Years after diagnosis, many young cancer survivors continue to struggle socially
A new study indicates that the social difficulties faced by many adolescent and young adult cancer survivors often persist for years after their diagnosis. Published...
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PCSK9 inhibitor evolocumab not associated with decline in memory or cognitive function
New trial results show that in patients on statin therapy, the addition of evolocumab did not result in a significant change in cognitive function after...
For female mosquitoes, two sets of odor sensors are better than one
Credit: Zwiebel Lab, Vanderbilt University Biologists who study the malaria mosquito's 'nose' have found that it contains a secondary set of odor sensors that seem...
Palliative care consults for advanced cancer patients reduces hospitalization and improves care
Cancer patients admitted to the hospital with advanced stages of disease who were referred early to palliative care had decreased health care utilization and increased...
First global guidance for HPV vaccination for cervical cancer prevention
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) today issued a clinical practice guideline on human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for the prevention of...
CD4+ T-cell count useful to assess antiretroviral therapy response in HTLV-1/HIV patients?
The authors compared the CD4+ T-cell counts and HIV-1 RNA viral loads of 383 patients who were either mono-infected with HIV or co-infected with HTLV-1/HIV....
Silk sensor could speed development of new infrastructure, aerospace & consumer materials
Credit: Credit: Chelsea Davis and Jeremiah Woodcock/NIST Consumers want fuel-efficient vehicles and high-performance sporting goods, municipalities want weather-resistant bridges, and manufacturers..
Study IDs link between sugar signaling and regulation of oil production in plants
Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY-Even plants have to live on an energy budget. While they're known for converting solar energy into chemical energy in...
Advanced form of proton therapy shows promise for treating lung cancer recurrence
An advanced form of image-guided radiation therapy, known as intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT), has shown early promise for the treatment of recurrent lung cancer,...
New Hubble mosaic of the Orion Nebula
Credit: NASA, ESA/Hubble In the search for rogue planets and failed stars astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have created a new mosaic image...
Hubble discovery of runaway star yields clues to breakup of multiple-star system
Credit: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levy (STScI) As British royal families fought the War of the Roses in the 1400s for control of England's throne,...
Happy spouse, happy house
Credit: UC Riverside Achieving marital quality could seem daunting, even impossible to any couple, let alone a couple in which one of the partners is...
TGen study of ASU football team produces largest known dataset for concussion diagnostics
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- March 17, 2017 -- Following a three-year study of the Arizona State University football program, researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute...
New ‘gene silencer’ drug reduce cholesterol by over 50 percent
The findings come from the largest trial yet to test the safety and effectiveness of this kind of therapy. The technique, known as RNA interference...
Pharmacist medicines reconciliation reduces likelihood of patient harm
A pilot study, published today in British Medical Journal Open, demonstrates that medicines reconciliation provided by pharmacists can significantly reduce medicine discrepancies and may be...
