Biology and Disparities; Opioids and Pancreatic Cancer; Statins and Cardiotoxicity
Disparities in prostate cancer risk and outcomes may stem at least partly from genetics. Immune factors, specifically T-cell exhaustion, may account for the disproportionate...
18 days ago - MedPageToday - 3 articles
Cancer Treatment Delays Are Deadly: 5- and 10-Year Data
Longer time from diagnosis to definitive treatment after prostate, breast, lung, and colon cancer diagnosis was tied to higher mortality. Medscape Medical News
28 days ago - Medscape
VIDEO: ‘Real world' data for patients with HER2-positive, BRCA1/2 breast cancer
In this video, Elias Obeid, MD, MPH, discussed treatment patterns and clinical outcomes of patients with germline BRCA1/2-mutated, HER2-positive advanced breast cancer. Obeid...
1 month ago - Healio - 3 articles
Osteoporosis drug also promotes infiltration of immune cells in breast tumors
The team of Eva González-Suarez, from the CNIO and IDIBELL, and the team of Christos Sotiriou, from the Jules Bordet Institute, demonstrate that a drug already used to treat...
1 month ago - News Medical
Link Between Alzheimer's and Gut Is Confirmed
Alzheimer's disease continues to be a leading cause of death in the U.S., with 1 in 3 seniors dying with Alzheimer's or dementia - more than the number killed by breast and...
1 month ago - Mercola
Early initiation of menopausal HT reduces all-cause mortality, CHD events in women
Women have a lower risk for all-cause mortality, coronary heart disease and other poor health outcomes with hormone therapy when treatment begins during or close to menopause...
1 month ago - Healio
Risk of breast cancer linked to receiving HRT during menopause is lower risk than previously feared
The study, based on data from more than half a million British women, confirmed the link between the medication and breast cancer but found that it was safer than previously...
2 monthes ago - Daily Mail
How a Bacterium Can Spread Abnormal Cell Growth
The diagnosis of cancer can trigger strong emotions of fear, anger, anxiety and sadness. 1 The National Cancer Institute estimates 606,520 people will die from cancer in 2020...
3 monthes ago - Mercola
Risky Breast Lumps; Bone Testing Lags in Prostate Cancer; Cancer Breathalyzer?
Benign breast lesions detected after a woman's initial screening mammogram are more likely to become malignant. Younger adults who have never smoked are the group with the...
3 monthes ago - MedPageToday
Drug used to treat breast and ovarian cancer can transform treatment for prostate cancer
A drug used to treat breast and ovarian cancer can extend the lives of some men with prostate cancer and should become a new standard treatment for the disease, concludes a...
4 monthes ago - News Medical - 4 articles
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Vitamin C and E may Help Treat Parkinson's Disease
Diet rich in vitamins C and E may help reduce the risk for Parkinson's disease and provide further treatment. The protective role of these vitamins may add on a new dimension...
Should Antidepressants Be Used For Chronic Pain?
For chronic pain treatment including back pain and osteoarthritis, antidepressants like SNRIs and Tricyclic antidepressants showed no effect.
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Major surgery may trigger certain patterns of cognitive alterations, depending on the Alzheimer's pathological changes, thereby acting as a promoter or accelerator of...
Brain Hyperactivation Serves as Biomarker for Alzheimer's Disease
Abnormal hyperactivation of the brain areas serves as an early biomarker of Alzheimer's disease that advances the knowledge about the disease and helps formulate effective...
Faricimab meets primary endpoints in phase 3 wet AMD studies
Faricimab met its primary endpoint in two phase 3 studies, with injections every 16 weeks achieving noninferior visual acuity outcomes compared aflibercept every 8 weeks in wet...
Alzheimer's Treatments Showing Early Promise
A look at Eli Lily's immunotherapy drug donanemab, plus other options that could clear important research hurdles this year... Treatment for Alzheimer's disease, the...