A recent study of individuals with moderate to severe brain injury yielded new information linking…
Self-Cannibalizing Mitochondria May Set the Stage for ALS Development
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a new phenomenon in the brain that could explain the development of early stages of neurodegeneration that is seen in diseases such as ALS, which affects voluntary…
Oxygen-Starved Tumor Cells Have Survival Advantage That Promotes Cancer Spread
Using cells from human breast cancers and mouse breast cancer models, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center say they have significant new evidence that tumor cells exposed to low-oxygen conditions have an…
Cervical Cancer Screening Numbers Drop Off in Women 45-65
Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable types of cancer affecting women in the United States. That’s because there are two good screening tests for cervical cancer. One is the Pap…
FDA Keeps Brand-Name Drugs On A Fast Path To Market ― Despite Manufacturing Concerns
After unanimously voting to recommend a miraculous hepatitis C drug for approval in 2013, a panel of experts advising the Food and Drug Administration gushed about what they’d accomplished. “I voted ‘yes’…
Birth Control Options Out of Reach for Many Low-Income Women
Young, low-income women in Canada are less likely to use more effective methods of birth control like the pill, and more likely to use no contraception or condoms only, according to new…
