Individuals who have suffered from a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and who have developed nerve damage or motor neuron conditions may be able to restore strength due to the implementation of embryonic stem cells, according to a recent study from researchers at the Dalhousie Medical School in Nova Scotia. Scientists from the medical school found [...]

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Recently, news from the science and medical communities has reported a new genetic condition that may be the cause of approximately 15 to 20 percent of liver failure among individuals. Scientists with the Heidelberg University Hospital may have discovered the new disease, which causes the protective component of the bile within the liver to be [...]

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The first phase of a gene therapy clinical trial has been completed and the second phase of the trial, which is attempting to treat patients suffering from advanced heart failure is underway and, apparently, already offering positive results, according to news reports. The trial, which is known as the Calcium Up-Regulation by Percutaneous Administration of [...]

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A recent issue of the science journal Nature described a paradigm shift among lethal infections that may be “ravaging the brain” and causing the development of serious traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and traumatic brain injury side effects such as brain swelling, seizures and epilepsy. Infections such as meningitis have been thought to cause damage to [...]

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A study recently published in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that Avandia, a type 2 diabetes drug, may be “riskier than Actos, another drug in the same class,” according to an article by U.S. News & World Report. Avandia has been shrouded in a cloud of controversy since an article in 2007 from the [...]

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Several news articles have recently surfaced alleging the decline of one of America’s pharmaceutical watchdog’s and standard producing organizations known as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). One such article published in a recent issue of Prevention magazine cited several controversial steps and, according to the article, extreme errors undertaken by the FDA leading [...]

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Recently a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that type 2 diabetes patients who were treated with low-dose aspirin were found to have no significant decrease of antherosclerotic events, also known as hardening or clotting of the arteries, although those over the age of 65 with heart disease and type [...]

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When an individual is given a mesothelioma cancer diagnosis, it becomes a lifelong battle against finding a treatment before time expires. Because mesothelioma cancer is an incurable form of cancer that often is given a 12 month average life expectancy upon initial diagnosis, it is imperative that a patient become involved in as many clinical [...]

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A study conducted by researchers at Duke University Medical Center recently found that exercise is safe for patients of heart failure and that it increased clinical benefits in patients who were already receiving adequate medical care. The study followed 2,331 heart failure patients across the United States who were of the average age of 59. [...]

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Singapore researchers recently developed what they have deemed a successful, tumor-free number of “pure insulin-producing cells from mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs),” according to November news reports from Science Daily. The cells have been produced to provide diabetic patients with pure insulin producing cells in order for blood glucose levels of diabetics to be regulated [...]

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