More than half of China cancer deaths attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors
A new report finds more than half of all cancer deaths in men in 2013 in China and more than a third of those in...
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Bringing precision to Medicare cancer care
Medicare policies governing cancer patients' end-of-life care are based on generalized statistics -- such as average survival time and treatment costs--that often fail to reflect...
Watch cancer spread in a mouse
Credit: Hiroki R. Ueda et al. Researchers in Japan have developed a method to image cancer at the single-cell level by using chemical techniques to...
Bowel cancer diagnosis delayed by other illness
The researchers from the University of Exeter analysed clinical data from over 4,500 patients across the UK who were later diagnosed with bowel cancer. In...
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation awards over $3.1M to top clinical investigators
New York, NY (July 3, 2017) - The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation named five new Damon Runyon Clinical Investigators at its spring 2017 Clinical...
New method helps fighting future pandemics
By developing a new technique for labeling the gene segments of influenza viruses, researchers now know more about how influenza viruses enter the cell and...
Don’t let lower back injuries take you down for the count
ROSEMONT, Ill. (July 5, 2017) -- Nearly one in three competitive athletes experiences low back pain. According to a literature review in the July 2017...
Reducing stress, optimizing coping strategies may diminish need for opioids following ankle surgery
ROSEMONT, Ill. (July 5, 2017)--Helping patients to better manage stress and improve coping strategies related to pain may minimize the need for opioids following ankle...
Chances of surviving malaria may be higher when host consumes fewer calories
Credit: Maria Mota Laboratory, iMM Lisboa University Park, PA -- The chances of surviving a malaria infection may be higher when the host consumes fewer...
Stand Up To Cancer and PBS LearningMedia program student searched for answers at TGen
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- July 5, 2017 -- Teleia Taumanu, a senior at Mesa's Red Mountain High School, is doing something fishy this summer at the...
Early-life pain may lead to obesity risk, especially in females, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA -- Inflammatory pain at birth changes how the hippocampus, a part of the brain associated with memory and eating behavior,...
Working together to reduce infection in extreme weather events
Lead researcher Dr Aparna Lal from The Australian National University (ANU) said health researchers were often left out of planning and discussions about the looming...
Diabetes increasing at alarming rates in sub-Saharan Africa
Boston, MA - Sub-Saharan Africa is in the midst of a rapidly expanding diabetes epidemic that could have devastating health and economic consequences for the...
Lessons in ecosystem services management, from Indonesian mangroves to Oregon estuaries
Ecological researchers care deeply about the health of the systems they study, but do not always know how to put into practice the knowledge they...
Introducing ‘Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes’
(Mayo Clinic) Mayo Clinic is pleased to announce the launch of Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes.
