Groundbreaking research conducted at MIT has found a way of growing liver cells in a lab dish, capable of producing new liver tissue. The liver is capable of regenerating itself if a part of it is removed...

Eighty-three percent of cancer doctors have documented that they have experienced oncology drug shortages. Most of them also say their patients' treatments have been affected, according to a study presented at the 2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology...

A remarkably simple vinegar test in India has managed to lower the rate of cervical cancer deaths by one-third. Healthcare professionals have said that the outcome of the test has been "incredible", stating that it is capable of saving millions of lives...

Vegetarians may live longer than meat-eaters, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. The research involved over 70,000 members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and showed that vegetarian diets are linked to reduced death rates with more favorable results for males than females...

The poorer survival rates of younger breast cancer patients could be a result of insufficient clinical trials for this age group. This was a conclusion of a major new Cancer Research UK study published online recently in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI)...

The volume of adults prescriptions in the USA has risen, and so too have rates of poisonings in children who accidentally took adult prescription drugs, says a study published in the journal Pediatrics (June 3rd issue)...

The addition of targeted therapy Avastin (bevacizumab) with chemotherapy can significantly lengthen the lives of women with advanced cervical cancer by close to 30%, according to research presented at the 2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology Congress. The finding is an important discovery in the fight against cervical cancer - the most common cancer in women under the age of 35...

A new drug being tested in patients with advanced melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, has shown significant antitumor activity, according to preliminary results of a new study. The research, conducted by a team of experts from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, led by Dr...

Survivors who take tamoxifen for ten years have half the risk of dying from estrogen receptor positive breast cancer, researchers from Cancer Research UK reported at the ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, USA...

We already know that an over-active HER2 growth factor gene features in breast and gastric cancers. Now a new study reports finding mutations and other abnormalities of the gene in 14 different advanced cancers...

Sorafenib (Nexavar) stops metastatic thyroid cancer tumor growth for nearly twice as long as a placebo, researchers from Abramson Cancer Center and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania announced as they reported on a randomized phase III trial at the ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois...

The rate of advances in clinical cancer research could stagnate after the recent cuts to biomedical research funding in the United States, warns ASCO President, President Sandra M. Swain, MD, FACP, in a briefing of the Society's 49th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois...

People with healthy habits are at a reduced risk of memory complaints, according to a new study carried out by UCLA researchers. The researchers analyzed the link between healthy behaviors and memory throughout adult life. A national poll, which included a total of 18,552 people, was conducted by UCLA researchers and the Gallup organization...

AstraZeneca's experimental drug, selumetinib, is the first targeted medication to show a significant clinical benefit for patients with melanoma of the eye (metastatic uveal melanoma), researchers from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center explained at the 49th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), in Chicago, Illinois...

New research published in Media Psychology suggests that looking at your Facebook profile can be psychologically good and bad for you. The finding revealed that checking your profile is capable of boosting your self esteem while at the same time reducing motivation. A person's Facebook profile is essentially an ideal representation of one's self published online for friends and family to see...

Elderly patients who are exposed to general anesthesia have a 35% higher risk of developing dementia, researchers from INSERM and University of Bordeaux, France, reported at Euroanaesthesia, the annual congress of the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA)...

Prancercise is a 1980s horse-like exercise for humans which has hit the headlines worldwide after Joanna Rohrback recently released a video online. So far, the Prancercise YouTube video has hit over 2 million views...

Warfarin is an anticoagulant medication - it is used to slow down the blood-clotting process. Anticoagulants are used to prevent blood clots which may cause vein blockages, heart attack and stroke. Warfarin is known under the brand names Warfant, Jantoven, Coumadin, Lawarin, Marevan, and Waran. Doctors prescribe warfarin for people who are at a higher risk of forming blood clots...

The FDA has just announced that is does not advise doctors to administer magnesium sulfate injections to pregnant women for more than 5 days as a means of preventing pre-term labor. The use of the drug to prevent pre-term labor is not approved by the FDA, however, doctors often use it "off-label"...

A "cocktail" of a drop of blood, a dribble of water, and a dose of DNA powder with gold particles may lead to quicker diagnosis and treatment of many infectious diseases in the near future...