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Treatment disparities drive worse outcomes for pediatric Black, Hispanic brain cancer patients

Cancer researchers have known for years that Black and Hispanic patients have worse outcomes than their non-Hispanic White peers. At least when it comes to adults. But few studies have explored these same disparities in pediatric ...

Mar 12, 2020

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Alcoholism without borders

In some former Soviet bloc countries, men often die early due to alcohol abuse. Alcoholism-related mortality varies considerably from one region to another, according to a study in the European part of Russia, Belarus, Lithuania ...

Mar 12, 2020

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Study details first known person-to-person transmission of new coronavirus in the USA

Person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 occurred between two people with prolonged, unprotected exposure while the first patient was symptomatic. Despite active monitoring and testing of 372 contacts of both cases, no ...

Mar 12, 2020

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Cancer: The immune system attacks tumors remotely

How does the immune system act to limit tumor development? Using in vivo imaging tools, scientists from the Institut Pasteur and Inserm described the spatiotemporal activity of tumor-infiltrating T lymphocytes, both locally ...

Mar 12, 2020

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More U.S. adults at high risk for vision loss in 2017 than 2002

(HealthDay)—More U.S. adults were at high risk for vision loss in 2017 versus 2002, with an increase in the proportion unable to afford eyeglasses, according to a study published online March 12 in JAMA Ophthalmology.

Mar 12, 2020

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Weight-loss surgery may lower colon cancer risk

(HealthDay)—Obesity increases the risk for colon cancer, but weight-loss surgery may bring the risk back to normal, French researchers report.

Mar 12, 2020

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Scientists pinpoint a brain region that stops breathing in pediatric epilepsy

University of Iowa neuroscientists have identified a specific area of the brain involved in the loss of breathing that occurs during a seizure. The findings, published in JCI Insight on March 12, could have important implications ...

Mar 12, 2020

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Getting on with your life in the age of coronavirus

(HealthDay)—As coronavirus continues to spread across America, people in some areas are quarantined. Conferences, sporting events and travel plans are being called off, while hand sanitizer and toilet paper is flying off ...

Mar 12, 2020

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HPV infections can be eliminated if both boys and girls are vaccinated

The human papillomavirus (HPV) causes, amongst other diseases, cancer of the cervix and oropharynx. A Swedish-Finnish study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases now shows that the most oncogenic HPV types can be ...

Mar 12, 2020

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Cancer death rates continue to fall in U.S., report says

(HealthDay)—U.S. death rates from cancer continued falling from 2001 to 2017—dropping an average 1.5% a year, a new report shows.

Mar 12, 2020

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