Health and Medicine

First stem cell-based approach to treat type 2 diabetes effective in mice

A combination of human stem cell transplantation and antidiabetic drugs proved to be highly effective at improving body weight and glucose metabolism in a...

Vitamin D prevents diabetes and clogged arteries in mice

Vitamin D deficiency is linked to type 2 diabetes and heart disease, and both disorders are rooted in chronic inflammation. Now, studying mice that...

Well: Well Book Club: Better Than Before

The author Gretchen Rubin explains that our habits — good and bad — provide the architecture to our lives. ...read...

Well: Well Book Club: Better Than Before

The author Gretchen Rubin explains that our habits — good and bad — provide the architecture to our lives. ...read...

Well: Well Book Club: Better Than Before

The author Gretchen Rubin explains that our habits — good and bad — provide the architecture to our lives. ...read...

Topical TXA in total joint replacement lowers blood transfusion use

Orthopedic surgeons have conducted a cost-benefit analysis of topical tranexamic acid in primary total hip and knee arthroplasty patients that revealed a 12 percent...

Effect of smoking, alcohol on feeding tube duration in head/neck cancer patients

Current smoking and heavy alcohol consumption appear to be risk factors for prolonged use of a feeding tube in patients with head and neck...

Racial, ethnic differences in picking surgeons, hospitals for breast cancer care

Black and Hispanic women with breast cancer were less likely to pick their surgeon and the hospital for treatment based on reputation compared with...

World-first cancer drugs could work in larger group of patients

A pioneering class of drugs that target cancers with mutations in the BRCA breast cancer genes could also work against tumors with another type...

Medical expansion has led people worldwide to feel less healthy

Across much of the Western world, 25 years of expansion of the medical system has actually led to people feeling less healthy over time,...