TEM of papillomavirus. Credit: Public Domain After committing to a global plan to eliminate cervical cancer, New Zealand is lagging behind Australia and other countries in how it manages this…
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Does substance use change the brain’s structure, or does brain structure predispose some to substance use?
Regional Cortical Volume and Thickness Associations With Early Substance Use Initiation in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study. Credit: JAMA Network Open (2024). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.52027 A study led by…
Why some people’s hair and nails grow quicker than others
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Throughout recorded history, our hair and nails have played an important role in signifying who we are and our social status. You could say they separate…
Flu and RSV are sustaining California’s sniffly season, COVID yet to surge this winter
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The season of sniffles and coughs has come again. But while influenza and RSV activity is “moderate and increasing” around California, COVID activity is unusually low…
Some doctors increasingly using artificial intelligence to take notes during appointments
Credit: Pavel Danilyuk from Pexels It was easy to miss Dr. Robert Gray’s quick movements, tapping the screen of his smartphone at the beginning and end of patient visits on…
These are some of the best diets for 2025, report says
Wondering which popular diet will help you shed extra weight in a healthy way this year? The Mediterranean diet tops the best diet categories in the U.S. News & World…
New guidelines for managing blood cancers in pregnancy
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new set of guidelines has been developed to assist with the diagnosis and expert management of serious blood cancers in pregnancy. About 12.5 pregnancies per…
FDA approves subcutaneous opdivo qvantig for most solid tumor indications
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Opdivo Qvantig (nivolumab and hyaluronidase-nvhy) injection for subcutaneous use for most previously approved adult, solid tumor Opdivo (nivolumab) indications. Opdivo Qvantig is…
Surprising ‘two-faced’ cancer gene role supports paradigm shift in predicting disease
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A genetic fault long believed to drive the development of esophageal cancer may in fact play a protective role early in the disease, according to new…
5 things we know and still don’t know about COVID, 5 years after it appeared
This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, pink,…
