Oncology & Cancer
Largest study of its kind shows leafy greens may decrease bowel cancer risk
Increasing the amount of folate through our diet or taking supplements could help to reduce bowel cancer risk.
Nov 30, 2023
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News tagged with red blood cells
Oncology & Cancer
Seeing cancer's spread through a computational window
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have significantly enhanced the capabilities of a computational model that simulates the movement of individual cancer cells across long distances within the entire human body.
Nov 27, 2023
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Researchers find testosterone hormone therapy for transmasculine individuals is safer than previously thought
A common concern about gender-affirming hormone therapy for transmasculine people is the risk of red blood cell volume changes and erythrocytosis, a high concentration of red blood cells, with the use of prescribed testosterone. ...
Nov 27, 2023
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Neuroscience
New study is first to find brain hemorrhage cause other than injured blood vessels
A first-of-its-kind study led by the University of California, Irvine has revealed a new culprit in the formation of brain hemorrhages that does not involve injury to the blood vessels, as previously believed. Researchers ...
Nov 20, 2023
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Medical research
Discovery of hemoglobin in the epidermis sheds new light on our skin's protective properties
Researchers have shown for the first time that hemoglobin, a protein found in red blood cells where it binds oxygen, is also present in the epidermis, our skin's outermost body tissue. The study, which appears in the Journal ...
Nov 17, 2023
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Genetics
The world's first gene therapy for sickle cell disease has been approved in Britain
Britain's medicines regulator has authorized the world's first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that could offer relief to thousands of people with the crippling disease in the U.K.
Nov 16, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What is babesiosis, a tick-borne illness?
You likely know that Lyme disease can be spread by ticks, but have you heard of babesiosis?
Nov 15, 2023
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Medications
New approaches in the fight against drug resistance in malaria
Malaria is one of the most widespread and deadly infectious diseases worldwide. New compounds are continuously required due to the risk of malaria parasites becoming resistant to the medicines currently used. A team of researchers ...
Nov 13, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers are studying how to prevent breast cancer recurrence, which is often fatal
Just as she hoped to start a family, Denise Murray was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. Thirty years old and newly married, she felt it was too risky to consider pregnancy if she might not live to raise ...
Nov 7, 2023
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Health
Why sugar matters—and how to cut back if you're eating too much of it
A summary of sugar's health effects can sound like the tagline for a Hollywood thriller: "It's sweet and alluring. It's a master of disguise. And tonight—it's hiding in your refrigerator."
Oct 31, 2023
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