Vomiting bug 'at high level this winter'

14 Dec 2016 • 2 comments

The number of people falling ill with the vomiting bug norovirus in England this winter is at higher than average levels, figures suggest.Lab testing has revealed there have been 1,704 cases so far -...

Diabetes (Type 1)
Diabetes (Type 2)

New diabetes treatment could eliminate need for insulin injections

13 Dec 2016

Tested in mice, therapy involves a capsule of genetically engineered cells implanted under the skin that release insulin as required. A cell-based diabetes treatment has been developed by scientists...

Opioids Causing Concerns, Problems for Chronic Pain Patients

14 Oct 2016 • 42 comments

As a crackdown continues on opioid addiction, people with ailments like rheumatoid arthritis find it more difficult to get the pain medication they need. September was Rheumatic Disease Awareness...

Cancer

Cancer: Targeting tumors with microwave-activated nanoparticles shows promise

13 Oct 2016

The potential for photodynamic therapy to treat cancer is limited by the fact that light cannot penetrate deep inside tissue. Now, a new approach that uses microwaves to activate nanoparticles could...

Diabetes (Type 2)
Diabetes insipidus

Type 2 Diabetes Prescriptions by GPs Up 33% in UK

13 Oct 2016 • 1 comment

Over the past 5 years, the number of prescriptions written for type 2 diabetes medications in England by GPs has risen by 33% — from 26 million to 35 million — according to new figures from data...

Breast cancer

Scientists identify genes that disrupt response to breast cancer treatment

12 Sep 2016

Scientists may have unlocked the genetic code that determines why many patients with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer fail to respond to the widely used drug tamoxifen.   Patients who have...

Parkinson's disease

Eye Test May Reveal Parkinson’s Disease Earlier

12 Sep 2016

Parkinson's disease is usually discovered too late in patients for effective treatment. But now there's a new eye test that could diagnose the devastating condition much earlier. The degenerative...

Diabetes (Type 2)

'Fat but fit' won't prevent type 2 diabetes risk, study finds

12 Sep 2016 • 1 comment

Maintaining a healthy weight is the single most effective way to reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes, no matter how much you hit the gym, new research has found.   An Australian study of more than...

Multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis And Treatment: Scientist Challenge Study Linking Gene To The Condition

12 Sep 2016

Last June ,a study came out in Neuron that a gene is responsible for multiple sclerosis. That gene has been identified as NR1H3 by Dr. Carles Vilarino-Guell and his team from the University of...

Parkinson's disease

Virtual reality could help to diagnose Parkinson's Disease

6 Sep 2016 • 1 comment

Virtual reality is often touted as the future of entertainment, but a team of medical researchers believe that it could be the future of diagnosing neurodegenerative diseases, like multiple sclerosis...

Arthritis

Psoriasis patients have similar risk of heart disease to those with type 2 diabetes, says study

6 Sep 2016

People with psoriasis have similar levels of increased coronary artery calcium as those with type 2 diabetes, which increases the risk of heart disease, a study reports.   Psoriasis, which affects...

Breast cancer

Artificial Intelligence Is Helping Doctors Find Breast Cancer Risk 30 Times Faster

6 Sep 2016

The mammogram is one of medical science’s best tools for detecting breast cancer, but when the typically painful test reveals a potential problem, women frequently undergo breast biopsies for a...