New research shows, high-risk breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, with HER2-positive tumors, benefit from receiving the targeted therapy Herceptin. “The cancers are usually bigger. They may have spread to the lymph nodes in the armpits,” said Dr. Jay Brooks, chairman of hematology/oncology at Ochsner Health System in Baton Rouge, La. They’re usually not small enough to be cut... 
A new study has found that the death rates for children in the U.S. with rheumatic diseases are lower than reported earlier. Those who were diagnosed with rheumatic diseases between 1992 and 2001,
Cleveland Clinic researchers analyzed data on 48,885 patients in the national Pediatric Rheumatology Disease Registry. A number that was significantly less than expected, There were just 110 deaths among these... 
New research suggests that premature aging is found to be striking the brains of those people infected with the virus that causes AIDS. It is unclear if it is both the drug and the virus, or one or the other, is to blame for contributing to the aging. They are sure that the blood flow in the patients with HIV is almost the same of those people who are uninfected and are 15 to 20 years older.
“This... 
New studies have found that children who test positive for peanut allergies might not have a full-blown allergy to that particular food. UK researchers who tested seventy-nine 8 year-olds who were said to be peanut sensitive, found that only seven of them has a true allergy to the nut.
Today, a peanut allergy is diagnosed by a blood test, skin test and sometimes both. Both these tests gauge the peanut... 
We are bombarded with news of top notch athletes being exposed for using illegal steroids when reading the sports news these days. Steroid use involves legal issues, huge costs and even worse, potential health problems. You wonder why anyone would be tempted to go this route with risks like that.
Nitric Oxide is a vasodilator and one of the most interesting fields of research. Nitric Oxide helps move... 