Targeted Melanoma Treatment Moves Step Closer After Scientists Synthesize Natural Compound Scientists in Canada have successfully synthesized a
natural compound that shows highly unusual potential to selectively treat melanoma, a type of skin cancer that is often fatal, and perhaps other cancers as well.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDuke Studies New Approach In Fetal Transplants For Metabolic Disorders Researchers say a new development in cord blood transplants for inherited metabolic disorders may be curative for some babies who are treated while still in the womb. Joanne Kurtzberg, M.D.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNIH Award Brings Together Pediatric, Adult Heart Disease Research, Training The National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, recently awarded researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University Medical Center (OSUMC) a five-year, $1.4 million grant to provide in-depth training to clinicians and basic scientists in congenital and acquired heart disease.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMRI Abundance May Lead To Excess In Back Surgeries, Stanford Study Shows Patients reporting new low-back pain are more likely to undergo surgery if treated in an area with a higher-than-average concentration of magnetic resonance imaging machines, according to research from the Stanford University School of Medicine. This may be bad news for patients, since previous studies have found that increased surgery rates don't improve patient outcomes.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comThe Hidden Costs Of Energy Production And Use A new report from the National Research Council examines and, when possible, estimates "hidden" costs of energy production and use -- such as the damage air pollution imposes on human health -- that are not reflected in market prices of coal, oil, other energy sources, or the electricity and gasoline produced from them.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines Effective At Preventing Child Deaths A study published in The Cochrane Review this month concludes that pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV), already known to prevent invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and x-ray defined pneumonia, was also effective against child deaths. The findings were based on a systematic review of the results of 6 randomized and controlled trials conducted in the US, Africa, Philippines, and Finland.
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