In this review, the authors discuss “actinopathies” in terms of the clinical aspects and cellular mechanisms, with a focus on the effect of these mutations on neutrophil function.…
Mark Ballow, MD, of the University of South Florida, and Jolan Walter, MD, PhD, of the University of South Florida and Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, discuss COVID-19…
Hair loss, both the more medical forms and more conventional forms, affects many millions of people in the US and across the world. Current treatments include “accidental” drug…
HIV infection attacks the immune system. In many parts of Africa, patients with HIV infection, also have vitamin deficiencies. A new study examined whether giving a multivitamin and…
Researchers at a university in eastern Zhejiang Province have used a 3D printer to create living kidneys, which are expected to be used for transplants in the future.
Salim Ismail, Founding Executive Director, Singularity University, gives you the top 5 medical breakthroughs by 2020 that will revolutionize medicine in the healthcare sector. Read more about Salim…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients undergoing liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma, the risk of recurrence is lower when immunosuppression is based on sirolimus rather than calcineurin…
Dr. Francis Cordova, Medical Director of the Lung Transplantation Program at Temple University School of Medicine, discusses the factors that determine strong and weak candidates for lung transplantation…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The high risk of fractures in the first year after solid organ transplantation can be roughly halved with bisphosphonate or vitamin D treatment,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with previously untreated multiple myeloma do better when they are given an autologous stem-cell transplant followed by an allogeneic transplant from a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A low-dose regimen of peginterferon, without ribavirin, produces a sustained virologic response in up to 40% of patients with chronic hepatitis C and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Restricting fluids excessively during major abdominal surgery, even using an individualized “goal-directed fluid strategy,” increases the risk of hypovolemia and impairs organ function…
