Tuesday, May 14, 2024
cancer-detecting saliva test

Saliva Test Detects Cancer in 10 Minutes Now Under Development

A new test being developed by researchers that uses a drop of saliva and takes just 10 minutes to detect cancer represents a possible diagnostic breakthrough in early disease detection. Using a technique described as...
Vaccine for Drug Addiction

Scientists Developing Vaccine for Drug Addiction

A vaccine to treat drug addiction is being tested, and it could hold the key to combatting the increase in overdose deaths. The vaccine works by inducing an immune response that blocks the target drug...
Walgreens to sell Naloxone

Walgreens to Sell Naloxone, Heroin Overdose Remedy, Over-the-Counter

Walgreens announced that it will sell naloxone – an antidote for overdoses of heroin and other opioids – without a prescription in states where it is legal, as part of a two-part plan to...
Schizophrenia’s Cause

Schizophrenia’s Cause Tied to Molecular Process in Brain

Scientists believe they have located the molecular process in the brain that triggers schizophrenia – a significant finding that may lead to new treatments and earlier detection, The Washington Post reported. The study, which was...
HIV Drug

Study Says Virus Transmission Could Drop 40% if High-Risk Gay Men are Given HIV...

Pre-exposure prophylactic use of HIV drugs by high-risk gay men could reduce virus transmission by 40%, according to a study published in The Lancet. Designed for those without HIV, the drug known as Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis...
treatment of bone fractures

Bone Regeneration for Healing Fractures Studied by Michigan State Veterinary Scientist

The treatment of bone fractures hasn’t significantly changed in years – healing generally takes 6-to-8 weeks – but a Michigan State University veterinary scientist is looking at ways to improve the process, the University...
LUM015

Injectable Liquid Illuminates Cancer Cells, May Help Surgeons Locate and Remove Tumors

A blue liquid injected into a cancerous area illuminates cancer cells much more brightly than healthy tissue, giving surgeons a better chance of removing the entire malignancy at once, according to CBS News. Microscopic cancer...
emergency medicine

Vetigel: A Modernized Healing Medicine

Nearly every person, at one time or another, has scraped a knee or sliced a finger. Accidents happen, and for the last century, everyone from soldiers to chefs to children have been dressing their...
Preventing Brain Cell Death

Aspirin a Key to Preventing Brain Cell Death

Researchers at John Hopkins University and the Boyce Thompson Institute discovered an unexpected new benefit of aspirin – it might help battle neurodegenerative diseases like Huntington’s and Alzheimer’s. Aspirin’s primary component is called salicylic acid,...
World AIDS Day | Antiretroviral Therapy

What is Antiretroviral Therapy?

It’s estimated that more than 35 million people have died from HIV or AIDS since it was identified in 1984. Today, those who contract the virus and the roughly 33 million people infected with...