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Annual meeting of ENTs, head and neck surgeons
What: Thousands of ear, nose, and throat physicians and head and neck surgeons will gather to share the latest research...
Out-of-pocket costs exceed what many insured cancer patients expect to pay
A third of insured people with cancer end up paying more out-of-pocket than they expected, despite having health coverage, researchers...
Financial distress in cancer care
More than one-third of insured cancer patients receiving treatment faced out-of-pocket costs that were greater than they expected and those...
Using alternative medicine only for cancer linked to lower survival rate
New Haven, Conn. -- Patients who choose to receive alternative therapy as treatment for curable cancers instead of conventional cancer...
Test results after stem cell transplant for multiple myeloma can confuse patients and doctors about cancer’s status
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 10, 2017) - It's a cancer of the plasma cells, which normally make an...
Researchers identify prognostic indicators of survival following pancreatic tumor removal
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Aug. 10, 2017 -- A new study of patients who underwent...
Test results after stem cell transplant for multiple myeloma can confuse patients and doctors about
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 10, 2017) - It's a cancer of the plasma cells, which normally make an...
Pennsylvania hospital neurosurgeon performs first endoscopic minimally invasive spinal surgery in PA
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Spine disc related low back and leg pain is a major challenge and is the...
Scientists unlock planthoppers’ role in rice stripe virus reproduction
Credit: IOZ Recently, researchers from the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered how a severe...
Checkpoint inhibitors fire up different types of T cells to attack tumors
HOUSTON -- Cancer immunotherapies that block two different checkpoints on T cells launch immune attacks on cancer by expanding distinct...
Mutant ants provide insights into social interaction
Credit: NYU School of Medicine Ants genetically engineered to lack their "sense of smell" became unable to communicate, forage or...
The cost of malnutrition: Study shows nutrition program could save hospitals up to $3,800 per patient
1 in 3 people enter a hospital malnourished or at-risk of malnutrition 1-2 Four Chicago area hospitals showed early nutrition...
Circular RNA linked to brain function
Credit: Credit: The circular RNA biology Training Network (circRTrain), MDC. While hundreds of circular RNAs (circRNAs) are abundant in mammalian...
Efforts to reduce pollution from agriculture paying off slowly
Efforts by farmers to reduce the amount of fertilizer that reaches drinking water sources can take years to have a...
Nemours, UD technology pushes cancer research forward
Credit: Cindy Brodoway Wilmington, DE - The field of cancer research is moving rapidly toward three-dimensional (3D) laboratory cultures because...
DNA sequencing tools lack robust protections against cybersecurity risks
Credit: Dennis Wise/University of Washington Rapid improvement in DNA sequencing has sparked a proliferation of medical and genetic tests that...
How dietary fiber helps the intestines maintain health
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- UC Davis Health researchers have discovered how by-products of the digestion of dietary fiber by gut microbes...
Rotavirus vaccines continue to reduce diarrhea hospitalizations, medical costs in US kids
Following the introduction of routine childhood vaccination against rotavirus, a common cause of diarrheal illness, more than 380,000 children avoided...
Plants love microbes — and so do farmers
Credit: Lui Weber The Australian Sunshine Coast's plant diversity has helped University of Queensland researchers confirm that nurture has the...
Researchers link genes and motor skills development
Genes for many may be widely associated with determining certain traits and characteristics. Now a study co-led by John H....
