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Is whole-brain radiation still best for brain metastases from small-cell lung cancer?
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Lung cancer often metastasizes to the brain. Historically, brain metastases have been treated with...
Evidence mounts that daily opioid users may fare worse after spine surgery, study finds
In a multicenter database study of adults who had undergone surgery for spinal deformities, researchers say that those who had...
Americans with a college education live longer without dementia and Alzheimer’s
Education gives people an edge in their later years, helping them to keep dementia at bay and their memories intact,...
Henry Ford physician selected as panelist for FDA panels on medical device regulation
- Kathleen Yaremchuk, M.D, MSA, Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Henry Ford Hospital, will serve...
Basel researchers succeed in cultivating cartilage from stem cells
Credit: Image: University of Basel, Department of Biomedicine Stable joint cartilage can be produced from adult stem cells originating from...
Boosting T cell ‘memory’ may result in longer-lasting and effective responses for patients
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Just like people, some T cells have excellent memories. These subtypes known as memory T...
Is it time to abandon the Nobel Prize?
In a commentary piece published in De Gruyter's journal Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, authors Clare Fiala and Eleftherios P....
PolyU’s Spectacle Lens for Myopia Control named the champion in Geneva’s Invention Expo
Credit: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has brought glory to Hong Kong by winning...
Volunteering 2 hours per week reduces loneliness in widowed older adults, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Widowed older adults can reduce the loneliness that results from the death of a spouse by...
St. Baldrick’s Foundation commits $8 million to support pediatric cancer dream team with SU2C
Credit: Stand Up To Cancer The work of the Stand Up To Cancer-St. Baldrick's Foundation Pediatric Cancer Dream Team, launched...
Early life stress and depression associated with sleep disturbances
Early life stress, sleep disturbances and alterations in neuronal plasticity have been associated with depression, yet the relation between these...
U of G study finds concerning connection between feminine hygiene products and infection
Credit: University of Guelph Vaginal hygiene products have been used by 95 per cent of Canadian women, but they likely...
Music intensifies effects of anti-hypertensive medication
In addition to remembering to take the medication prescribed by their cardiologists at the right times and going to the...
Helmsley Charitable Trust awards Critical Path Institute a grant to focus on Crohn’s disease
Tucson, AZ, and New York, NY - April 16, 2018 -- The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust...
Enigmatic gene critical for a healthy brain show University of Bath scientists
Credit: Francis Szele New research has shown how an unusual gene is needed for brain development in young mice. Since...
Baylor CM graduate starts Speratum CR to bring his own discovery to cancer patients
(Baylor College of Medicine) Dr. Christian MarÃn-MullerÂ’s grandmother died of cancer before he was born. It saddens him that he...
In new anthology, experts look to future for managing dementia, mental health
Credit: (C) 2018, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society In a newly published collection of research reports and essays ,...
Dr. Charles N. Serhan receives the ASIP 2018 Rous-Whipple Award
Credit: ASIP Dr. Charles N. Serhan is the 2018 recipient of the American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP) Rous-Whipple Award....
Hope for new treatment of severe epilepsy
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden believe they have found a method that in the future could help people suffering...
Scientists create technology that measures tumors’ drug resistance up to 10 times faster
Credit: VCU Massey Cancer Center A group of scientists from VCU Massey Cancer Center and UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center...
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