Influenza activity increasing in United States

February 19, 2016 CDC reports that influenza activity was low overall from October through mid-December 2015, but activity began to increase in late December and continued to increase slowly through early February 2016. Influenza A viruses have been most common, with...

Incretin-based drugs and the risk of pancreatic cancer

February 19, 2016 Incretin-based drugs are relatively new and are used to treat type 2 diabetes. Despite their success in treatment, there were concerns the drugs could lead to the development of pancreatic cancer. A team of Canadian researchers therefore compared...

Viruses might offer new help in treating cancer

February 19, 2016 An unmasking technique called “viral mimicry” is attracting attention from the pharmaceutical industry for its ability to undermine one of cancer’s key survival tactics: disguising itself as healthy tissue. Last year, two studies...