Lung Cancer Is Often Diagnosed at a Late Stage: Know the Signs & Symptoms
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Although it's been well documented that smoking is deadly, more than 30 million people in the United States still smoke. It's one of the leading causes of death, yet also one of the most preventable. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says, "Cigarette smoking kills more than 480,000 A…
Obesity Linked to Macular Degeneration
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The research at Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosement, in Montreal, shows how life stressors such as obesity reprogram immune system cells and make them destructive to the eye as it ages. "We wanted to know why some people with a genetic predisposition develop AMD while others are spared," said Université …
Getting Under Your Skin for Better Health
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The next frontier of continuous health monitoring could be skin deep. Biomedical engineers at the University of Cincinnati say interstitial fluid, the watery fluid found between and around cells, tissues or organs in the body, could provide an excellent medium for early disease diagn…
Antiviral Compound Could Be Broadly Efficient in the Treatment of SARS-CoV-2
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Study Finds How Female, Male Hearts Respond Differently to Stress Hormone
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California [US]: Male and female hearts react differently to the stress hormone noradrenaline, according to a recent study published in Science Advances. The research on mice may have ramifications for human heart conditions like arrhythmias and heart failure as well as how various sexes react to c…
New Rheumatoid Arthritis Research Points to Bacterial Strain in the Gut as a Disease Trigger
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New research suggests a bacterial strain in the gut may trigger rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease that attacks the joints. Photo: Getty Images. To visualize the idea of the 80 or so autoimmune diseases that afflict some 24 million people in the United States, consider a boxer bobbing and…
Trial Finds Chemotherapy Before Surgery Cuts Risk of Colon Cancer Relapse
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Aggressive Surgery Increases Survival with Low-Grade Brain Tumors
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The transition of a low-grade, slow growing brain tumor to a lethal one can be delayed if neurosurgeons remove as much as possible soon after diagnosis, according to the results of a study led by UC San Francisco. The findings run counter to other research indicating that extensive resection, or m…
Will Your Smartphone Be the Next Doctor’s Office?
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(Oona Tempest/KHN) The same devices used to take selfies and type out tweets are being repurposed and commercialized for quick access to information needed for monitoring a patient’s health. A fingertip pressed against a phone’s camera lens can measure a heart rate. The microphone, kep…
How Huntington’s Disease Affects Different Neurons
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In patients with Huntington’s disease, neurons in a part of the brain called the striatum are among the hardest-hit. Degeneration of these neurons contributes to patients’ loss of motor control, which is one of the major hallmarks of the disease. Neuroscientists at MIT h…