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November 6, 2025

Copaiba: Silver bullet or snake oil?

Credit: Florida Atlantic University Sales of the essential oil copaiba are increasing, at least in part, because more than 54...

Neurodegenerative disease mechanism and potential drug identified

Two new studies of progressive, neurodegenerative diseases linked to defects in cells' mitochondria offer hope for developing a new biomarker...

New data for old bones: How the famous Cleveland-Lloyd dinosaur bone bed came to be

Credit: Wikipedia The Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry is the densest collection of Jurassic dinosaur fossils. Unlike typical Jurassic bone beds, it...

Stem cells may be the key to staying strong in old age

University of Rochester Medical Center researchers have discovered that loss of muscle stem cells is the main driving force behind...

Trauma centers with American College of Surgeons verification have fewer complications

CHICAGO (June 6, 2017): Major complications from injury--and consequently a longer hospital stay--are more likely for pediatric and elderly patients...

Research study gives new insight into how cancer spreads

A research study led by University of Minnesota engineers gives new insight into how cancer cells move based on their...

Study examines caregiving by family members, other unpaid individuals

It's estimated that nearly 30 percent of the 38.2 million people aged 65 or older in this country receive some...

Publicly funded cancer trials save more than 3 million years of life

Credit: JAMA Oncology PORTLAND, OR - People diagnosed with cancer gained 3.34 million years of life thanks to cancer clinical...

Effect of treatment trials on survival of patients with cancer in US population

Joseph M. Unger, Ph.D., M.S., of the SWOG Statistical Center and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Wash., and...

Time to initiating cancer therapy is increasing, associated with worsening survival

Monday, June 5, 2017, Chicago, Ill.: After reviewing nearly 3.7 million patient records, Cleveland Clinic researchers have shown that newly...

Study: Collateral damage from cosmic rays increases cancer risks for Mars astronauts

The cancer risk for a human mission to Mars has effectively doubled following a UNLV study predicting a dramatic increase...

Black, white men view impacts of prostate cancer treatment differently, study finds

CHICAGO - When it comes to making decisions about which prostate cancer treatment to choose, black and white men prioritize...

Targeted therapies show initial effectiveness in subset of papillary thyroid cancer

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Two immunotherapy drugs currently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of...

AACR pubs 1st set of screening recs from childhood cancer predisposition workshop

PHILADELPHIA -- The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has published its first set of consensus screening recommendations for children...

Attacking metastatic tumors in the brain

(Bethesda, MD, June 05, 2017) Rakesh Jain, PhD, Director of the Edwin L. Steele Laboratory for Tumor Biology at the...

Trends in reoperation after initial lumpectomy for breast cancer

Monica Morrow, M.D., of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, and coauthors investigated the impact of a 2014 consensus...

Generous health insurance plans encourage overtreatment, but may not improve health

CATONSVILLE, MD, June 5, 2017 - Offering comprehensive health insurance plans with low deductibles and co-pay in exchange for higher...

Research suggests possible new treatment for EGFR-positive lung cancer

ASCO Perspective "It's been nearly 15 years since EGFR-targeted therapies were introduced, helping extend survival for thousands of patients in...

CAR T-Cell therapy sends multiple myeloma into lasting remission

ASCO Perspective "While it's still early, these data are a strong sign that CAR T-cell therapy can send multiple myeloma...

Alectinib halts lung cancer growth more than a year longer than crizotinib