IMAGE: About 90% of cancer deaths are due to metastases, when tumors spread to other vital organs, and a research group recently realized that it’s not individual cells but rather distinct… view more Credit: Shaner et al. WASHINGTON, D.C., June 18, 2019 — Cancer touches nearly everyone in one way or another, and regrettably, it will…
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CORVALLIS, Ore. — Researchers at Oregon State University and Oregon Health & Science University have found a possible counterpunch to the drug resistance of melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer. The findings, published today in the journal Molecular Carcinogenesis, are important because in the United States alone, almost 100,000 new melanoma cases will…
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IMAGE: University of Houston Moores Professor of Physics, Computer Science and Chemistry, Margaret Cheung, predicts that understanding the molecular structure of the moment a memory is seared in the mind will… view more Credit: University of Houston A University of Houston researcher is examining the reaction in the brain at the precise moment when certain memories…
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (June 18, 2019)—Thanks to advanced medical treatments, women diagnosed with breast cancer today will likely survive the disease. However, some treatment options put these women at greater risk for a number of other health problems. A new study out of Brazil shows that postmenopausal women with breast cancer are at greater risk for…
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IMAGE: ‘We are proud to partner with ForsythKids to help keep student athletes safe,’ said Charlie Jacobs, Chief Executive Officer and Alternate Governor for the Boston Bruins. ‘Hockey players know first-hand… view more Credit: Boston Bruins The Boston Bruins Hockey team has partnered with the Forsyth Institute to provide custom mouthguards to student athletes at Lynn…
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IMAGE: This is a horizontal X-ray image depicting joint damage from rheumatoid arthritis. view more Credit: Camazine Scott Research supported by the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) on Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (RA/SLE) provides new insights into tissue damage for these autoimmune conditions. Findings include the identification of novel molecular signatures related to immune system…
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IMAGE: Mohammed Ranavaya, M.D., J.D., a board-certified specialist in occupational medicine and professor in the department of family and community health at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine,… view more Credit: American Medical Association Research supported by the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) on Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (RA/SLE) provides new insights…
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IMAGE: Three measures of the level of manufacturing business activity show a long-term decline over the last few decades. A change in 1998 in how businesses are classified creates a jump… view more Credit: Nathan Seltzer MADISON — As the Great Recession wiped out nearly 9 million jobs and 19 trillion dollars in wealth from U.S.…
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Molly O’Neill, a freewheeling writer born into a family bent on raising baseball players who would transform herself from a chef into one of America’s leading chroniclers of food, died on Sunday in Manhattan. She was 66. Her family said the cause was cancer; her long and public bout with the disease and with an…
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North Carolina Children’s Hospital announced it would suspend heart surgeries for the most complex cases, some of which had a mortality rate approaching 50 percent in recent years, pending investigations by state and federal regulators and a group of outside experts. In a statement on Monday, UNC Health Care, which runs the hospital and is…
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