March 9, 2018 Clinical Research Research continues to confirm that opioids are not better than acetaminophen or ibuprofen for chronic back and arthritis pain
March 7, 2018 Clinical Research Exercise-mimicking pill far from being a “gamechanger”. It remains solely a hypothesis requiring human trials.
November 27, 2017 Cancer/Oncology Good basic science story about understanding how cancer spreads has a long way to go before any potential clinical application
November 10, 2017 Allergy/Immunology Experimental and ingenious treatment uses virus to genetically alter skin stem cells to combat boy’s epidermolysis bullosa saving his life
October 6, 2017 Clinical Research Universal flu vaccine in development. Clinical trial to start in the UK.
July 6, 2017 Alternative Medicine Should natural health products be sold alongside drugs? No, many have only their health claim as “evidence”.
June 9, 2017 Cancer/Oncology Study suggests that pregnancy presents same risk of breast cancer recurrence compared to control group
May 26, 2017 Cancer/Oncology Certain lung cancer cells have greater ability to capture sugar to promote rapid tumour growth
