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Glycan CA19-9 Promotes Pancreatic Disease in Mice
The glycan carbohydrate antigen 19-9 , a biomarker of pancreatic inflammation and neoplasia, promotes pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer in mice, researchers report. Reuters...
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Lung-Cancer-Screening Eligibility Should Be Expanded: Researchers
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force eligibility criteria for lung-cancer screening should be expanded to cover other risk groups, researchers say based on findings from an...
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Could TNF Blocker Cure Immunotherapy-Induced Diabetes?
Case report points to possible novel therapeutic approach to an increasingly common side effect of successful cancer therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors. Medscape Medical...
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‘I had chemo for breast cancer that never existed'
Sarah Boyle underwent chemotherapy and a mastectomy before the mistake was noticed.
1 hour ago - BBC
Dishonest Doctors
One of the critical questions to ask whenever reading a medical journal article is, “Who funded the study?” In most journals, researchers are required to identify their sources...
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Former Miss UK, 34, battling terminal cancer claims medicinal cannabis has CURED her brain tumour
EXCLUSIVE: Kerri Parker, from Norwich, was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2013 which returned last year following surgery. She refused chemo and radio therapy in favour of...
1 hour ago - Daily Mail
Unexpected discovery could improve treatment of cancer, other diseases
EU-funded researchers have discovered an important new mechanism by which cells flag and repair damage to their DNA - an unexpected finding that could improve the treatment of...
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Toddler with cancerous tumour in his knee has leg amputated and reattached BACKWARDS
Maxi Richards, three, of Tasmania, suddenly lost the ability to walk at 15 months old due to osteosarcoma. An operation, called a rotationplasty, removed the cancerous knee.
4 hours ago - Daily Mail
Targeting An Enzyme is the New Anticancer Drug Strategy
The enzyme ribonucleotide reductase is a bottleneck for cancer cell growth. Targeting this enzyme is the new approach to treat cancer.
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DCCNet demonstrates use of Parsortix system for single cell CTC analysis
ANGLE plc, a world-leading liquid biopsy company, is pleased to announce that one of its leading customers, the Disseminated Cancer Cell Network, Duesseldorf, an...
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Malaria Resistant to First Line Drugs Spreading in Asia
New study reveals the importance of ongoing genomic surveillance to inform public health malaria control strategies.
Paleo Diet Could Raise Your Risk of Heart Disease
People who follow the paleo diet or caveman diet have twice the amount of a key blood biomarker associated closely with heart disease, finds a new study.
Affordability of Healthy Vs Unhealthy Foods Leads to Malnutrition Obesity
A new study shows that the affordability of both healthy and unhealthy foods varies significantly and systematically around the world.
Helicopter Transport for Stroke Patients Reduces Time to Surgery: Study
Transferring a patient through a helicopter ambulance to a hospital that can perform a thrombectomy will more likely provide the patient with the best chance of recovering from...
Suicides, Overdose Deaths Increase Due to Workplace Injuries
A study shows that a workplace injury can almost triple the combined risk of suicide and overdose death among women, and increases the risk by 50 percent among men.
Molecular Component in Cilantro can Reduce Seizures: Study
New study explains the molecular action of cilantro as a highly potent KCNQ channel activator that can prevent convulsions.
Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Linked to Increased Length of Stay Due to Poverty
Prenatal exposure to opioids due to addiction of mothers to these substances leads to withdrawal symptoms in neonates, and there is longer hospital stay due to poverty in these...
Watch Out: Obstructive Sleep Apnea can Make Depression Treatment Ineffective
Depression treatment can be less effective or ineffective due to obstructive sleep apnea , reveals a new study.
Delay in Chemotherapy After Breast Cancer Surgery may Reduce Survival
Breast cancer patients with delayed treatment are shown to have poor survival rates. The delay, a quality measure is defined as greater than 120 days from breast cancer...
Exosomes may Hold the Key to Diagnosing, Treating Developmental Brain Disorders
Exosomes are small vesicles secreted by all cells in the brain may hold the answer to diagnosing and treating developmental brain disorders, reveals a new study.