Health & Medicine
FDA-approved drug restores hair in patients with Alopecia Areata
18 Aug 2014
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have identified the immune cells responsible for destroying hair follicles in people with alopecia areata, a common autoimmune disease that causes hair loss, and have tested an FDA-approved drug that eliminated these immune cells and restored hair growth in a small number of patients
To eat or not to eat
18 Aug 2014
Newly discovered heart molecule could lead to effective treatment for heart failure
16 Aug 2014
Researchers have discovered a previously unknown cardiac molecule that could provide a key to treating, and preventing, cardiac failure
Obesity raises risk of 10 cancers: study
14 Aug 2014
A new study says every five-point increase in BMI – equivalent to an increase in weight of around 17.5kg — raises the overall risk of uterus, kidnry, liver, colon, ovarian and breast cancers