‘White-coated drug dealers’: 60 charged in U.S. illegal prescription opioid crackdown
CINCINNATI — Federal authorities said Wednesday they have charged 60 people, including a doctor accused of trading drugs for sex and another of prescribing to […]
As fewer patients sue their doctor, the rate of winning malpractice suits is dropping too
In the fall of 2016, Jim Wiseman was in the hospital to have his bladder removed as part of his cancer treatment. “I know that […]
Doctors use HIV in gene therapy to fix ‘bubble boy’ disease
Marilynn Marchione, The Associated PressPublished Wednesday, April 17, 2019 10:16PM EDT They were born without a working germ-fighting system, every infection a threat to their […]
Yale study revives cellular activity in pig brains hours after death
(Reuters) – Yale University scientists have succeeded in restoring basic cellular activity in pigs’ brains hours after their deaths in a finding that may one […]
Doctors use gene therapy to fix ‘bubble boy’ disease
Relying on the trickery used HIV to infect people, doctors at two medical centres say they have cured 10 infants of so-called bubble boy disease, […]
Intragastric balloons for weight loss linked to punctures to stomach and esophagus, Health Canada says
Health Canada says it is aware of Canadian and international reports of complications, including deaths, associated with using intragastric balloons for weight loss. Doctors temporarily […]
Wrist, upper-arm BP readings often differ considerably
(Reuters Health) – Blood pressure measured at the wrist is commonly higher than pressure measured at the upper arm, which has implications for the accuracy […]
St. Jude doctors claim cure for ‘bubble boy’ disease
(Reuters Health) – Relying on the trickery used by the AIDS virus to infect people, doctors at two medical centers say they have cured 10 […]
Bacterial therapy in a dish
Engineering bacteria to intelligently sense and respond to disease states, from infections to cancer, has become a promising focus of synthetic biology. Rapid advances in […]
Gene therapy restores immunity in infants with rare immunodeficiency disease
A small clinical trial has shown that gene therapy can safely correct the immune systems of infants newly diagnosed with a rare, life-threatening inherited disorder […]