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September 10, 2025

Invasive alien plant control assessed for the Kruger National Park in South Africa

Credit: Brian W. van Wilgen Along with urban and agricultural encroachment and pollution mitigation, managing invasive alien species is a...

Drinking diet beverages during pregnancy linked to child obesity, NIH study suggests

Children born to women who had gestational diabetes and drank at least one artificially sweetened beverage per day during pregnancy...

Enrollment in early intervention services may be influenced by administering agency

Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Children under age 3 who have or are at risk of a developmental...

New possible target for cancer treatment

Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden report that cancer cells and normal cells use different 'gene switches' in order to...

A star is born: Lesser-known brain cell takes center stage

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(June 6, 2017) Neurons have long enjoyed the spotlight in neuroscience--and for good reason: they are...

Anti-nausea drug could help treat sleep apnea

An old pharmaceutical product may be a new treatment for obstructive sleep apnea, according to new research presented today by...

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

ASCO Perspective "The fact that this second-generation targeted treatment halted advanced lung cancer growth for more than two years while...

Adding a second HER2 blocker may lower chance of invasive breast cancer for some women