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Optical imaging highlights metabolic interactions that make pancreatic tumor cells grow
Pancreatic cancer is a rare, yet elusive and deadly cancer, with a five-year survival rate of about 10%.…
Study explores methods to help reduce injury following successful post-concussion return-to-play
Children’s Hospital Colorado (Children’s Colorado) released a study today that examines the efficacy of a neuromuscular training (NMT)…
Study IDs recurring diagnostic pitfalls and points to ways that uncovering pitfalls can help improve medical diagnosis
When it comes to medical errors, diagnostic errors are the most common type of error reported by patients…
Scientists find predictors of heart disease among Black Americans that are shared across ethnicities
Coronary heart disease, which is a major cause of heart attack, develops when damaged or clogged arteries cannot…
How would eliminating race-based adjustments in estimates of kidney function impact clinical trials?
Considerable controversy surrounds race-based algorithms in medicine—such as an adjustment for Black race in equations that estimate individuals’…
First public health survey of new dads to help improve outcomes for entire family
While federal legislation requires tracking and reporting data on maternal health behaviors around childbirth, fathers have been overlooked…
Lockdowns during early pandemic saved lives, but not a go-to strategy moving forward: study
The U.S. pandemic lockdown in 2020 caused a $2.3 trillion economic downturn and split the nation politically, and…
Fraudulent ‘pop-up’ COVID testing centers are rampant. Here are 8 tips to help protect against phony clinics
Tricia Poreda recently walked inside a COVID-19 testing center on Chicago’s Northwest Side and was immediately appalled by…
Prevalence of coronary heart disease largely unchanged from 2011 to 2018
(HealthDay)—The prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) remained largely unchanged in the United States from 2011 to 2018,…
Prostate cancer: “Liquid biopsies” allow non-invasive diagnosis of metastatic cancers
In future, newly identified biomarkers could be used alongside imaging techniques for the non-invasive diagnosis of patients with…
