Neuroscience
Brain scans may reveal most effective anti-drug messages
What if you could look into the brains of potential drug abusers and see what messages would be most likely to persuade them to "just say no?"
Dec 7, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
High Medicare spending on prostate cancer screenings, but little benefit for older men
Prostate cancer screening has little benefit for men aged 75 and older, yet over three years, the Medicare fee-for-service program spent $447 million annually on PSA-based screenings—one-third of which was for men in the ...
Oct 4, 2013
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Do women with psoriatic arthritis face higher risks during pregnancy?
In a study published in Arthritis & Rheumatology of Swedish women were pregnant, those with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) were more likely to experience preterm birth and require cesarean delivery.
Oct 20, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
CAR T cell therapy for advanced prostate cancer demonstrates positive results in Phase I clinical trial
Treating prostate cancer with immunotherapy is currently difficult to do. But results from a first in-human Phase I trial using a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy developed by researchers from City of Hope, ...
Jun 12, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Study finds shared decision making still lacking in prostate cancer screening
A new study finds many men receiving prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing do so without a comprehensive shared decision making process, contrary to current guidelines. The American Cancer Society study, appearing in Annals ...
Mar 12, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Semen miRNAs could be non-invasive biomarkers for prostate cancer
Researchers of the Human Molecular Genetics group at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), led by Dr. Sara Larriba, in collaboration with Dr. Francesc Vigués and Dr. Manel Castells of the Urology Service ...
Sep 26, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
In black men, baseline screening in midlife strongly predicts aggressive prostate cancer
Black men are more likely to be diagnosed with, and to die from, prostate cancer yet recommendations about prostate cancer screening are primarily based on studies of white men. A new study led by investigators at Brigham ...
Oct 10, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Decision aids reduce men's conflict about PSA screening, but don't change their decisions
Men who decide to be screened for prostate cancer and those who forgo PSA screening stick with their decisions after receiving materials explaining the risks and benefits of the test. The decision aids greatly increased their ...
Jul 29, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Pre-salvage RT PSA predictive of hormone therapy benefit with salvage RT for recurrent prostate cancer
Initial results of NRG Oncology Clinical Trial RTOG 9601 in men with biochemically recurrent prostate cancer receiving salvage radiotherapy (SRT) demonstrated improvement in OS from the addition of long-term hormone therapy ...
Sep 16, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Genetic testing may be used to identify BPH patients with increased risk of prostate cancer
Patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) carrying prostate cancer (PCa) a risk alleles are a potential target population for PCa screening and follow-up, according to a study, which was presented yesterday at the ...
Mar 19, 2013
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