Category: 6. Health

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  • Two analgesic drugs may one day be repurposed as anti-tumor therapies

    Two analgesic drugs may one day be repurposed as anti-tumor therapies

    Peripheral afferent neurons – nerves that send signals from all areas of the body to the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) – are known to infiltrate and grow within malignant bone tumors called osteosarcomas, often…

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  • New nanomedicine wipes out leukemia in animal study

    New nanomedicine wipes out leukemia in animal study

    In a promising advance for cancer treatment, Northwestern University scientists have re-engineered the molecular structure of a common chemotherapy drug, making it dramatically more soluble and effective and less…

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  • Flavanol-rich foods offer vascular protection during extended sitting

    Flavanol-rich foods offer vascular protection during extended sitting

    New research from the University of Birmingham shows that eating flavanol-rich foods-like tea, berries, apples, and cocoa-can protect vascular health in men from the harmful effects of prolonged sitting.

    Sedentary behavior is…

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