Medical research

Analysis: Most research on PFAS harms is unpublicized

Though per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) make headlines daily, a new paper reveals that most studies finding links between PFAS exposure and human health harms are published without a press release and receive little ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Chagas disease kills 10,000 people a year in Latin America

Little-known Chagas disease is a silent killer in Latin America, where it takes 10,000 lives a year, and more must be done to detect the condition early on, the Pan American Health Organization said Thursday.

Oncology & Cancer

Early, encouraging data for glioblastoma treatment reported at ASCO

All of the newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme patients enrolled in a Phase 1 clinical trial at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have exceeded both their median and expected progression-free survivals. Two patients, ...

Cardiology

A-fib detected in nearly three in 10 cryptogenic stroke patients

Almost one in three patients surviving a stroke of unknown cause have atrial fibrillation (AF) detectable using continuous cardiac monitoring, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the European Heart Rhythm ...

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