Cutting 300 calories from your daily diet might extend lifespans, via decreased manufacture of the hormone that regulates basal metabolism.
Norovirus, which causes stomach "flu," triggers two proteins that initiate the body's immune response.
Telephone-based, open-ended interviews with parents provide a closer look at the final weeks and days of life of pediatric cancer patients.
The safety of OR personnel from TB depends on reliable HEPA filtration–and recent research has found that portable anteroom systems (PAS-HEPA) combinations work best to remove harmful airborne pathogens.
Moles require the presence of two specific proteins–a mutated B-Raf gene and an Akt3 gene–to become dangerous melanomas, according to researchers at Penn State College of Medicine Cancer Institute.
Overweight and obese men carry lower PSA levels, and thus may have better prostate cancer outcomes with lower positive test-result thresholds.
Recently approved angina drug ranolaxine (Ranexa) may offer protection against cardiac arrest from Long QT Syndrome.
Toddlers absorb more nicotine in the home than older siblings, and show early markers of heart disease.
Deployment of automated external defibrillators in public places doubles cardiac arrest survival rates when combined with CPR.
