Medical ResearchBe a Partner in Clinical Research By articleAre you aware that you can participate in clinical research? Whether you’re healthy or sick, young or old, male or … Read More→
Heart Health Medical Research Women's Health and WellnessWomen's Heart Disease Should Be a Research Priority By articleThe latest gender-specific research on heart disease continues to show differences between women and men, yet gaps remain in how … Read More→
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_ Medical Care Medical Research Senior HealthProgress in Fighting Diseases of Aging? By articleScientists have found a new way to increase the length of human telomeres, protective caps on chromosomes that have been … Read More→
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Medical ResearchToward Inhalable Vaccines for Flu, Pneumonia & TB By articleResearchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University have uncovered a novel approach … Read More→
_ Medical ResearchThe Feds Under-Fund Chronic Disease Prevention Research By articleInvestigators at The Vitality Institute, a research organization working to strengthen the evidence base for health promotion and chronic disease … Read More→
Health Headlines Medical ResearchIs It Really FDA Approved? By article“FDA Approved!”… Maybe you saw these words on a company’s website somewhere, or in a commercial promoting a new product … Read More→
Cancer Center Medical ResearchCancer-Causing Mutation Found in 1982 Now Target of Clinical Trials By articleIn 1982, the gene TRK was shown to cause a small percentage of colon cancers. In 2013 and 2014, next-generation … Read More→
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Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias Medical ResearchAnother “Alzheimer's in a Dish” Model By thirdAGE articleIn October 2014, we posted an article on ThirdAge.com about an “Alzheimer’s in a Dish Model” (https://thirdage.com/node/2884631) developed at Massachusetts … Read More→
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Medical ResearchVaccine Holds Hope of Preventing MRSA By thirdAGE articleResearch reported online in December 2014 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA holds new hope for … Read More→
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_ Medical Research Women's Health and WellnessFemales Ignored in Medical Research By Sondra Forsyth articleResearch done at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago has found that surgical researchers rarely use female animals or female cells in the research for their published studies, despite a huge body of evidence showing that gender differences can play a crucial role in medical research. The study was published August 28th 2014 in the journal Surgery. A "60 Minutes" segment aired in February about the problem of overlooking sex differences in biomedical research featuring Northwestern Medicine scientists Melina Kibbe M.D. and Teresa Woodruff.
_ Medical Care Medical ResearchHow Lizards Grow New Tails By Sondra Forsyth articleThe secret of how lizards regenerate their tails could offer hope that researchers may be able to develop ways to stimulate the regeneration of limbs in humans. A team of researchers from Arizona State University in Phoenix is one step closer to solving that mystery. The scientists have discovered the genetic "recipe" for lizard tail regeneration, which may come down to using genetic ingredients in just the right mixture and amounts.