Graphical representation of pancreatic incidentaloma and liquid biopsy. Created with BioRender.com. Credit: J-Matthias Löhr, Miroslav Vujasinovic, Nikolaos Kartalis, Philipp Osten. In recent research published in eGastroenterology, Dr. J-Matthias Löhr and…
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Increased psoriasis risk found in cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors
Credit: Estzer Miller on Pixabay Researchers from the National Defense Medical Center in Taiwan have identified an increased risk of psoriasis in patients with cancer undergoing immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)…
Fluorescence-guided imaging technique could improve head and neck cancer surgery
Two-color fluorescence nerve and tumor visualization, with green color for the 700-nm LGW05-75 imaging channel (top) and red color for the 800-nm ABY-029 imaging channel (middle row), and with the…
Sauna users are happier and sleep better, says Swedish study
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People who use saunas are happier and have more energy. This is according to a new study, the first of its kind to examine sauna habits…
How key results could influence health policy
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The results of some congressional races may foreshadow who will have outsize health policy influence in Congress next year. Congress will face decisions over whether to…
How higher brain care score can improve brain health regardless of genetic risk
Credit: RDNE Stock project from Pexels A study, published in the journal Neurology has explored whether healthy lifestyle choices, measured by a Brain Care Score (BCS), can lower the risk…
Healing, spiritual purposes found to drive many veterans’ use of psychedelics
Outcomes of canonical correlation analysis. ***pJournal of Psychoactive Drugs (2024). DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2024.2401977 Most U.S. military veterans who have used psychedelics reported in a recent study that they pursued the substances…
Stem cells can tailor their role in gene therapy based on the underlying disease, study suggests
Credit: CC0 Public Domain RCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan researchers have discovered that hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) adapt their lineage commitment during gene therapy based on the underlying…
Tightly tied waist cord of saree underskirt may lead to skin ulceration and pose cancer risk, warn doctors
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A tightly tied waist cord of the underskirt (petticoat) traditionally worn under a saree, particularly in rural parts of India, may lead to what has been…
Two UK mpox cases first local transmission in Europe: WHO
Mpox Virus Particle Colorized transmission electron micrograph of an mpox virus particle (yellow and red) found within an infected VERO E6 cell (blue), cultured in the laboratory. Image captured at…
