IMAGE: Betsy Risendal, PhD, and colleagues show work-related outcomes of cancer and treatment in young adults view more Student loans aren’t the only reason young adults end up in debt. One of the largest-ever studies of work-related risks in young adult cancer survivors finds that of 872 survivors, 14.4 percent borrowed more than $10,000 and 1.5…
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IMAGE: Dr. Dobryakova is a research scientist in the Center for Traumatic Brain Injury Research at Kessler Foundation. view more Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ, February 25, 2019. Ekaterina Dobryakova, PhD, and Pei-Pei Liu, PhD, were awarded a $50,000 grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society to conduct a novel study of outcome processing…
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AUSTIN, Texas—A new Texas Policy Evaluation Project (TxPEP) study shows that use of medication abortion, also known as «the abortion pill,» bounced back in Texas after a March 2016 label change by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The label change impacted the use of mifepristone, one of the two medications used for medication…
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New articles published in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, note that there is no medical justification to deny optimal cancer therapy to individuals with HIV. People who are living with HIV and who develop cancer have traditionally been excluded from most cancer clinical trials. In addition, many of these patients do…
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DALLAS, Feb.25, 2019 — Obesity and severe obesity in childhood and adolescence have been added to the list of conditions that put children and teens at increased risk for premature heart disease, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association published in the Association’s journal Circulation. The statement provides an overview of…
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IMAGE: Dr. Jun Sato of the National Cancer Center Hospital, Japan, lead author of the latest research. view more Credit: ©European Society for Medical Oncology Paris, France, 25 February 2019 — The proportion of early-stage drug trials tackling the biggest cancer killers has declined sharply since the early 1990s as less common tumour types receive increasing…
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Fat cells in the human body have their own internal clocks and exhibit circadian rhythms affecting critical metabolic functions, new research in the journal Scientific Reports, finds. Researchers led by Dr Jonathan Johnston from the University of Surrey conducted the first ever analysis of circadian rhythms in human fat taken from people isolated from daily…
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BINGHAMTON, NY — Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York have uncovered the unique way in which a type of Gram-negative bacterium delivers the toxins that make us sick. Understanding this mechanism may help design better ways to block and eventually control those toxins. Assistant Professor Xin Yong and graduate student Ao Li…
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IMAGE: This is Dr. Darrell Brann and graduate student Yujiao Lu view more Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Feb. 25, 2019) — Estrogen in the brain is important to keep neurons communicating and memories being made, scientists report. Neurons in both males and females make estrogen and the scientists have shown that…
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Image Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper performing “Shallow” at the Oscars.CreditNoel West for The New York Times The latest awards “Shallow,” the duet between Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper that serves as the centerpiece of “A Star Is Born,” won best song. The film has come up short during the awards season, but “Shallow” has…
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