Cigarette smokers who try to quit often end up vaping and smoking
Most of the 40 million Americans who smoke cigarettes say they want to quit, and some move to e-cigarettes as a step toward quitting. However,…
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No clear medical definition of ‘growing pains’
We often hear the phrase ‘growing pains’ used by the general public to describe muscle or joint pain in young people and the term is…
A new pathway to the regeneration of insulin could mean a major breakthrough in diabetes treatment
A world-first study by Monash University, in Melbourne, Australia has discovered a pathway to the regeneration of insulin in pancreatic stem cells, a major breakthrough…
Trauma of diagnosis stays with eye disease patients
The way in which a patient is told they have serious eye disease can impact their psychological health and ability to cope with their condition…
Scientists identify a key gene that is turned on in most cancer types
Physician-scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have discovered that a gene called FOXR2 that is normally turned off…
Investigational blood test can detect multiple signs of brain cancer to improve diagnosis and monitoring
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) who previously developed a blood test for mutations in a gene linked to gliomas, the most common type of…
Gene variant links trigger finger and carpal tunnel syndrome
A new NDORMS study, published in The Lancet Rheumatology, has found a genetic variant that increases the risk of both carpal tunnel syndrome and trigger…