Can Dietary Patterns Impact Stomach Cancer Risk?
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In a recent review published in Frontiers in Oncology, researchers investigated eating patterns and indices related to gastric cancer and explored their association with stomach cancer risk. Study: Review of dietary patterns and gastric cancer risk: epidemiology and biological evid…
Asthma of the Oesophagus: The Alarming Rise of a Rare Inflammatory Condition
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Lisa Thornton was heavily pregnant and in her early 30s when she noticed the feeling of a blockage in her oesophagus, the muscular food pipe that connects the mouth to the stomach. “At the time, I just thought it was just the pregnancy,” says Thornton, now 50, who lives in the New Forest in Hampshi…
City of Hope, TGen Researchers Develop Machine-Learning Tool to Detect Cancer Earlier via Liquid Biopsy
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The innovative “fragmentomics” approach could one day allow doctors to identify cancer in patients sooner than possible today using smaller blood draws CONTACTZen LogsdonCity of Hope626-409-9367zlogsdon@coh.orgGalen PerryTGen602-343-8423gperry@tgen.orgCristian Tomasetti, Ph.D, and Kamel Lahouel, Ph…
Researchers Find That Using Patients’ Own Blood Rather Than Saline Helps Preserve Veins in Coronary Bypass Grafts
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In a collaboration between the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and Carilion Clinic, researchers learned that by preserving large superficial leg veins intended for coronary bypass grafting in a mixture of the anticoagulant heparin and blood, rather than heparin and saline, the veins wer…
Allergic Responses to Common Foods Up Risk of Heart Disease, Death
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Dairy and common foods such as peanuts could be an important and previously unappreciated cause of heart disease, new research suggests – and the increased risk for cardiovascular death even includ…
New Study Highlights the Benefit of Touch on Mental and Physical Health
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by Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - KNAW Through a large-scale an…
Minimal Incidence of Severe End-Stage Kidney Disease Following SABR for Localized Primary Kidney Cancer
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Stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) is increasingly utilized for treating primary renal cell carcinoma (RCC), yet its impact on renal function remains uncertain. This retrospective single-institution analysis aimed to assess the incidence and predictive clinical factors associated with…
Notre Dame Receives Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Award for Neurodegenerative Disease Research
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The University of Notre Dame has received a Collaborative Pairs Pilot Project Award from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to study genes that affect neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease. This is Notre Dame’s first award from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. The award will fund a par…
Female Reproductive Milestones May Be Risk Factors for Diabetes and High Cholesterol Later in Life
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A new review of available evidence led by researchers at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute suggests that female reproductive characteristics may be overlooked as risk factors that contribute to later metabolic dysfunction. The review, "Reproductive risk factors across the female lifecours…
Size & Shape of Inhaled Asbestos Nanofibers May Be Exclusively Responsible for Pulmonary Fibrosis
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Pseudo-colored scanning electron microscopy image: phagocytosis by a macrophage (red) of glass nanofibers (blue) after 12 h of frustrated phagocytosis; scale bar, 5 μm. Credit: Nature Nanotechnology (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41565-02…