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Credit: Ricardo Carrasco III/Keck Medicine of USC LOS ANGELES - Considered a safe and highly effective contraception method, intrauterine devices (IUDs) may also be quietly...

National poll: Many unaware of court findings against tobacco companies

On Nov. 26, Altria, Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds and other tobacco companies will begin to publish court-ordered "corrective statements" about cigarettes, the result of...

For cancer patients with HIV, immunotherapy appears safe

SEATTLE -- Nov. 7, 2017 -- A new category of immunotherapies called checkpoint inhibitors that has been highly effective against many different cancers appears safe...

Study finds a new way to shut down cancer cells’ ability to consume glucose

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Cancer cells consume exorbitant amounts of glucose, a key source of energy, and shutting down this glucose consumption has...

Circulating tumor cells associated with relapse in late-stage melanoma patients

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A study revealing a connection between circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and relapse in stage IV melanoma patients points to liquid...

BU researcher leads team in ‘cancer interception’ project

(Boston) -- Developing diagnostic tools to "intercept" lung cancer at its earliest stage is the goal of a research team led by Boston University School...

Relocating bus stops would cut riders’ pollution exposure, UCLA study finds

Credit: Stuart Wolpert/UCLA Moving bus stops away from intersections would substantially reduce the amount of pollution bus riders are exposed to, UCLA scientists report today...

PharmaMar and Boryung Pharm sign a licensing agreement for Zepsyre in Korea

Madrid, November 7th, 2017 - PharmaMar (MSE:PHM) has announced today a licensing agreement with Boryung Pharm to commercialize the marine-derived anticancer drug Zepsyre® (lurbinectedin), if...

Public’s poor knowledge of anatomy may hamper healthcare

Credit: Lancaster University Health screening campaigns which target a specific organ may lack effectiveness if the public have a poor knowledge of anatomy say researchers....

Inner ear stem cells may someday restore hearing

Credit: Kelvin Y. Kwan/Rutgers University-New Brunswick Want to restore hearing by injecting stem cells into the inner ear? Well, that can be a double-edged sword....

How Helicobacter pylori causes gastric cancer

Gastric cancer is one of the five most fatal types of cancer. According to the statistics of the World Health Organization (WHO), about 750,000 patients...

Subset of carbon nanotubes poses cancer risk similar to asbestos in mice

Nanotechnology, the science of developing materials containing very small fibers, is having a growing influence on daily life. Now researchers have shown for the first...

Important new insights into RECIST criteria measuring cancer’s response to treatment

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Oncologists and researchers use a measurement known as Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) to evaluate the degree...

Deadly lung cancers are driven by multiple genetic changes

A new UC San Francisco-led study challenges the dogma in oncology that most cancers are caused by one dominant "driver" mutation that can be treated...

Is anticoagulant warfarin associated with lower risk of cancer incidence?