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Rural Americans more likely to view cancer as a death sentence, poll finds

People living in rural America are more likely to view cancer as a death sentence, a new survey reports. About 43% of people living in rural areas say a cancer diagnosis means inevitable death, compared to 35% of people in urban or suburban locales, according to the new poll from

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Cardiac screening advice published for military personnel

The first comprehensive framework to guide cardiac evaluation in the Armed Forces has been issued by the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) of the ESC. Published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, the statement was written by international experts

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Cancer screening rates vary across sexual orientation and gender identity

New research has uncovered persistent disparities in preventive cancer care across different sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) populations. The study, published in Cancer, found particular concern for cervical and breast cancer screening.

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Men may be more likely than women to receive later-stage diagnoses for many cancer types i

Between 2015 and 2022, men were more likely than women to be diagnosed with regional and/or distant stages of 20 nonreproductive solid cancer types in the United States, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Asso

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Preparing for Andes virus outbreaks to prevent transmission in health care settings

Andes virus, the type of hantavirus responsible for the outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship earlier this year, has a fatality rate of up to 36%. Precautions such as isolation of infected individuals and use of personal protective equipment by health care personnel can prevent

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1 in 5 relatives of breast and ovarian cancer patients in Estonia carry dangerous cancer-l

In 2013, Angelina Jolie inspired a wave of testing for pathogenic variants of the gene BRCA1 by announcing that she carried a variant that left her at such high risk of breast cancer that she chose a preventive mastectomy. Many people with similar gene variants won't need risk-re

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Researchers discover potential new treatment for Parkinson's disease, other neurodegenerat

Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common form of neurodegenerative disease and afflicts more than 10 million people worldwide. While current therapies address disease symptoms, they do not prevent the underlying neurodegeneration that drives the disease.

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Inhibiting a stress protein prevents the consequences of childhood trauma

A new study, co-led by Mathias Schmidt from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich and Juan Pablo Lopez from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, focused on the FKBP5 gene and its encoded protein, FKBP51, a well-established regulator of the body's stress hormone system that

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Overall U.S. death rate declined from 2024 to 2025, report says

In 2025, the overall U.S. death rate was down 4.6% from 2024, according to a July Vital Statistics Rapid Release report, a publication of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Most veterans and service members who die by firearm suicide never disclose their intent

Most veterans and U.S. military service members who die by firearm suicide don't disclose their suicidal intentions in the month before their death, according to Rutgers researchers. Their study, published in The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, examined the

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New comprehensive data platform could transform Alzheimer's research, treatment

With an increasingly aging global population and no available preventive treatments, Alzheimer's disease and related dementias are poised to become an even larger public health challenge. The mechanisms underlying Alzheimer's disease are difficult to study because the disease has

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Genetic insights into a fluid-related brain condition in newborns

Early detection and treatment of congenital cerebral ventriculomegaly (CCV)—when a fetus's fluid-filled brain ventricles swell due to a condition called hydrocephalus—can help clinicians prevent developmental or neurological disabilities in affected infants. New research led by i

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