MCG.edu - A daily dose of an old antibiotic, minocycline, may help diabetics avoid a stroke or at least minimize its damage, Medical College of Georgia researchers report.
Minocycline, a drug already under study at MCG for stroke treatment, may help diabetics reduce remodeling of blood vessels in the brain that increases their stroke risk and [...]

ACS.org - Twenty million medical scans and treatments are done each year that require radioactive isotopes and scientists today described a global shortage of these life-saving materials that could jeopardize patient care and drive-up health care costs.
They spoke at a symposium at one of the opening sessions of the 240th National Meeting of the American [...]

Thoracic.org - Daily use of Lactobacillus rhamnosus probiotics cut ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in critically ill patients by almost half, according to new research from Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska.
The study was published on the American Thoracic Society’s Web site ahead of the print edition of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical [...]

New study results are providing further evidence of the therapeutic potential of stem cells derived from bone marrow for patients suffering from acute lung injury, one of the most common causes of respiratory failure in intensive care units.
Led by Drs. Michael A. Matthay and Jae W. Lee at the Cardiovascular Research Institute of the University [...]

Most people know that high cholesterol levels place them at increased risk for heart disease and stroke. Prior research has shown that particular types of strokes contribute to one’s risk for depression, and that abnormal blood lipid levels can increase the risk of depression in the elderly.
However, new findings by French researchers, published in Biological [...]

AFTAU.org - A Tel Aviv University study is giving new hope to women concerned with fertility who want to conceive - in the form of a supplement pill, DHEA, already available in drugstores and dietary supplement stores.
Prof. Adrian Shulman of Tel Aviv University’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine and the Meir Medical Center has found a [...]