Doctors plan to test a gene therapy that could prevent Alzheimer’s disease
o one knows for certain what causes Alzheimer’s disease. But one fact about the condition has gained nearly irrefutable status. Depending...
PET scans ID biomarkers that could spare breast cancer patients from chemotherapy
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, have used PET scans to identify biomarkers that may...
The Link Between Menopause and Alzheimer’s
Women make up nearly two-thirds of patients with Alzheimer’s disease in the U.S., in part because they live longer than men. Now,...
'Cellular barcoding' reveals how breast cancer spreads
A cutting-edge technique called cellular barcoding has been used to tag, track and pinpoint cells responsible for the spread of breast...
Insulin signaling failures in the brain linked to Alzheimer's disease
Scientists continue to find evidence linking Type 2 diabetes with Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia and the seventh...
What is “Stage Zero” Breast Cancer—and Should You Be Worried About it?
In the early 20th century, in a lab at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, a surgeon named Joseph Colt Bloodgood made a series of...
A new culprit of cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease
It has long been known that patients with Alzheimer's disease have abnormalities in the vast network of blood vessels in the brain. Some...
Health Trends: Innovations in Breast Cancer Research
Groundbreaking research and the newest technology have improved the chances of early detection, diagnosis and optimal treatment. Annual...
What Causes Alzheimer's? We Don't Really Know Yet
Last week, headlines reverberated across the internet with seemingly groundbreaking news: Scientists had found a cause — and with it, a...
Triple-negative breast cancer: Recurrence and survival rates
Doctors diagnose breast cancer by identifying which receptor is present. They run a series of tests for each of the three receptors, and...
