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Cancer clinics begin to accommodate patients demanding new cancer detection tests
Sales teams are making a big push for multicancer early detection tests.
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Five thoughts on the Damar Hamlin collapse
The cardiac arrest of Buffalo Bills footballer Damar Hamlin has led to speculation about commotio cordis and more, but this electrophysiologist...
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Small study finds high dose vitamin D relieved toxic erythema of chemotherapy
Five of the six patients had a hematologic condition that required induction chemotherapy before hematopoietic stem cell transplant.
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Lifestyle changes may reduce colorectal cancer risk
Decreases in alcohol consumption were significantly associated with a reduction in CRC risk among participants aged 55 years or younger at...
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ED doctors call private equity staffing practices illegal and seek to ban them
Companies have successfully sidestepped bans on owning medical practices by buying or establishing local staffing groups that are nominally owned...
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Best diets in 2023: Mediterranean diet wins again
U.S. News & World Report’s latest annual rankings of the best diet plans has been released.
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Genomic features may explain sex differences in HBV-associated HCC
Therapeutics that favor androgen signaling could improve the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors against HCC.
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Cervical cancer rise in White women: A ‘canary in the coal mine’
“If rising incidence is not for localized-stage disease, but for advanced stages, that means it’s attributable to lack of screening.”
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Study of beliefs about what causes cancer sparks debate
The authors set out to evaluate “the patterns of beliefs about cancer among people who believed in conspiracies, rejected the COVID-19 vaccine, or...
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Genetic test identifies parental source of cancer variant
Directing cascade genetic testing to one side of the family could speed time to diagnosis of more carriers.
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Oral minoxidil improves anticancer treatment–induced alopecia in women with breast cancer
Oral minoxidil has been receiving increased attention as an adjunctive therapy for hair loss, particularly for women.