Breast cancer

Breast cancer drugs should be given for 10 years, study shows

7 Jun 2016 • 6 comments

Women should be offered 10 years of drugs to prevent the return of breast cancer, rather than five as now, according to a major study showed longer-term treatment reduced the numbers whose disease...

Parkinson's disease

Muhammad Ali: Boxer's battle with Parkinson’s

6 Jun 2016 • 2 comments

Legendary boxer Muhammad Ali died at the age of 74, decades after developing the degenerative brain disease Parkinson's. Parkinson's happens when nerve cells are lost in the brain. It attacks a very...

Breast cancer

Scientists block breast cancer cells from hiding in bones of mice, prompting hope for human trials

30 May 2016

Scientists have successfully blocked breast cancer cells from entering and hiding in the bones of mice, where they can survive chemotherapy treatment.   Researchers at Duke University have also...

Diabetes (Type 1)
Diabetes (Type 2)

Specialists Call for Gastric Surgery to Be Standard Diabetes Treatment

30 May 2016 • 13 comments

Gastric surgery should be offered as a standard treatment option for people with diabetes and could help them control their condition for years without medication, the world's leading diabetes...

Asthma

Adult Onset Asthma Is Not A Myth; Experts Hard At Work To Find Relief For Older Sufferers

30 May 2016

Like the Loch Ness Monster and leprechauns, adult onset asthma isn’t something people believe in. It’s a long-term disease children develop and deal with into adulthood, but getting a first-ever...

Asthma

USF engineer invents air purifier to combat asthma, allergies

30 May 2016

A University of South Florida professor's latest invention promises to help asthma and allergy sufferers breathe easier by ridding their homes of pollutants.   Yogi Goswami, 68, a mechanical...

Diabetes (Type 2)
Diabetes insipidus

A single injection can eliminate type 2 diabetes in mice for months

30 May 2016 • 2 comments

Scientists have made a discovery that could lead to better treatments for diabetes in the future, with a protein injection administered directly into the brains of rodents with type 2 diabetes...

Parkinson's disease

The effects of laxatives may provide new clues concerning Parkinson's disease

26 May 2016 • 2 comments

In a recent retrospective analysis, investigators discovered that the year-on-year increase in rigidity found in Parkinson's disease flattened off with the regular use of laxatives to manage...

Parkinson's disease

How tainted drugs “froze” young people—but kickstarted Parkinson’s research

26 May 2016

In 1982, a tainted drug caused a handful of young Californians to become mysteriously frozen, unable to move. Their doctor’s ensuing investigation helped catalyze the start of modern Parkinson’s...

Crohn's disease

Christchurch microbiologist may have cracked Crohn's disease

26 May 2016

Research by Christchurch microbiologist John Aitken has recorded a major advance in the treatment of Crohn's disease, which affects 20,000 New Zealanders. MARTIN VAN BEYNEN reports.   John Milford...

Lung cancer

Georgia man to complete half Ironman as he battles incurable lung cancer

26 May 2016

Kirk Smith doesn’t care much for the word “awareness”— instead, he prefers the word “hope.”   The 54-year-old is training for a half Ironman triathlon in October while battling an...

COPD

Persistent Childhood Asthma Linked to Early COPD

17 May 2016 • 1 comment

Persistent childhood asthma may be linked to earlier development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to results from the Childhood Asthma Management Program (CAMP) study...