Oncology & Cancer
New method could lower radiotherapy doses for some cancer patients
A special type of MRI scan where patients inhale 100% oxygen could result in lower radiotherapy doses for some cancer patients.
Aug 15, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A new global health emergency: What is mpox, where are the outbreaks and will the virus spread?
The World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the increasing spread of mpox in Africa is a global health emergency, warning the virus might ultimately spill across international borders.
Aug 15, 2024
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Inflammatory disorders
Removing bile acid receptor in gut blocks intestinal inflammation, study shows
Removing a nuclear bile acid receptor that regulates glucose and lipid stability from the intestine blocks gut inflammation in mice, according to researchers at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Their findings are published ...
Aug 15, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Emergency departments could help reduce youth suicide risk
A study of over 15,000 youth with self-inflicted injury treated in Emergency Departments (EDs) found that around 25% were seen in the ED within 90 days before or 90 days after injury, pointing to an opportunity for ED-based ...
Aug 15, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Social media bans could deny teenagers mental health help
Social media's effects on the mental health of young people are not well understood. That hasn't stopped Congress, state legislatures, and the U.S. surgeon general from moving ahead with age bans and warning labels for YouTube, ...
Aug 15, 2024
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Addiction
Early prevention programs for children could help end the opioid crisis
Can a program for Grade 7 students help end the opioid crisis? The answer is yes, according to compelling research findings on school-based primary prevention interventions.
Aug 15, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Study finds breast cancer screening attendance helps boost other cancer screenings
Offering self-sampling kits to women overdue for cervical cancer (CC) or colorectal cancer (CRC) screening when they attend breast cancer (BC) screening can result in increased screening participation, according to a study ...
Aug 15, 2024
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Health
What young adults can do to prevent heart attacks and strokes
Clogged arteries—which can lead to heart attacks and strokes—can begin to develop in young adulthood. But a new study suggests it may be less likely to happen to those who better adhere to a set of lifestyle behaviors ...
Aug 15, 2024
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Cardiology
The important gap community health workers and care managers can fill in high blood pressure care
People who experience sustained hunger because of food insecurity aren't thinking about checking their numbers, taking medication or getting to a doctor's appointment, she said. They're focused on where they're going to find ...
Aug 15, 2024
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Genetics
Researchers discover rare sequence variants that associate with a high risk of Parkinson's disease
Scientists at deCODE genetics, a subsidiary of AMGEN, have discovered rare sequence variants, predicted to cause a loss of function of ITSN1, that are associated with a high risk of Parkinson's disease. The findings also ...
Aug 15, 2024
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