
AP - Medical experts told lawmakers Wednesday that new television advertisements for medical devices pose even greater risks to patients than ads for drugs, which have been scrutinized for years. read more »
Source:http://us.rd.yahoo.com
Discuss   Bury
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A mandatory traceability system in the United States would help improve the safety of food, such as produce, a health official told lawmakers on Wednesday, three weeks after the government declared an end to the worst foodborne outbreak in a decade.



read more »
Source:http://feeds.reuters.com
Discuss   Bury
CHICAGO (Reuters) - French researchers have discovered how food-borne bacteria can make the jump from a pregnant mother to her unborn child, a finding that may lead to new ways of protecting a fetus from potentially deadly infections.



read more »
Source:http://feeds.reuters.com
Discuss   Bury