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The antimicrobial peptide that even Pharma can love
Faster wound healing comes in waves, and a cancer drug that eats bugs.
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DLBCL: Major new treatment breakthroughs
After decades of slow progress, new drugs and therapies are paving the way to more effective treatment of DLBCL.
Conference Coverage
ASCO honors Hagop Kantarjian, MD, for leukemia research
Noted Lebanese-American oncologist who leads the leukemia department at MD Anderson Cancer Center is to receive a top award at ASCO 2023.
Commentary
Doctor spots a gunshot victim staggering down his street
Afterwards, people asked me, “Weren’t you worried that you were going to get shot?” That does happen in North Philadelphia. But it didn’t even...
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Key red flags for early-onset colorectal cancer
Two symptoms in particular – rectal bleeding and iron-deficiency anemia – point to the need for timely endoscopy and follow-up.
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Anxiety high among Americans, national poll shows
“There is a lot of worry in the world right now about economic uncertainty, about violence, about how we’re going to come out of this period of...
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Number of cancer survivors with functional limitations doubled in 20 years
The 70% prevalence of functional limitation among survivors in 2018 is nearly twice that of the general population.
News
Boys may carry the weight, or overweight, of adults’ infertility
Plus: The promise of fecal beads and the air of sleep-dieting.
Conference Coverage
New protocol could cut fasting period to detect insulinomas
“These data support a 48-hour fast. The literature supports that’s sufficient to detect 95% of insulinomas.”
Original Research
Experience With Adaptive Servo-Ventilation Among Veterans in the Post-SERVE-HF Era
Sleep apnea is a heterogeneous group of conditions that may be attributable to a wide array of underlying conditions,...