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FRANKFURT. Not everyone person who has a "cancer gene" will inevitably develop this disease in their lifetime. Thanks to a...

Colon cancer — Targeting tumor cell plasticity

Early-stage colon cancers can be surgically removed but later stages of the disease require more targeted treatments, including therapies designed...

Predicting what drives people to seek, stay in substance-use treatment

Credit: Florida Atlantic University About 22 million Americans are substance dependent (illicit drugs and alcohol), which interferes with routine life...

St. Jude named the WHO’s first Collaborating Centre for Childhood Cancer

Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital The World Health Organization has designated St. Jude Children's Research Hospital its first WHO...

DFG to fund 15 new Research Training Groups

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is establishing 15 new Research Training Groups (RTGs) to further support early career...

What is the economic impact of malaria for a pregnant woman living in an endemic area of Colombia?

Credit: author: Redesyplataformas Although malaria treatment is free of charge in Colombia, the economic costs incurred by pregnant women seeking...

Stroke prevention drug combo shows promise, study says

If you've had a minor stroke or a transient ischemic stroke (TIA), taking the clot-preventing drug clopidogrel along with aspirin...

Drug to treat bleeding may benefit some stroke patients, study finds

Patients with stroke caused by bleeding on the brain (intracerebral haemorrhage) may benefit from receiving a drug currently used to...

Study shows increase in youth suicide attempts

The number of school-age children and adolescents hospitalized for suicidal thoughts or attempts has more than doubled since 2008, according...

Nearly a quarter of Ontarians newly prescribed opioids received dose exceeding guidelines

Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, May 16, 2018 -- Nearly a quarter (23.9 per cent) of initial opioid prescriptions in...

Researcher warns China’s program ‘riskiest environmental project in history’

A global expert on infrastructure says that China's plan to crisscross half of the Earth with massive transportation and energy...

The first wireless flying robotic insect takes off

Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington Insect-sized flying robots could help with time-consuming tasks like surveying crop growth on large farms...

New ‘Silk Road’ brings challenges and opportunities for biodiversity conservation

London. In an article published this week by the renowned journal Nature Sustainability, an international team of scientists argues that...

VA health care successfully reduces ‘rush to treatment’ rates for low-risk prostate cancer