Scientists in Germany who developed a new way to make a key malaria drug several years ago said Wednesday they have come up with a technique to make the process even more efficient, which should increase global…
The first treatment to help prevent serious allergic reactions to peanuts may be on the way. A company said Tuesday that its daily capsules of peanut powder helped children build tolerance in a major study….
Scientists in Japan and Australia have developed a blood test that can detect the build-up of toxic proteins linked to Alzheimer’s disease. The work, published in the journal Nature, is an important step towards a blood…
A key cannabis compound helped to reduce the number of drop seizures in patients with a severe form of epilepsy, newly published results of a clinical trial suggest. The study, published Wednesday in The Lancet, suggests…
Тest includes some of the most deadly cancers currently lacking screening tools. Scientists are reporting progress on a blood test to detect many types of cancer at an early stage, including some of the most…
The Canadian distributor of the EpiPen says there is a shortage of one size of the emergency treatment for people at risk of life-threatening allergic reactions. Pfizer Canada says there is a shortage of the…
The family of a nine-year-old Toronto girl say a special form of medical marijuana is helping her cope with a rare genetic condition that causes severe seizures. Ava Calandra, 9, was born two weeks late…
There’s a new candidate for the list of the world’s most expensive drugs. It’s a form of gene therapy called Luxturna, and it was approved in the U.S. by the FDA last month. This week…
Sarah Robertson has a lot more good days now. Her migraine headaches have been reduced to about a dozen a month. Still, there are times when the pain is so bad she gives up on…
Advocates for Canadian seniors are calling on provincial governments to cover the cost of a new vaccine to protect against shingles, a brutally painful illness that can have debilitating consequences. Shingrix was approved by Health…
Imagine being told that you have a life-threatening illness. Imagine having to relearn how to carry out previously straightforward tasks such as using a public toilet. Imagine not only having to come to terms with…
More living organ donors needed, doctors say. Organ donations at all-time high but demand outpacing supply in most of the country. After donating one of her kidneys to a stranger five years ago, Marianne Janz…
A baby born with her heart outside her body has survived after surgery at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester. Vanellope Hope Wilkins, who has no breastbone, was delivered three weeks ago by Caesarean section. She has…
It took well over a year to determine if a woman who received a womb transplant would become the first in the U.S. to give birth, transplant surgeons in Dallas said Monday. Baylor University Medical…
Canadian researchers say they may soon be able to easily identify adults who are on the path to Alzheimer’s disease, using a tool that works in a similar way to a pediatrician’s growth charts. The…
A clinical trial led by doctors and researchers in Alberta has found that fecal transplants delivered orally by capsule may be just as effective as transplants done by colonoscopy in treating C. difficile infections. The…
Wounds heal more quickly if they occur during the day rather than after dark, a study suggests. It found burns sustained at night took an average of 28 days to heal, but just 17 for…
Women who are treated for a kind of breast cancer that is fueled by the hormone estrogen face a substantial risk of the cancer returning, even 20 years later, researchers said Wednesday. The risk is…
Bacteria living in the murky depths of the digestive system seem to influence whether tumours shrink during cancer therapy, say French and US researchers. They tested the microbiome – the collection of microscopic species that…
A first attempt at gene therapy for a disease that leaves babies unable to move, swallow and, eventually, breathe has extended the tots’ lives, and some began to roll over, sit and stand on their…
Two new studies have found that food allergies are on the rise in the U.S., both among kids and adults. While many food allergies develop in childhood, research presented this week at the American College of…
Researchers at the Universities of Dundee and Oxford in the U.K. are optimistic about a vaccine they have developed in the aim of treating chronic skin conditions such as psoriasis and cat hair allergies. This…
U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved a second gene therapy for a blood cancer, a one-time, custom-made treatment for aggressive lymphoma in adults. The Food and Drug Administration allowed sales of the treatment from Kite Pharma. It…
And scientists discover a new part of the brain. When researchers in the U.K. took a close look at the effectiveness of new cancer drugs approved by the European Medicines Agency between 2009 and 2013,…
Lower death rates following surgery recorded for those under the care of female doctors. Patients of female surgeons did slightly better following surgery than those whose surgeons were male, according to a Canadian study published in a British medical journal….
Mineral Medix – Canada based company announced its newest product: the Gluco Guard. Mineral Medix claims that it has a unique combination of antioxidants of the sulfur-organic compunds group and it’s actively resisting the most…
A man in France has regained some degree of consciousness after being in a vegetative state for 15 years. Doctors treated the 35-year-old, injured in a car accident, with an experimental therapy that involved implanting…
An investigational therapy using modified poliovirus to attack cancer tumors appears to unleash the body’s own capacity to fight malignancies by activating an inflammation process that counter’s the ability of cancer cells to evade the…
Dennis Lyon was a genetic train wreck. Cancer was ravaging his liver, lungs, bones and brain, and tests showed so many tumour mutations that drugs targeting one or two wouldn’t do much good. It seemed…
Increasingly, research is showing that Type 2 diabetes can be put into long-term remission. “It’s taken years to accumulate this evidence,” said Dr. Hertzel Gerstein, diabetes expert at McMaster University. “Ten years ago people would have…
Opening a new era in cancer care, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the first treatment that genetically engineers patients’ own blood cells into an army of assassins to seek and destroy…
Doctors were safely able to give antibiotics in over 80% of people in hospital who thought they were allergic. Many people who are labelled as allergic to penicillin can safely take the important antibiotic, say doctors…
For the first time, a drug has helped prevent heart attacks by curbing inflammation, a new and very different approach than lowering cholesterol, the focus for many years. People on the drug also had surprisingly…
Some Canadians diagnosed with amoyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, are spending thousands of dollars to obtain a new drug from abroad they hope will slow the progress of the terminal disease. The drug called edaravone,…
UTRECHT, Netherlands – Els van der Heijden, who has cystic fibrosis, was finding it ever harder to breathe as her lungs filled with thick, sticky mucus. Despite taking more than a dozen pills and inhalers…
People who choose alternative cures for common cancers are up to five times more likely to die compared to those opting for standard treatments, the lead scientist of a new study told AFP Friday. The…
Nearly all of us will have knee pain at some point in our lives and for some of us, it can be debilitating. In my clinic, most people with knee pain fall into one of…
Genetic disorder worsens with time but intervening earlier could spare children from damaged lungs. With every breath she takes, Chelsea Gagnon can feel how the lung-scarring damage of cystic fibrosis adds up over time. The 28-year-old…
Australian researchers may have found a treatment to combat a serious side effect of chemotherapy treatments prescribed for cancer patients. Their research, which was conducted on rodents, will now go on to clinical trials on…
Another medical examination took place in the middle of summer, immediately after returning from my vacation in Egypt. This country gave me a lot of vivid impressions, and also – “moderate hepatomegaly with increasing density…
Each disease has its own “favorite” seasons. Summer for example – is for food poisonings. A huge number of people, as a matter of fact, face food poisoning every day. This problem is especially bothering…
Researchers at Harvard and Boston University have developed and tested a soft, wearable exosuit on stroke patients with limited mobility, and found that it can help to promote normal walking. In approximately 80% of stroke patients…
Prescription drugs could be making harmless bacteria in the body resistant to antibiotics, which could then spread the resistance to more threatening bugs. Contrary to conventional wisdom, it may not always be best to finish…
Scientists from the UK caused quite a stir this week, when they announced that we don’t necessarily need to complete a full course of antibiotics in order to treat infections properly. It’s a provocative message,…
It was Father’s Day, back in June 1998, when the life of David Andrews was abruptly turned upside down. The Vancouver engineer had just returned home after a long walk with his wife Merylin. He…
CHICAGO – Cancer patients’ grey hair unexpectedly turned youthfully dark while taking novel drugs, and it has doctors scratching their heads. Chemotherapy is notorious for making hair fall out, but the 14 patients involved were…
Zeolites is a generic name for the aluminum silicates of alkali and earth-alkali metals. In general, the group of natural zeolites includes 45 minerals with 25 various structure types, some of them possessing extremely precious…
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