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Neuroscience
Imaging in neurosurgery patients reveals the brain's waste-clearance pathways for the first time
Scientists have long theorized about a network of pathways in the brain that are believed to clear metabolic proteins that would otherwise build up and potentially lead to Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. But they ...
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Oncology & Cancer
AI model shows potential for identifying sex-specific risks associated with brain tumors
For years, cancer researchers have noticed that more men than women get a lethal form of brain cancer called glioblastoma. They've also found that these tumors are often more aggressive in men. But pinpointing the characteristics ...
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Medical research news
Study links teen marijuana use to poor academic performance
Generations of parental warnings may not be wrong: A massive study of available data finds that teens who use marijuana have significantly worse outcomes at school.
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Epigenetic test could help predict efficacy of immunotherapy in multiple myeloma
Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer that appears mainly after the age of 60. Its incidence, therefore, increases with the aging of the population. In this pathology, the bone marrow, the porous structure within the ...
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Optical method may overestimate neuronal signaling, study finds
Measuring a thought has always been difficult. Neuroscientists have some clever ways, but now University of Connecticut researchers describe in Scientific Reports the flashiest method may be less precise than previously assumed.
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Scrutinizing cells for clues to a treatment for muscular dystrophy
A research team led by Associate Professor Hidetoshi Sakurai and Researcher Nana Takenaka-Ninagawa recently demonstrated the superior therapeutic potential of iPS cell-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (iMSCs) compared to ...
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Testing shows a probiotic-based supplement does not help relieve constipation
An international team of gastroenterologists, gut microbiologists and health researchers has found via testing of volunteers that consumption of the probiotic Bifidobacterium animalis, offers no measurable relief for people ...
New immunotherapy shows complete responses in mantle cell lymphoma
Patients with a rare blood cancer that has relapsed or become resistant to treatment have shown a high response rate to a potent new immunotherapy drug, in a Peter Mac-led clinical trial.
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Screen time tied to depression, anxiety in 9- and 10-year-olds
Spending more time on screens increases the likelihood that 9- and 10-year-olds will develop symptoms of mental illness, according to a study by UC San Francisco that is one of the first long-term looks at the problem.
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Menstrual cycle luteal phase lengths are not 'fixed' at 13 to 14 days
The current expectation is that every ovulatory menstrual cycle will have a luteal phase (the time from egg released until the next flow) that lasts approximately 14 days. It is simple, ovulation covers half of the expected, ...
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Protecting confidentiality in adolescent patient portals
Weill Cornell Medicine researchers found that the possibility of parental disclosure through online patient portals led older adolescents to hesitate in sharing complete health information with doctors, putting them at risk ...
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U.S. duo wins Nobel Prize in medicine for discovery of microRNA and gene regulation breakthrough
US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the Nobel Prize in Medicine on Monday for their discovery of microRNA and its role in how genes are regulated, solving a decades-old mystery, the Nobel Assembly at Sweden's ...
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Long COVID patients with abnormal lung CT scans could prove key to preventing pulmonary fibrosis
Long COVID occurs in approximately a third of COVID-19 survivors, with the CDC estimating one in 13 adults in the United States have long COVID symptoms such as brain fog, shortness of breath and chest pain. In a new study ...
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Early blood test can predict survival in men newly diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer, clinical trial finds
A blood test, performed when metastatic prostate cancer is first diagnosed, can predict which patients are likely to respond to treatment and survive the longest. It can help providers decide which patients should receive ...
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Scientists discover that special immune cells stop metastatic cancer
Metastatic disease—when cancer spreads from the primary tumor to other parts of the body—is the cause of most cancer deaths. While researchers understand how cancer cells escape the primary site to seed new tumors, it's ...
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Cancer biologists discover the drug, 5-fluorouracil, acts differently in different types of cancer
Since the 1950s, a chemotherapy drug known as 5-fluorouracil has been used to treat many types of cancer, including blood cancers and cancers of the digestive tract.
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Commonly used arm positions can substantially overestimate blood pressure readings, study finds
A study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers concludes that commonly used ways of positioning the patient's arm during blood pressure (BP) screenings can substantially overestimate test results and may lead to a misdiagnosis ...
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Despite medical advances, life expectancy gains are slowing
We've seen dramatic increases in life expectancy over the 19th and 20th centuries, thanks to healthier diets, medical advances and many other quality-of-life improvements.
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Tax, smoke-free legislation and anti-smoking campaigns linked to smoking reduction
Tobacco use remains a significant global health challenge, despite extensive control measures at both national and international levels. Smoking continues to be a leading cause of premature death, with exposure to tobacco—whether ...
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Promising cell therapy offers hope for relapsed or refractory T-cell leukemia
A new cell therapy, targeting CD7 in leukemia cells, gives a potentially effective treatment for patients with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) who have exhausted all standard treatment options. Published in the ...
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