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Baby gene therapy study offers hope for fatal muscle disease

WASHINGTON – A first attempt at gene therapy for a disease that leaves babies unable to move, swallow and, eventually, breathe has extended the tots’ lives, and some began to roll over, sit ...

DATE: Nov 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trying to get sober? NIH offers tool to help find good care

WASHINGTON – The phone calls come – from fellow scientists and desperate strangers – with a single question for the alcohol chief at the National Institutes of Health: Where can my loved one...

DATE: Oct 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Wanted: 1 million people to study genes, habits and health

WASHINGTON – In a quest to end cookie-cutter health care, U.S. researchers are getting ready to recruit more than 1 million people for an unprecedented study to learn how our genes, environm...

DATE: Sep 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Studying 1 million people to end cookie-cutter health care

WASHINGTON – In a quest to end cookie-cutter health care, U.S. researchers are getting ready to recruit more than 1 million people for an unprecedented study to learn how our genes, environm...

DATE: Sep 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Testing probe to help cancer surgeons know they got it all

WASHINGTON – Patients emerging from cancer surgery want to know, “Did you get it all?” Now, scientists are developing a pen-like probe to help surgeons better tell when it’s safe to stop cut...

DATE: Sep 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Is it really Lyme? Researchers developing a new test to tell

WASHINGTON – Diagnosing if a tick bite caused Lyme or another disease can be difficult but scientists are developing a new way to do it early – using a “signature” of molecules in patients’ ...

DATE: Aug 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Brain scans may change care for some people with memory loss

WASHINGTON – Does it really take an expensive brain scan to diagnose Alzheimer’s? Not everybody needs one but new research suggests that for a surprising number of patients whose memory prob...

DATE: Aug 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Hints that lifestyle changes might guard against dementia

WASHINGTON – Seek a good education. Control blood pressure and diabetes. Get off the couch. There are some hints, but no proof yet, that these and other lifestyle changes just might help sta...

DATE: Aug 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Tumor gene testing urged to tell if drug targets your cancer

WASHINGTON – Colon cancer. Uterine cancer. Pancreatic cancer. Whatever the tumor, the more gene mutations lurking inside, the better chance your immune system has to fight back. T...

DATE: Jul 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Hints of some steps that may boost brain health in old age

WASHINGTON – Are you seeking steps to keep your brain healthy in old age? There are no proven ways to stave off mental decline or dementia, but a new report says there are hints t...

DATE: Jun 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Drug shows promise against vision-robbing disease in seniors

WASHINGTON – An experimental drug is showing promise against an untreatable eye disease that blinds older adults – and intriguingly, it seems to work in patients who carry a particular gene ...

DATE: Jun 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

U.S. enrolls volunteers in large test of possible Zika vaccine

WASHINGTON – U.S. health officials have begun enrolling volunteers for critical next-stage testing of an experimental vaccine to protect against Zika, the mosquito-borne virus that can cause...

DATE: Apr 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health