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Medical Xpress / Study sheds light on the role of genetics in the body weight
The obesity rate has been steadily climbing and so have scientific efforts to understand why. A new study, published in Nature Communications, takes a closer look at the genes behind body weight and how they might point toward ...
Medical Xpress / Garment factories are sweltering, and these simple fixes could keep workers safe
Garment workers face some of the most precarious working conditions in the world and are increasingly at risk from extreme heat stress caused by climate change.
Medical Xpress / Researchers find new way to cut cancer's lipid lifeline
Cancer thrives by hijacking the body's own basic survival systems, making it hard to attack tumors without collateral damage and side effects. Now, researchers at Cornell's Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology have ...
Medical Xpress / Combination of immunotherapy and targeted therapy boosts colorectal cancer survival, clinical trial finds
A new study led by UCLA investigators found that combining zanzalintinib, a targeted therapy drug, and atezolizumab, an immune checkpoint inhibitor, helped patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, the second most common ...
Medical Xpress / Colon cancer DNA may guide tailored post-surgery care
Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA)—genetic material shed from tumors into the bloodstream—may help risk-stratify patients with Stage 3 colon cancer by tailoring chemotherapy options after surgery based on risk of cancer recurrence, ...
Medical Xpress / AI system delivers comprehensive cancer diagnosis
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) today launched SmartPath, a comprehensive artificial intelligence (AI) system designed to transform the entire pathology workflow for cancer care.
Medical Xpress / Hip or shoulder? Location matters for bone marrow used in joint repair
Bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) is a common treatment for joint injuries. The invasive therapy involves extracting bone marrow—often from the hip—and concentrating it to preserve stem cells and growth factors, ...
Medical Xpress / Brain scans may predict future weight gain in people with mental disorders
With a simple standard MRI scan of the brain, it may soon be possible to predict which people with mental illnesses will gain weight after their initial diagnosis—thereby increasing their risk of physical diseases—and ...
Medical Xpress / Neighborhood trust benefits some more than others, Swedish study finds
Living in a neighborhood where people feel safe and supported is linked to a reduced risk of psychosis among Stockholm residents—but only for people of Swedish or European origin.
Medical Xpress / Survivors of high-risk neuroblastoma face substantial late effects of modern therapies
Within the last two decades, multiple stem cell transplants and immunotherapy have been added to intensive chemotherapy as the standard of care for high-risk neuroblastoma, drastically improving survival of this childhood ...
Medical Xpress / Digital health outreach can improve lung cancer screening
A new multi-site study, published in JAMA, and co-led by researchers at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and Wake Forest University School of Medicine, has demonstrated that a direct-to-patient digital health ...
Medical Xpress / Blood test guides post-surgical immunotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer
Patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer who test positive for circulating tumor (ct)DNA after surgery to remove the cancer benefit from immunotherapy with atezolizumab compared to placebo whereas ctDNA-negative patients ...
