Statins, the wildly popular cholesterol-lowering drugs, may interact with at least one blood pressure drug to damage the mitochondria, the powerhouses of cells, the researchers reported in the journal Nature Biotechnology.
Their study also may lead to the development of drugs to treat diabetes and diseases of ageing and better ways to screen for drug side-effects, [...]
Deerfield-based Baxter’s troubles with heparin highlight the concerns many U.S. companies and consumers have about their vulnerability to errors by suppliers from China and other less-developed countries. Problems with tainted toys, toothpaste, tires and pet food from China in the last year preceded Baxter’s issues with [...]
Their new technique uses radiocarbon dating to measure special proteins known as lens crystallines that develop around birth and remain unchanged for the rest of our lives. They are the only part of the body apart from teeth that do so.
The researchers correctly identified the ages of 13 people within one-and-a-half years by analyzing a [...]
The finding, published on Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could be used in the operating room in surgeries or to repair wounds.
What we did was to mimic what the gecko does, Robert Langer, a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said in a telephone interview.
Langer and colleague Jeff Karp [...]
US researchers found a strong correlation between climate and genetic adaptations that influence the risk of metabolic syndrome, a group of related disorders such as obesity, high cholesterol, heart disease and diabetes.
Climate over a long period of time has shaped the distribution of genetic variants that may be associated with the risk of these common [...]
“I think his chance of coming back to pitching with rehab or a conservative approach is zero,” Dr. Craig Morgan said Friday in telephone interview with The Associated Press. “He might not come back after surgery, either. However, if the surgery is successful, he should be fully rehabbed by about All-Star break.”
Schilling wrote [...]
NEW YORK - The World Health Organization warned in a new report Thursday that the “tobacco epidemic” is growing and could claim 1 billion lives by the end of the century unless governments dramatically step up efforts to curb smoking.
In its first comprehensive report on tobacco use in 179 countries, the U.N.s health agency said [...]
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Keep an eye on the salsa this Super Bowl Sunday: A researcher inspired by a famous “Seinfeld” episode has concluded that double dipping is just plain gross.
“That’s like putting your whole mouth right in the dip!” George Costanza was admonished on the show after he dipped a chip twice at a wake. [...]
“If it’s true, obviously you’re getting arguably the best pitcher in the game,” Mets third baseman David Wright said.
New York General Manager Omar Minaya wouldn’t say much.
“It’s out there, but the bottom line is that we’re trying to look at ways at improving our club,” Minaya said. “That’s all I’m going to be [...]
