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Woman’s velvety tripe palms turn out to be a sign of lung cancer

A 73-year-old woman presented with pruritic, itchy, and painful lesions on her hand, showing an appearance consisted of tripe palms. It was later revealed by doctors that her velvety palms turned out to be a rare sign of lung cancer.

19 Nov 2019

Improving the efficiency of antiangiogenic and antifibrotic drug for treatment of lung cancer

The University of Barcelona and Hospital Clínic de Barcelona collaborate with Boehringer Ingelheim Inc. to improve the efficiency of nintedanib, an antiangiogenic and antifibrotic drug, for the treatment of lung cancer.

19 Nov 2019

Oral vaccination with cholera toxin helps counteract age-associated obesity

Here the research team tested a safe and well-established microbe-based immune adjuvant to restore immune homeostasis and counteract inflammation-associated obesity in animal models.

19 Nov 2019

Mysterious feather duvet lung disease nearly kills a man

A soft pillow and a warm duvet are all you need to have a soothing and relaxing sleep, especially during the frigid season. However, a man from the United Kingdom nearly died because of a mysterious illness related to a duvet. It was later found out by doctors that the culprit for his lung disease is his newly-bought feather duvet.

19 Nov 2019

Miniscule robots like "Magic School Bus" could clear blood clots

Pulmonary embolism is a condition where a clot forms and blocks the arteries of the lungs and this restricts the blood flow to the lungs and lowers the amount of oxygen reaching the different organs. Statistics from the National Institutes of Health show that pulmonary embolism leads to nearly 200,000 to 300,000 deaths in the United States annually putting it at number three in cardiovascular diseases right after heart attack and stroke.

19 Nov 2019

VUMC offers minimally invasive, non-surgical alternative for patients with emphysema

Vanderbilt University Medical Center will be the first in the state to offer a minimally invasive, non-surgical alternative for patients with emphysema.

19 Nov 2019

New device separates malignant plasma cells from normal ones

Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer in which malignant plasma cells, a type of white blood cell, accumulate in the bone marrow.

19 Nov 2019

Mayo Clinic, Hitachi to build North America's first carbon ion treatment facility

Mayo Clinic and Hitachi, Ltd. have reached an agreement in principle to build a carbon ion treatment facility as part of Mayo Clinic's recently announced integrated oncology facility which will be constructed at Mayo Clinic's campus in Jacksonville, Florida.

19 Nov 2019

Patients treated at NCI-designated centers more likely to receive high-cost lung cancer drugs

Genetically targeted drugs and immunotherapies are transforming the way we treat many forms of lung cancer.

19 Nov 2019

Ammonia levels do not guide clinical management of hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhotic patients

The liver performs several critical functions including filtering blood, detoxifying chemicals and metabolizing drugs.

19 Nov 2019

Researchers discover new pathway to 'reprogram' killer cells

Killer cells of the immune system detect and kill infected cells or cancer cells. Researchers at the Institute of Pathology at the University of Bern have now discovered that the mechanism by which certain immune cells kill their target cells can also be used to control the killer cells themselves.

19 Nov 2019

Using 'Trojan horses' to kill tumor cells from within

Using "Trojan horses" to combat cancer from within the tumor cells themselves without damaging healthy tissues is the aim of this new tool created by researchers from the University of Granada, the Institute of Nanoscience of Aragon, the University of Zaragoza, and the Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre at the University of Edinburgh.

19 Nov 2019

New analytical framework for analyzing nonstandardized stress echocardiography sequences

Echocardiography is a test that uses ultrasound techniques to produce images of the heart in real time. Stress echocardiography uses this technique to evaluate the heart rate response while performing an activity in which the heart has to work (stress).

19 Nov 2019

CGM alarm settings may achieve better blood sugar control for type 1 diabetes patients

Some continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) alarm features and settings may achieve better blood sugar control for people with type 1 diabetes, according to a study published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.

19 Nov 2019

Yoga and physical therapy effective in treating co-occurring sleep disturbance, back pain

Yoga and physical therapy (PT) are effective approaches to treating co-occurring sleep disturbance and back pain while reducing the need for medication, according to a new study from Boston Medical Center.

19 Nov 2019

Robotic kidney transplants produce survival outcomes among patients with obesity

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago report that among patients with obesity, robotic kidney transplants produce survival outcomes comparable to those seen among nonobese patients.

19 Nov 2019

New technology may offer alternative means of profiling tissues

Current cancer treatment courses often begin with tissue biopsies. Biopsies, however, which involve the physical resection of a small tissue sample, can lead to localized tissue injury, bleeding, inflammation, and stress, as well as increased risk of metastasis.

19 Nov 2019

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Woman’s velvety tripe palms turn out to be a sign of lung cancer

Improving the efficiency of antiangiogenic and antifibrotic drug for treatment of lung cancer

Oral vaccination with cholera toxin helps counteract age-associated obesity

Mysterious feather duvet lung disease nearly kills a man

Miniscule robots like "Magic School Bus" could clear blood clots

VUMC offers minimally invasive, non-surgical alternative for patients with emphysema

New device separates malignant plasma cells from normal ones

Mayo Clinic, Hitachi to build North America's first carbon ion treatment facility

Patients treated at NCI-designated centers more likely to receive high-cost lung cancer drugs

Ammonia levels do not guide clinical management of hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhotic patients

Researchers discover new pathway to 'reprogram' killer cells

Using 'Trojan horses' to kill tumor cells from within

New analytical framework for analyzing nonstandardized stress echocardiography sequences

CGM alarm settings may achieve better blood sugar control for type 1 diabetes patients

Yoga and physical therapy effective in treating co-occurring sleep disturbance, back pain

Robotic kidney transplants produce survival outcomes among patients with obesity

New technology may offer alternative means of profiling tissues

Cleveland Clinic receives NIH grant to study link between gut microbes, cardiometabolic diseases

Scientists develop new therapy for acute myeloid leukemia

Study shows link between use of NHB therapy and increased survival for patients with LVADs

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