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Emergency cancer diagnoses linked to significantly lower survival

How a cancer is first discovered can shape what happens next, and new research shows a need to map treatment for older adults diagnosed in the emergency department who face sharply lower survival.

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Newly identified inhibitors may boost chemotherapy drug's ability to fight treatment-resis

In a new research report, scientists at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center say they have found a potential therapeutic target that can boost the potency of a chemotherapy drug used to treat certain cancers. The study is published in

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The long shadow of a short fuse: Study finds parent-teen conflict echoes across generation

Parent-teen tension is often treated as a phase—something to be endured, then forgotten. A common byproduct of growing up.

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Among Black people in the U.S., country of birth associated with stroke risk

For Black individuals in the United States, being born in another country was associated with a lower risk of stroke, according to a study published in Neurology. "In the United States, people who identify as Black have a higher rate of stroke compared to other groups and are oft

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Cancer clinicians welcome AI that supports human expertise

Artificial intelligence is often presented as a threat to professional work, raising fears about deskilling, job displacement and the loss of human judgment. But new research involving health care professionals using AI in cancer treatment suggests a more nuanced story. The study

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How we are engineering bacteria to eat cancer

Modern medicine has made significant advances in cancer treatments over the decades. But all cancer therapies still face one critical challenge: how to target cancers without damaging healthy cells.

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Gibraltar and Spain end border checks in boost for businesses

Thousands of people who travel every day between the southern tip of Spain and the British territory of Gibraltar will no longer have to cross a physical border, beginning on Wednesday. The official opening at midnight on Tuesday, after a border fence was removed, allows a new fr

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Leading ADHD medications found to be equally effective in children, with one key differenc

Dextroamphetamine and methylphenidate have been found to be equally effective in the treatment of ADHD in children, but greater weight loss was observed in children taking dextroamphetamine, according to an Australian study published in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

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Brain's immune cells put the brakes on out-of-control circuits in mouse model of Alzheimer

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have discovered that microglia—the main immune cells of the brain—play a critical role in maintaining the stability of neuronal networks in Alzheimer's disease. Crucially, this suggests treatments that indiscriminately suppress these cells co

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Drug candidate could help L-dopa work better for patients with Parkinson's

For many people with Parkinson's disease, the body stops moving the way it used to. A hand may tremble at rest. Muscles may stiffen. Walking can become slower and balance more uncertain. The most effective treatment remains L-dopa, also called levodopa, a medication that can dram

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Best treatment for multiple sclerosis may be antivirals

Low levels of replicating Epstein-Barr viruses might be the main driver of the autoimmune condition multiple sclerosis. This may mean that targeting them would be as effective as suppressing the immune system, with fewer side effects

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Australia has a love-hate relationship with cats – but under all the emotion is a fascinat

We got our first feline hero in 1971 when Matthew Flinders’ heartfelt tribute to his pet Trim was discoveredIn 1872, the city of Melbourne hosted its first cat show one year after London’s Crystal Palace debuted its first show. By 1885, “cats were seldom treated very well” in Aus

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