Gianna Chien is somewhat different from all the other researchers reporting on their work today to more than 8,000 doctors at the Heart Rhythm Society meeting. Chien’s study found that Apple Inc.’s iPad2 can, in some cases, interfere with life-saving heart devices … Continued
A single drug can shrink or cure human breast, ovary, colon, bladder, brain, liver, and prostate tumors that have been transplanted into mice, researchers have found. The treatment, an antibody that blocks a “do not eat” signal normally displayed on … Continued
An innovative new way to deliver vaccines could drastically improve the health of the third world, and even the first world, by making vaccines cheaper and easier to distribute and use. The “vaccine patch” would be as easy to apply … Continued
A man in a wheelchair stands up and takes his first step in many years. Attached to his legs and waist is a robotic exoskeleton called the ReWalk which helps him to stand, sit, walk and even climb stairs. One person, Claire Lomas, even completed the Lo…
A major trial of a new booster vaccine has ended in failure, marking a major setback in the fight against tuberculosis (TB). It was the first big study in infants since the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine was introduced in 1921. … Continued
Pfizer Inc. (PFE), the world’s largest drugmaker, is weighing whether to ask U.S. regulators to expedite their review of a potential $5 billion-a-year treatment to slow a type of incurable breast cancer. The therapy, called PD 0332991, generated excitement among … Continued
Drug company Novartis is betting $20 million on a cancer treatment that seems to have saved a little girl’s life, according to a report from The New York Times’ Denise Grady. Just last spring, six-year-old leukemia victim Emma Whitehead was “near death,” having … Continued
Scientists from University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston hypothesized that students with a regular video game diet (high school sophomores who played two hours of games a day and college students who played four) would be primed for virtual … Continued
Dr. Suthaharan Vimalendran studied and trained for nine years to become a kidney specialist. When the 36-year-old Scarborough doctor completed his training this June at the University of Toronto, his professors voted him the resident they would choose to care … Continued
A newly discovered gene variant may point to another route Alzheimer’s disease takes to ravage the brain: through the immune system. The variant, found in less than 1 percent of the population, almost triples the odds of Alzheimer’s disease among … Continued
A Canadian man presumed to be in a permanent vegetative state for more than a decade is “talking” to researchers and answering their questions. Severely brain injured in a traffic crash 12 years ago, Scott Routley’s condition had been officially classified “vegetative … Continued
A new material is both able to sense touches and seal itself up after being cut with a scalpel. A new, flexible material is able to sense touch and heal itself from cuts. Sound familiar? Human skin can feel pressure, … Continued
Dynavax Technologies Corp. (DVAX)’s Heplisav vaccine works against the contagious liver disease hepatitis B, Food and Drug Administration staff said. Heplisav worked as well as GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK)’s Engerix-B vaccine to protect patients against the virus, FDA staff said today … Continued
A study shows that an experimental vaccine is only 30% effective for infants at the target age for immunization. An experimental malaria vaccine once thought promising is turning out to be a disappointment, with a new study showing it is … Continued
A new class of powerful cholesterol-reducing drugs is showing promising results, potentially offering a new option for people who do not respond to medication now on the market, according to studies presented at a conference of heart specialists here on Monday. … Continued
