NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Both obesity and type 2 diabetes, owing to their harmful effects on adipocytokines and inflammatory mediators, contribute to increased breast cancer risk in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Celiac disease is 4 times more common now than it was in the 1950’s, according to researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester,…
Barry Marshall, MD, AC, FRS, FAA, discusses the possibilities of making a swine flu vaccine using helicobacter as a vaccine delivery platform and the progress made so far…
Miguel Materin, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Director of the Ocular Oncology Section, Yale University School of Medicine, discusses eye tumors ranging from benign to malignant ophthalmic cancers.…
Jimmy K. Lee, MD, Director of the Cornea and Refractive Surgery Section, Yale Eye Center, discusses dry eye treatment, including lubricant drops, cyclosporin and plugging the drainage tube…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As plasma levels of adiponectin, a protein produced by fat cells, rise, the risk of type 2 diabetes decreases, according to the results…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients who undergo bariatric surgery should not expect it to cure their obstructive sleep apnea, according to results of a meta-analysis published in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or 3 (CIN2/3) by loop electrosurgical excision (LEEP) may lead to a reduction in acquisition of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Overweight patients with type 2 diabetes who follow either a low-carbohydrate diet or a low-fat diet have similar outcomes after one year in…
Paul R. Bowser, PhD, Professor of Aquatic Animal Medicine, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, discusses how the presence of viral hemorrhagic septicemia in fish in the great…
