Cancer is now the leading health threat for 9/11 survivors 25 years on
Twenty-five years after the World Trade Center attacks, cancer has become the defining health problem among survivors who breathed the toxic dust.
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How many LLMs does it take to reason through a clinical decision?
Making clinical decision-making is often a team effort. Patients seeking cancer treatment, for instance, may have a surgeon, oncologist, pathologist and radiologist involved in their care. These multidisciplinary care teams, ...
Jul 20, 2026
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Can AI be your therapist?: Q&A with an expert
More than a third of psychologists report having patients who use artificial intelligence as an additional source of mental health support. As more people turn to AI for advice, companionship and help navigating difficult ...
Jun 24, 2026
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Formalizing physician-scientist career pathway key to creating 'healthcare of tomorrow'
Cholesterol-reducing statin medications to lower the risk of heart attack and stroke; personalized cancer therapies; mRNA technologies that revolutionized vaccine development and are now transforming cancer therapy. These ...
Jun 22, 2026
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Predicting the financial strain of cancer
Researchers at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center have developed a machine learning tool to identify cancer patients who may be at high risk for financial toxicity—the financial stress and hardship that can accompany a cancer diagnosis ...
Jun 2, 2026
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Decolonizing health care: Systematic review identifies practical elements of health care across six countries
When an Indigenous woman gives birth at a Canadian hospital, saving the placenta is treated as a given. Multiple family members crowd the birthing room. A quiet space is made available. These aren't special accommodations, ...
May 20, 2026
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Diet tips during cancer treatment
Cancer treatments can take a toll on a person's body. A patient's treatment may cause nausea, changes in appetite, taste and smell, diarrhea, or constipation, making it harder to meet their nutritional needs. Fortunately, ...
Apr 19, 2026
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New tool rates diet misinformation by potential for harm, not just true or false
A new tool that not only identifies diet and nutrition misinformation online but also evaluates the content's risk for potential harm has been developed by a team of UCL researchers. The work has been published in Scientific ...
Mar 27, 2026
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Cancer patients want to participate in difficult decisions
"Patients do not want to be shielded from difficult treatment decisions," says Associate Professor Jannicke Rabben at Norway's University of Agder (UiA). "Even patients who say that the doctor knows best often want to be ...
Mar 9, 2026
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Study reveals urgent need for dental coverage reform for oral cancer patients
Older Americans with oropharyngeal and oral cancers face high medical costs but are missing out on needed dental care, according to a new study by Associate Professor Onur Baser and colleagues. The study, published in Cancer ...
Mar 1, 2026
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