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September 14, 2025

Study evaluates overall geriatric health during androgen deprivation therapy

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Androgen drives many prostate cancers. But the body uses androgen for muscle growth and...

Diabetes drug prevents stiffening of heart muscle in obese mouse model

Credit: Justin Kelley, University of Missouri Health Overconsumption of a Western diet high in fats and refined sugars has contributed...

Dasatinib excels in worldwide phase II trial against pediatric CML

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center In 2002, the FDA approved the drug imatinib as a first-line therapy for adults...

NUS researchers pilot ‘Home-but-not Alone’ app to help new parents

Credit: National University of Singapore A research team led by Assistant Professor Shefaly Shorey from the Alice Lee Centre for...

Breeding pairs of birds cooperate to resist climate change

Credit: Juan. A. Amat Most bird chicks need parental care to survive. In biparental species the chicks have greater chances...

1 in 5 surgical weight-loss patients take prescription opioids seven years after surgery

Credit: Nicole Santo/UPMC PITTSBURGH, June 5, 2017 - While the proportion of adults with severe obesity using prescription opioids initially...

ASA continues dialogue on significance, P values with new symposium on inference

In 2016, the ASA released an historic statement on statistical significance and p values in an effort to improve the...

Antibiotic overuse in children could be reduced with improved communication

To help reduce unnecessary use of antibiotics for common childhood illnesses, parents would benefit from fuller communication from their health...

Study addresses misconceptions about electroconvulsive therapy

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has long had a stigma of being a painful and barbaric method of treatment, but a new...

Chronic pain linked to increased risk of dementia in study of older adults

Researchers at UC San Francisco have found that older people with persistent pain show quicker declines in memory as they...

What caused the most toxic algal bloom ever observed in Monterey Bay?

New clinical data demonstrate safety and tolerability of activated B. infantis

Evolve BioSystems, Inc., a microbiome company committed to developing novel solutions to restore and maintain a healthy newborn gut microbiome,...

Forensic technique uses forehead X-rays to assess age of juvenile remains

Credit: Ann Ross Forensic anthropology researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a technique that can provide an approximate...

Baby sleeping in same room associated with less sleep, unsafe sleep habits

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends parents keep babies in the same room with them to sleep for the...

Electrocatalyst nanostructures key to improved fuel cells, electrolyzers

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University scientists' simulations have unraveled the mystery of a new electrocatalyst that may solve a...

Adding abiraterone to standard treatment improves prostate cancer survival by 40 percent

Adding abiraterone to hormone therapy at the start of treatment for prostate cancer improves survival by 37 per cent, according...

Immunotherapy drug effective for metastatic triple negative breast cancer

The immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab--already FDA-approved for other forms of cancer-has been found to be effective in patients with metastatic triple...

Penn effort to expand trials of olaparib leads to new treatment options for patients with advanced BRCA-related breast cancer

Credit: Penn Medicine CHICAGO -- Six years ago an international team of physician scientists known as BRCA-TAC led a charge...

Vapor from novel tobacco hybrid device minimally impacts human cells

New laboratory data reveal that vapour from a novel hybrid tobacco heating product (THP) iFuse and two standard THPs produced...

Development of a novel vaccine for Zika