MDeNews

Combining the chronic kidney disease markers of creatinine-based estimated glomerular filtration rate and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio with the biomarker cystatin C was associated with improved…

Drinking alcohol during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of miscarriage, premature birth, and low birth weight. But there are conflicting reports about how much alcohol, if any, it is…

Each October, the color pink marks the arrival of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Media coverage, product promotions and even the football gridirons showcase the national effort to promote…

A 2.5 day cancer summit, hosted by The Lancet Oncology, has just been held in Hong Kong, China, on April 8-10, 2011. The event drew together leading names in oncology from Asia and beyond. A number…

A new piece featured in Health Affairs online magazine has uncovered the fact that in more than a decade of national focus on patient safety, medical errors and other adverse events have occurred as…

Out of every 3 patients who go to hospital in the United States, 1 will encounter a hospital error, according to an article published in Health Affairs. The authors, from the University of Utah…

BIOTRONIK SE Co. & KG, a leading manufacturer of implantable cardiac devices, has provided a donation of implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICD) and pacemaker device implants to more than 75…

An international team of researchers has identified a novel gene involved in differences in alcohol consumption, according to a new study published online the week of April 4-8 in the Proceedings of…

Responding to the news that the Government’s £200 million Cancer Drugs Fund is coming into effect today, Mike Hobday, Head of Policy at Macmillan Cancer Support, said: ‘The £200 million Cancer…

The Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test (UMAT) does not reliably predict academic performance at university, according to a study published in the Medical Journal of Australia….

There may be a link between migraines with aura in children and a common heart defect called patent foramen ovale (PFO), says a new study published online in the Journal of Pediatrics this week….

Breast cancer is on the rise in developing countries and mortality is high. Now, a consensus Review of cancer experts worldwide, published in this month’s issue of The Lancet Oncology, has identified…

Roughly 15% of children suffer from migraines, and approximately one-third of these affected children have migraines with aura, a collection of symptoms that can include weakness, blind spots, and…

Some cell-based assay labs have explored the biology of PARP inhibitors, alone and in combination, in actual human tumor primary culture micro-speheroids (microclusters), in breast, ovarian and other…

“Passive smoking is the leading preventable cause of childhood death in developed countries”, Guadalupe Ortega, lead author of the research study and coordinator of the Atenció PrimÃ�ria Sense Fum…