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TUESDAY, Nov. 18 -- In a medical first, a 30-year-old mother of two has successfully undergone the first transplantation of a breathing passage fashioned from a donor's airway and her own stem cells, researchers report.
As of now, the woman, Claudia...
TUESDAY, Nov. 18 -- Pain and itching are regulated by different molecular mechanisms, according to a Washington University study that challenges the long-held belief that itching is a less intense version of the body's response to pain.
This finding...
TUESDAY, Nov. 18 -- Gleevec, a wonder drug that effectively treats leukemia and other cancers, may also reverse type 1 diabetes, University of California San Francisco, researchers report.
In experiments with mice, they found that Gleevec and a...
TUESDAY, Nov. 18 -- The first Chinese case of a tick-borne disease called granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA), which then led to person-to-person transmission of the disease, is described in a study by researchers at China's National Institute of...
TUESDAY, Nov. 18 -- Women who get pregnant after having weight-loss surgery have a lower risk of maternal and newborn complications than pregnant women who are obese, according to U.S. researchers who analyzed 75 studies.
Data from those studies...
TUESDAY, Nov. 18 -- Although commonly taken to improve memory, new research suggests that the herb ginkgo biloba won't help prevent dementia, including Alzheimer's disease.
"We found that giving a standardized dose of ginkgo biloba over a period of...
TUESDAY, Nov. 18 -- The widely used cancer drug Avastin appears to be associated with a greater risk of developing blood clots in the veins of patients with a variety of cancers.
This risk lengthens an already long list of severe side effects...
TUESDAY, Nov. 18 -- Scientists believe they have found out why diet and exercise affect a women's chance of breast cancer after she's past menopause, a new study says.
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin found that cutting calories and...
TUESDAY, Nov. 18 -- Canadian scientists may have discovered a genetic trait that could provide an early indication of which former smokers will develop lung cancer.
The research, reported Tuesday at the American Association for Cancer Research...
TUESDAY, Nov. 18 -- Women whose mothers consumed canola oil during pregnancy and breast-feeding may be less likely to develop breast cancer than those whose mothers consumed corn oil, a new study suggests.
Researchers fed pregnant and lactating mice...
TUESDAY, Nov. 18 -- Home-based programs to get elderly cancer survivors to eat better and exercise more may help them improve their ability to live and function, a new study says.
The Texas study found that cancer survivors age 65 and older improved...
TUESDAY, Nov. 18 -- Indigo ointment may benefit patients with plaque-type psoriasis, Taiwanese researchers say.
They studied 42 people with treatment-resistant psoriasis who were treated with an ointment made from indigo naturalis, a dark blue,...
TUESDAY, Nov. 18 -- U.S. health advisers were taking a closer look Tuesday at those increasingly popular cosmetic treatments called dermal fillers that help to smooth away deep lines and wrinkles on the face.
While side effects are relatively rare,...
TUESDAY, Nov. 18 -- People with HIV have about twice the risk of developing a non-AIDS cancer as members of the general population, a new report says.
Men with HIV were 2.3 times more likely, while women with the virus are about 1.5 times more...
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Nearly Half of Primary-Care Docs Dissatisfied: Survey
A new U.S. survey found that 49 percent of 11,950 primary care physicians said they want to...
TUESDAY, Nov. 18 -- Second generation antidepressants are all equally effective, according to a new clinical practice guideline released by the American College of Physicians.
The guideline authors reviewed more than 200 published studies about the...
MONDAY, Nov. 17 -- Glucocorticoid drugs used to treat chronic lung damage in premature infants caused brain injury in mice and may cause cognitive and motor control problems even when they're given before birth, according to researchers at...
MONDAY, Nov. 17 -- Psychological counseling may improve the chances of survival for breast cancer patients, a new study says.
Sessions that concentrate on mood improvement, effective coping and altering health behaviors appear to reduce stress and...
SUNDAY, Nov. 16 -- Coming on the heels of two studies discounting the usefulness of vitamin B, folic acid, vitamin D and calcium supplements for cancer prevention, U.S. researchers report that vitamins C and E supplements won't help prevent cancer,...
SUNDAY, Nov. 16 -- Women may have a harder time prepping for colonoscopy than men, a new study suggests.
Patients must empty their colon to increase the rate of success in the procedure, in which a doctor uses a flexible camera to search for polyps...
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