In every year of the period 2016–2021, males accounted for 62 to 63% of the gender distribution of patients with a substance use disorder diagnosis, while females made up 37 to 38%, according to a new white paper from FAIR ...
Sep 27, 2022
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Scientists from The Tisch Cancer Institute have uncovered a mechanism by which certain breast cancer cells regulate their own metastases, fuel dissemination from the original tumor site, and determine routes to invade distant ...
Sep 20, 2022
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Nutritionists tell us that tracking our caloric input can help us lose weight, and a new generation of smartphone apps offers a simple way to do it: take a photo of your food, which is automatically identified and logged ...
Sep 16, 2022
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Medical treatments that use stem cells have the potential to benefit patients facing serious diseases and injuries, but patients are not always aware that most treatments they are offered are experimental and can carry high ...
Sep 16, 2022
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Some survivors of sexual assault may face a further trauma after seeking medical care: a huge emergency room bill.
Sep 15, 2022
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As life-preserving medical technology advanced in the second half of the 20th century, doctors and families were faced with a thorny decision, one with weighty legal and moral implications: How should we define when life ...
Sep 13, 2022
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It's important for adolescents and young adults (AYAs) to participate in cancer clinical trials to ensure adequate opportunities for AYA patients to contribute to, and benefit from, advances in cancer treatment. A recent ...
Sep 13, 2022
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A newly-published study conducted jointly by eighteen neuroscientists from the United States and Europe—including two researchers from The Ohio State University College of Nursing and Wexner Medical Center—and using crowdsourcing ...
Sep 6, 2022
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New QIMR Berghofer research has identified a dramatic increase in the treatment of "pre-cancerous" melanomas in Australia and found strong evidence that similar trends are emerging across the globe.
Aug 31, 2022
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People who use medical marijuana to treat chronic pain may have a slightly heightened risk of heart arrhythmias, a preliminary study suggests.
Aug 23, 2022
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