Health
Snug but unsafe: Your heater may be harming your health
We now have a dizzying array of heating technologies to consider, besides the fire that warmed our ancestors.
Aug 1, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Most Americans don't know about lung cancer screening, survey shows
People who've had a history of smoking can get a lung cancer spotted early—when it's most treatable—through annual CT screening.
Aug 1, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Vaping and smoking together increases lung cancer risk fourfold
People who both vape and smoke are four times more likely to develop lung cancer than people who just smoke, according to new study published by The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center—Arthur G. James Cancer ...
Jul 31, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Recent study reveals key immune cells as critical factors in lung cancer prognosis
An extensive analytical study performed at the Terasaki Institute and published in Frontiers in Immunology highlights the crucial role of tissue-resident memory T cells and how they influence the immune environment of patients ...
Jul 30, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
New findings on possible therapies to target oncogenic transcription factors in multiple cancer types
A new study from the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center furthers research that suggests the potential of developing new cancer treatments to target oncogenic transcription factors by indirectly affecting their ...
Jul 30, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Intersection of long COVID and disability highlighted in CDC study
Just as coronavirus transmission fluctuated in waves, so too have our responses to it. The world is four years from the acute phase of the pandemic, but not without lasting impact—including those who have maintained debilitating ...
Jul 29, 2024
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Medications
Older adults want to cut back on medication, but study shows need for caution
More than 82% of Americans aged 50 to 80 take one or more kinds of prescription medication, and 80% of them say they'd be open to stopping one or more of those drugs if their health care provider gave the green light, a new ...
Jul 24, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
'Mini lungs' research leads to multiple COVID-19 discoveries
Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys, University of California San Diego and their international collaborators have reported that more types of lung cells can be infected by SARS-CoV-2 than previously thought, including those ...
Jul 23, 2024
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Socioeconomic factors linked to persistently active rheumatoid arthritis
Socioeconomic factors and deprivation are associated with persistently active rheumatoid arthritis (pactiveRA), according to a study published online July 14 in RMD Open.
Jul 22, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Improving health care for veterans with deployment-related lung diseases
Although research studies have demonstrated an association between military deployment in southwest Asia and lung diseases in veterans—such as asthma, bronchiolitis, or other small airways disease—there are still research ...
Jul 22, 2024
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