In a new study on more than 2,000 patients, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found that aspirin was as effective as the commonly prescribed drug warfarin. It said each drug had risks, but they had similar benefits overall.

The most commonly diagnosed cancer amongst women is breast cancer. There are various types of breast cancers, for instance, HER2-positive cancer in which the tumor's cells produce excess quantities of HER2, a particular protein called the human epidermal growth factor, whilst those with normal production are called HER2-negative...

Robot squirrels from the University of California, Davis, are going into rattlesnake country near San Jose, continuing a research project on the interaction between squirrels and rattlesnakes. In the lab, robot squirrels have shown how squirrels signal to snakes with heat and tail flagging. Through field experiments, ...

A new discovery in mice may lead to new treatments that could make bone marrow transplants more likely to succeed and to be significantly less dangerous. According to new research findings published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology Brazilian scientists may have found a way to prevent the immune system ...

A new discovery in mice may lead to new treatments that could make bone marrow transplants more likely to succeed and to be significantly less dangerous.

Bethesda, MD -- A new discovery in mice may lead to new treatments that could make bone marrow transplants more likely to succeed and to be significantly less dangerous. According to new research findings published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology ( https://www.jleukbio.org ) Brazilian scientists may have ...

(Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) A new discovery in mice may lead to new treatments that could make bone marrow transplants more likely to succeed and to be significantly less dangerous. According to new research findings published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, Brazilian scientists may have found ...

Each year, more than one million Americans suffer a heart attack and nearly all patients are prescribed a daily aspirin and an antiplatelet medication during recovery. However, the optimal aspirin dose has been unclear. Now, new research from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) reports that there is no ...

A study published in the March issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals reveals that total extraperitoneal inguinal hernioplasty (TEP), a minimally invasive surgery for hernia repair, is linked to lower damage of inguinal (groin) sensation, higher patient satisfaction, as well as less chronic pain than open ...

During labor, several different approaches are used in order to relieve pain, although not all these methods are supported by strong evidence. According to results of a study, examining previous reviews on the subject, there is more evidence that drug-based methods are effective at relieving labour pains than non-drug approaches. ...

Lower back pain due to Modic changes can be hard to treat and the currently recommended therapy of exercise and staying active often does not help alleviate the pain. Results of a trial, published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine, comparing exercise therapy, and staying active, to daily ...

A life cycle assessment of growing crops for fuel as opposed to refining and using fossil fuels has revealed that substitution of gasoline by bioethanol converted from energy crops has considerable potential for rendering our society more sustainable, according to a Japanese study published in the International Journal of ...