Can what works to treat cancer work for diabetes?
To live with type 1 diabetes is to be ruled by relentless routine. Food must be carefully monitored, and the only treatment, subcutaneous insulin, is burdensome—requiring regular injections or an...
View ArticleData mining the dangers of self-medication
Self-medication for minor ailments and illnesses is common. Often the remedies people turn to are simple over-the-counter pharmacy medications or products available in other outlets that may or may not...
View ArticleER-positive breast cancer presents differing metabolic signatures in African...
New research has found the most common form of breast cancer presents differing metabolic signatures in the blood of African American women with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer compared with...
View ArticleUncovering the mechanisms underlying lack of response to immunotherapy
A new study has shed light on why immunotherapy does not always work in certain types of cancer. Led by researchers at EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory...
View ArticleThoracic surgeons who treat lung cancer are helping reduce patients' risk of...
Researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have found that robot-assisted surgeries and new patient-care protocols are enabling lung...
View ArticleSelf-regulation of pharma industry marketing is unsustainable and failing...
Health care professionals and organizations need to respond more forcefully to unethical marketing from the pharmaceutical industry by holding offending companies to greater account and by supporting...
View ArticleNew insight into the crosstalk between cancer cells and their environment
Most solid tumors become stiff as the cancer progresses. Although researchers recognize that the environment around the cancer cells influences their behavior, it is unclear how it does so. In a new...
View ArticleStudy delves deep into cancer tissue to uncover an immune evasion mechanism
Smart users of social media protect themselves by deleting suspicious "friend requests" that might serve as a gateway to harmful content. Similarly, our immune system uses its own judgment to identify...
View ArticleSickle cell disease can be deadly, and the persistent health inequities...
The pain from a heart attack is so bad that—if you can imagine—it can feel like an elephant sitting on you. Patients with sickle cell disease, a genetic condition affecting the red blood cells, report...
View ArticleResearchers show how a small strand of RNA is key to fighting cancer
A team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has shown that a single, small strand of microRNA, or miRNA, known as let-7, governs the ability of T-cells to recognize and remember...
View ArticleThe silence around vulval cancer means people are missing the signs that they...
Most people have heard of cervical, ovarian, and perhaps womb cancer, but there is one gynecological cancer that is seldom mentioned: vulval cancer.
View ArticleLearning critical Black history can change white perspectives on racism in...
Being exposed to some of the many historical incidences of anti-Black racism in American health care can contribute to white peoples' recognition of health disparities currently faced by Black...
View ArticleShe received chemo in two states. Why did it cost so much more in Alaska?
Emily Gebel was trying to figure out why she was having trouble breastfeeding. That's when she felt a lump.
View ArticleAI's balance of power: AI needs people as much as it needs data
An inconspicuous box sits beside the Wi-Fi router, silently humming its own much-lower-energy radio waves through the house. The patient—who has a family history of Parkinson's disease—makes dinner,...
View ArticleHuman disease simulator lets scientists 'choose their own adventure'
Imagine a device smaller than a toddler's shoebox that can simulate any human disease in multiple organs or test new drugs without ever entering—or harming—the body.
View ArticleAI gets high marks from doctors in answering medical questions
The ChatGPT artificial intelligence (AI) program could grow into a source of accurate and comprehensive medical information, but it's not quite ready for prime time yet, a new study reports.
View ArticleUltrasensitive blood test detects 'pan-cancer' biomarker
Diagnostic tools for timely, accurate and inexpensive early cancer detection that can assess risk or monitor response to treatment could help patients get the care they need faster and improve existing...
View ArticlePreventing collateral damage in cancer treatment
Using a simple concept and a patented Sandia sensor that detects radioactive materials, a team at Sandia National Laboratories has developed a patch to stop damage to healthy tissue during proton...
View ArticleResearch reveals previously unknown qualities of a gene vital to a cell's...
A key takeaway from first-year biology is that mitochondria are the powerhouses of cells—it's the thing most people know about them. However, mitochondria perform a large array of functions for cells...
View ArticleNew cancer drug shows promise targeting genetic weakness in tumors
Imagine the body's cells are well-behaved students in the classroom. The "teachers" are tumor suppressor genes, and they make sure cells follow the rules. But when tumor suppressor genes are away,...
View Article'Super melanin' heals skin injuries from sunburn, chemical burns
Imagine a skin cream that heals damage occurring throughout the day when your skin is exposed to sunlight or environmental toxins. That's the potential of a synthetic, biomimetic melanin developed by...
View Article50-year forecast offers hope for HIV and cancer patients and predicts climate...
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we think about health and revealed significant flaws within our health care systems. It has also raised questions about the role of technology, as well as...
View ArticleStudy shows emotions often defeat sense in health care priority setting
Emotions tend to get the upper hand in health care decisions. This is shown in a study at Linköping University, Sweden, where participants were faced with tough choices between different treatments....
View ArticleSome benefits of exercise stem from the immune system, suggests new study
The connection between exercise and inflammation has captivated the imagination of researchers ever since an early 20th-century study showed a spike of white cells in the blood of Boston marathon...
View ArticleYour biological age predicts dementia and stroke regardless of your actual...
As we journey through life, the risk of developing chronic diseases, including cancer, heart disease and neurological disorders, increases significantly. However, while we all grow older...
View ArticleResearchers chart the contents of human bone marrow
A team at Weill Cornell Medicine has mapped the location and spatial features of blood-forming cells within human bone marrow. Their findings confirm hypotheses about the anatomy of this tissue and...
View ArticleAstraZeneca sued over jab: Could it be down to a misunderstanding of how risk...
A multi-million-pound landmark "vaccine damage" case is set to take place in London's High Court. The test case is being pursued by Jamie Scott who suffered a severe brain injury in April 2021 after...
View ArticleHow music heals us, even when it's sad—new study of musical therapy led by a...
When I hear Shania Twain's "You're Still The One," it takes me back to when I was 15, playing on my Dad's PC. I was tidying up the mess after he had tried to [take his own life]. He'd been listening to...
View ArticleNew research advances understanding of cancer risk in gene therapies
Medical research has shown promising results regarding the potential of gene therapy to cure genetic conditions such as sickle cell disease and the findings of this study, published in Nature Medicine,...
View ArticleStudy identifies the top three genes responsible for traumatic brain injury...
The severity of traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been underscored in the last decade as doctors seek to understand its role in neurological diseases like chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a...
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