E. M. Brendan Wyatt, Ophthalmology Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments Practice Location: 2 Office Park Cir, Selma, AL 36701 Phone: 334-872-3403 Fax: 334-872-3405 |
News Archive
Two lethal and easily transmitted viruses - both potential bioterror agents - may soon be much less dangerous, thanks to research led by scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City.
A new meta-analysis examining the effect of antioxidant supplements on all-cause mortality published in the Feb. 28, 2007 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) misuses meta-analysis methods to create generalized conclusions that may inappropriately confuse and alarm consumers who can benefit from supplementing with antioxidants, said the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN).
New research led by investigators at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) identifies three genes that specifically mediate the metastasis, or spread, of breast cancer to the brain and illuminates the mechanisms by which this spread occurs. The study was published online today in Nature.
To help parents and their children understand and fully appreciate the importance of sleep, the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Office of Science Education and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) have developed a new supplemental curriculum for use in high school biology classes.
A team of researchers has devised a Pac-Man-style power pellet that gets normally mild-mannered cells to gobble up their undesirable neighbors. The development may point the way to therapies that enlist patients' own cells to better fend off infection and even cancer, the researchers say. A description of the work will be published July 15 in the journal Science Signaling.
› Verified 3 days ago