COLUMBUS, Ohio - Up to 38.6% of people with colon cancer who have a hereditary cancer syndrome–including 6.3% of those with Lynch syndrome–could have their conditions remain undetected with current universal tumor-screening methods, and at least 7.1% of people with colorectal cancer have an identifiable inherited genetic mutation, according to new data published by scientists…
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center lung cancer researcher Gerard Silvestri, M.D., found that a lack of insurance leads to worse cancer survival than for those with Medicare, in a paper published in the May issue of Health Affairs. This work, a joint effort between Silvestri and researchers at the American Cancer Society, highlights the current dire…
17 May 2021 – Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, a nonprofit publisher of leading research journals in molecular biology, genetics, and related fields, is pleased to announce its first set of transformational publishing agreements, effective from January 1, 2021. “A sustainable path to open publication of biomedical research is a long-sought objective at Cold Spring…
Early preterm births may be dramatically decreased with docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplements, with a dose of 1000 mg more effective for pregnant women with low DHA levels than the 200 mg found in some prenatal supplements, according to a study led by researchers from the University of Kansas and the University of Cincinnati and published…
An international study has found that four out of five women in prison in Scotland have a history of head injury, mostly sustained through domestic violence. Published recently in The Lancet, researchers, including SFU psychology graduate student Hira Aslam, say the study has important implications for the female prison population more broadly and could help…
Ozlem Uzuner, Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Information Sciences and Technology, received $222,469 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for a large-scale clinical and economic impact analysis of potentially malignant incidental findings in radiology reports. Uzuner and her team will contribute to two aims of this project: (1) Extraction of incidentaloma frame…
May 17, 2021 – Amid the rising toll of opioid overdoses and deaths in the U.S., several states are considering laws enabling civil commitment for involuntary treatment of patients with substance use disorders (SUDs). Most addiction medicine physicians support civil commitment for SUD treatment – but others strongly oppose this approach, reports a survey study…
At the Temple of Praise, a predominantly Black church in southeast Washington, D.C., clergy, church volunteers and local doctors and pharmacists have worked to vaccinate more than 4,000 people, many in the congregation. The church is still using up its weekly allotments of the Moderna shot, with lines snaking through the parking lot every week…
It seems that there is nothing wrong with blow-drying. But it turns out that improper blow-drying can be very harmful to your gorgeous hair. So how can you prevent this harmful impact? We all know that regular blow-drying can dehydrate hair and break its structure. Before using the hot air, it is worth familiarizing yourself…
The investigational drug evinacumab reduced triglycerides in patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia (sHTG) and a history of hospitalizations for acute pancreatitis in a phase 2 global study led by Mount Sinai. The fully human monoclonal antibody produced sustained reductions in triglyceride levels of up to 82 percent, depending on the patient’s genotype, while also lowering the…