Archive: 26/03/2015

Newly updated treatment guidelines for medullary thyroid carcinoma

A Task Force convened by the American Thyroid Association (ATA) released updated guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). The current document is the first revision of the original ...

Mar 26, 2015

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Crossing fingers can reduce feelings of pain

How you feel pain is affected by where sources of pain are in relation to each other, and so crossing your fingers can change what you feel on a single finger, finds new UCL research.

Mar 26, 2015

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Sea slug provides new way of analyzing brain data

Scientists say our brains may not be as complicated as we once thought - and they're using sea slugs to prove it.

Mar 26, 2015

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New role uncovered for 'oldest' tumor suppressor gene

Scientists have revealed a brand new function for one of the first cancer genes ever discovered - the retinoblastoma gene - in a finding that could open up exciting new approaches to treatment.

Mar 26, 2015

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Promising drug target identified in medulloblastoma

Scientists at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center have identified a protein critical to both the normal development of the brain and, in many cases, the development of medulloblastoma, a fast-growing ...

Mar 26, 2015

Team develops anti-obesity treatment in animal models

Researchers from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) have shown that partial pharmacological inhibition of the PI3K enzyme in obese mice and monkeys reduces body weight and physiological manifestations of metabolic ...

Mar 26, 2015

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FDA to scrutinize unproven alternative remedies (Update)

Federal officials plan to review the safety and evidence behind alternative remedies like Zicam and Cold-Eeze, products that are protected by federal law, but not accepted by mainstream medicine.

Mar 26, 2015