Adding a personalized mRNA vaccine to standard treatment could offer new hope for pancreatic cancer patients, a small yet promising study from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. The study followed…
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Certain glucose-lowering meds associated with lower risk for COPD exacerbations
For patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2is) and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are associated with a reduced risk…
Higher calcium intake linked to reduced colorectal cancer risk
Higher calcium intake is associated with reduced colorectal cancer (CRC) risk across tumor sites and calcium sources, according to a study published online Feb. 17 in JAMA Network Open. Semi…
Packing lipid nanoparticles with tumor proteins to boost cancer vaccine potency
The cancer vaccine targets the lymph system and enhances its ability to recruit T cells to eliminate tumors. Here, three T cells (blue) are shown attacking and breaking apart a…
Impacts of workplace bullying on sleep can be ‘contagious’ between partners, research suggests
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Workplace bullying affects not only the employee’s sleep but their partner’s too, according to new research published today. Exposure to bullying by superiors and/or colleagues has…
‘Deaths of despair’ more than double in the US over two decades
Credit: Keira Burton from Pexels The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is a global standard for classifying diseases, deaths and health conditions and has been used for more than a…
Gut microbiome changes linked to multiple sclerosis, study finds
Overview of study design. Credit: Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation (2025). DOI: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000200355 The gut microbiome comprises the trillions of bacteria and other microorganisms that live in our digestive tracts, and…
Tiny gene could hold key to treating malignant cardiac arrhythmia
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Cardiac arrhythmias affect millions across the world and are responsible for a fifth of all deaths in the Netherlands. Currently there are multiple treatment options, ranging…
Blood test could identify expectant mothers at risk of preterm delivery
Credit: MART PRODUCTION from Pexels A research team from Sinai Health and the University of Toronto has identified a way to determine which mothers are more likely to deliver a…
War study in Ukraine suggests hydrodissection may reduce pain, opioid use in post-amputation pain
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A reliable method to treat post-amputation pain remains elusive, but a new Northwestern Medicine study conducted in collaboration with Ukrainian physicians suggests that hydrodissection—a simple procedure…
