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Improvements in colorectal cancer mortality rates are concentrated in the northern part of the United States, while southern states continue to fall behind, as per a report in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Ahmedin Jemal, D.V.M., Ph.D., vice president for surveillance research at the American Cancer Society, said the decre...

Scientists at the Indiana University School of Medicine have discovered a peptide that short circuits a pathway for chronic pain. Unlike current therapys this peptide does not exhibit deleterious side effects such as reduced motor coordination, memory loss, or depression, as per an article in Nature Medicine posted online June 5, 2011........

Physicians can help their patients follow prescribed therapys and achieve healthier results - especially in chronic disease management - by using a three-pronged strategy developed by a team of scientists from the University of California, Riverside, Texas State University-San Marcos, and La Sierra University in Riverside, Calif........