A nationwide Veterans Affairs (VA) study comparing two leading treatments for metastatic prostate cancer may help doctors choose the right drug for each patient, said a Rutgers Cancer Institute physician-scientist whose invited ...
Aug 10, 2026
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Malaria kills more than half a million people a year, most of them young children in Africa. Two vaccines are now recommended by the World Health Organization: RTS,S and R21. Both are helpful interventions, but neither works ...
Aug 8, 2026
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Federal regulators have granted accelerated approval to a novel therapy for advanced melanoma—giving doctors another weapon to fight this challenging skin cancer.
Aug 10, 2026
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Leucovorin prescriptions for children spiked after federal officials claimed the drug was an effective treatment for autism during a September 2025 press conference, according to a new Michigan Medicine-led study published ...
Aug 12, 2026
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Replacing 15 minutes of sleep or sedentary behavior with 15 minutes of movement was each linked to a 2% reduced risk of cancer, new UCL research has found.
Aug 10, 2026
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Recent visitors to the popular Universal Studios theme park in California may have been exposed to measles, the local health department said, as cases of the once-eradicated disease soar in the United States.
Aug 7, 2026
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Coronary artery disease, which is caused by plaque buildup in the arteries that supply blood to the heart, can appear stable for long periods without causing any symptoms. But the disease can become unstable at any time and ...
Aug 12, 2026
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A new study, published Tuesday in Nature Communications, found measurable changes in people's blood associated with exposure to air pollution and the subsequent development of lung cancer. The findings provide promising clues ...
Aug 11, 2026
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A new study reveals that the cardioprotective drug dexrazoxane significantly reduces heart damage caused by chemotherapy in pediatric cancer patients 15 years or more after treatment ends.
Aug 7, 2026
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Type 2 diabetes usually develops over many years, yet preventive measures often begin only once blood glucose levels are already elevated. An international panel of experts led by University Hospital Tübingen and the German ...
Aug 10, 2026
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