While most biomedical researchers want to make discoveries that will improve health for humankind, their intense, lab-based work — replete
Category: Treatment
New Endoscopic Procedures Offer Alternative to Bariatric Surgery
Until recently, the only options for combating obesity were lifestyle modification, medications and, if those methods proved ineffective, bariatric surgery.
Treating Cervical Cancer: What You Need to Know
Cervical cancer was once one of the most common cancers affecting U.S. women and now ranks 14th. The rate has declined sharply
Erasing Cocaine-Cue Memories Could Help Prevent Relapse
Forty to 60 percent of all people treated for substance use disorders relapse, presenting a major challenge to treatment success.
Needle and syringe programmes are highly cost-effective at preventing hepatitis C transmission
Providing clean injecting equipment through needle and syringe programmes is a highly cost-effective way of preventing hepatitis C (HCV) transmission
Research on sperm transportation reveals new cause of male infertility
About 9 percent of men and nearly 11 percent of women of reproductive age in the United States have experienced
USC Alzheimer’s researchers find new culprit and potential treatment target for disease
Leaky capillaries in the brain portend early onset of Alzheimer’s disease as they signal cognitive impairment before hallmark toxic proteins
Treat vitamin D deficiency to prevent deadly lung attacks
Vitamin D supplements have been found to reduce the risk of potentially fatal lung attacks in some chronic obstructive pulmonary
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Allergy sufferers may use antihistamines to reduce symptoms, but new research reveals that better long-term memory might be possible with
Woman’s Rare Diagnosis Prompts Sweeping Treatment to Target Cysts
HIPEC, a procedure that combines surgery and heated chemotherapy, gave one patient peace of mind after hundreds of cysts were
