Grateful heart patient gives $1.5 million gift to Loyola Medicine Cardiology Division

IMAGE: Grateful for the exceptional care he received from Loyola Medicine cardiologist David Wilber, MD, FAHA, FACC, heart patient Donald Scott and his wife Susan have made a… view more  Credit: Loyola Medicine MAYWOOD, IL – Grateful for the exceptional care he received from Loyola Medicine cardiologist David Wilber, MD, FAHA, FACC, heart patient Donald Scott…

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Research reveals role of fat storage cells in anti-obesity intervention

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — New research from a team at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine establishes a role of adipocyte Na/K-ATPase signaling in worsening obesity and its companion diseases, including neurodegeneration and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), that was enhanced by specific targeting of NaKtide, an antagonist of Na/K-ATPase signaling, to the adipocyte. The…

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ASCO: Finally, a tool to predict response to chemotherapy before bladder cancer surgery

IMAGE: Thomas Flaig, MD, and colleagues show that COXEN may predict which patients will respond to chemotherapy before bladder cancer surgery view more  Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center University of Colorado Cancer Center led clinical trial data show that a predictive tool called COXEN may show which bladder cancer patients will respond to pre-surgical chemotherapy,…

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Can cannabinoids help treat obsessive-compulsive disorder?

IMAGE: Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research is the premier journal dedicated to the scientific, medical, and psychosocial exploration of clinical cannabis, cannabinoids, and the biochemical mechanisms of endocannabinoids. For more information, visit… view more  Credit: ©2012, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 30, 2019–The body’s endocannabinoid system, due to the critical role it plays…

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