Lung cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in one or both lungs. Treatment success is largely determined by the size of the cancer and how far it has spread from the lungs. In other words,...

When a person has been bitten by a tick and becomes infected with Lyme disease, noticing a bullseye-shaped rash is one of the more common signs. However, not everyone will be able to spot an infection...

A new study led by UMass Medical School researchers has found that parents of premature infants on home oxygen therapy can safely and effectively report babies’ oxygen levels in between clinic visits....

While immunotherapy—a form of treatment that uses the body’s immune system to recognize, attack and kill tumor cells—has given hope to people across the globe, it fails in a significant proportion...

Vitamin B12 is an essential nutrient that the body absorbs through eating certain foods. Chief among its primary functions is to keep the body’s nerve and blood cells healthy and help make DNA,...

The key to swift treatments to cure the pain of rheumatoid arthritis has been found in the joints of people with the condition who are in long-term remission. The study—published today in Nature Medicine...

The team was co-led by May Griffith, a researcher at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, which is affiliated with Université de Montréal and is part of the CIUSSS de l’Est-de-l’Île-de-Montréal. The...

Researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) have developed tools to improve the analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data. Tülay Adali, professor of computer...

Lower back pain is not a new phenomenon – it is the cause of more than 100 million workdays lost per year in the UK. It is highly probable that the complaint has become even more widespread as a...

What are the measures of the deaths prevented by COVID-19? Earlier action could have the effect of a reduction in hospital admissions and deaths from COVID-19. A new report summarizes how the disease earlier...