Fewer than half of US hospitals comply with consensus guidelines for examining at least 12 regional lymph nodes in patients with colon cancer, investigators report in the September 17th Journal of the National Cancer Institute, posted online September 9th. Reuters Health Information
Deciphering the genomic sequences of MRSA is yielding new understanding of its pathogenicity, virulence, and epidemiologic features. br / iFuture Microbiology/i
Animal experiments suggest that co-occurring psychiatric illness and drug addiction may stem from a common cause: neurodevelopmental abnormalities in the amygdala, the emotion center of the brain. Reuters Health Information
Shutting off a single gene can help stop the cascade of damage that can paralyze people with spinal cord injuries, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday. Reuters Health Information
A federal appeals court today lifted an injunction by a lower court against an Obama administration policy to expand funding of embryonic stem cell research. Medscape Medical News
