Washington, Feb 18 : A medication commonly prescribed for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can also treat aphasia - a condition where a person loses his ability to recall and produce common words.

Aphasia is caused by lesions to the language centers of the brain. These lesions are often due to stroke or brain injury, but can also be the result of a brain tumour or progressive disease such as Parkinson's or Alzheimer's.

Washington, February 18 : A study on mice has shown that an enzyme makes the heart prone to chronic cardiac insufficiency.

Published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study also found that the suppression of the same enzyme helps the heart remain strong despite increased stress.

Washington, Feb 18 : A drug commonly used for treating nausea and vomiting can help prevent severe withdrawal symptoms from opioids, according to a new study.

The research team from Stanford University School of Medicine have found that addicts of heroin and prescription drugs such as codeine and morphine might be able to break their dependence without severe withdrawal symptoms or side effects with the help of drug, ondansetron.

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Washington, Feb 18 : Cancer survivors are more likely to fail in obtaining or retaining a job as compared to healthy individuals, according to an analysis of previous studies.

The trend is more common in survivors of breast and gastrointestinal cancers, adds the review report.

The researchers behind the analysis say that long-term medical and psychological effects of cancer or its treatment may cause impairments that effect social functioning, including the obtainment or retention of employment.

Almost half of all cancer survivors are younger than 65 years.

Washington, Feb 18 : Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University have identified a gene that plays key role in regulating liver cancer progression.

According to researchers, the discovery could one day lead to new-targeted therapeutic strategies to fight the highly aggressive disease.

In the study, researchers found that the astrocyte elevated gene-1, AEG-1, plays a key role in regulating Hepatocellular carcinoma, HCC, or liver cancer in series of cellular models.