Spinal injury researchers hope cyclotron can advance diagnosis

A former league footballer who became a quadriplegic is spearheading fundraising efforts to create an imaging system to help diagnose spinal cord injuries.

SOURCE: Medical Research – Read entire story here.

Five perspectives on HIV prevention pill awaiting Australian approval Australia's ambitious goal of no new cases of HIV by 2020 will be a tough deadline to meet given rates have been steadily increasing since 2000. Here, the ABC hears five perspectives on a major breakthrough in the fight against the epidemic — the preventative drug known as PrEP....
Melanoma, pediatric cancer and lymphoma dominate research from NYU Langone at ASCO 2015 Plasma cell disorders and epidemiology studies also play a prominent roleNYU Langone Medical Center and its Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center will have a high profile at the 51st Annual......
Environmentally friendly inhalers double the cost for people with asthma Environmentally friendly asthma inhalers may be good for the atmosphere, but they have nearly doubled what people with asthma pay out of pocket for inhalers. That’s the take-home message from a study led by Dr. Anupam Jena, an assistant professor of health care policy and medicine at Harvard Medical School and an internist at Massachusetts General Hospital. The findings were published online today in JAMA Internal Medicine. In 2008, the FDA banned a class of asthma inhalers that contained ozone-depleting propellants called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). Depletion of the earth’s ozone layer causes serious risks for humans, including an increased danger of...
Benefits of calorie restriction on par with balancing protein and carb intake in mice Cutting calories through dietary restriction has been shown to lower cholesterol, improve insulin sensitivity, and even prolong life in mammals. Now, new research publishing on May 28th in Cell Reports shows that, at least in mice, low protein, high carbohydrate diets can provide benefits similar to those obtained with calorie restriction....
Ask Well: Statins and Your Sex Life The science on statins and sexual function is inconclusive, but it does appear that taking a statin can affect a person's sex life, in both positive and negative ways....