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Breast cancer treatment linked to faster biological aging

Women diagnosed and treated for breast cancer have increased biological aging compared to women who remain free of breast cancer, according to a new study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their collaborators.

19 Jul 2023

Cardiac rehabilitation linked to decreased risk of death after surgery

For millions of Americans who have heart surgery or experience cardiovascular complications, like heart attack or heart failure, they may be encouraged to participate in cardiac rehabilitation.

19 Jul 2023

Opioid addiction linked to neural differences in response to drug cues

An Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai study sheds new light on some of the underlying neurobiological mechanisms of opioid addiction, which accounted for three-quarters of the more than 100,000 fatal drug overdoses in the United States in 2021.

18 Jul 2023

Routine next-generation sequencing can identify BRAF mutations in synovial sarcoma

A new case report was published in Oncotarget's Volume 14 on July 7, 2023, entitled, "Intrathoracic synovial sarcoma with BRAF V600E mutation."

18 Jul 2023

PCORI awards $208 million to fund 17 new comparative clinical effectiveness research studies

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced funding awards totaling $208 million to support 17 new comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies, including four trials of particularly large scale and scope tackling complex questions.

18 Jul 2023

Elias family's gift to MD Anderson will help advance brain tumor and cancer neuroscience research

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced a $16.25 million gift from Howard and Susan Elias to accelerate brain tumor and cancer neuroscience research, an emerging field focused on integrating the role of the nervous system in cancer.

18 Jul 2023

Tracking brain wave signatures could reduce the risk of postoperative brain dysfunction

When patients undergo general anesthesia, their brain activity often slows down as they sink into unconsciousness.

17 Jul 2023

Starting epidurals in the OR may help provide better pain control

Starting a patient-controlled epidural anesthesia (PCEA) infusion while the patient is still in the operating room (OR) - rather than in the recovery room after the procedure - may help provide better pain control, suggests research presented at the virtual American Society of Anesthesiologists' Anesthesia Quality and Patient Safety Meeting.

17 Jul 2023

Study shines light on genetic differences among children with rare neurodevelopmental condition

New research led by the Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment at Mount Sinai has illuminated genetic differences among children with a rare neurodevelopmental condition and could point the way toward a precision medicine approach to caring for these children.

17 Jul 2023

Normothermic machine preservation shows promise in liver transplantation

A groundbreaking clinical trial comparing conventional low temperature storage of transplant donor livers with storage at physiological body temperature has revealed promising results for the evolution of liver transplantation.

17 Jul 2023

Babies have a 'secret weapon' that helps to fight new pathogens

A pair of new studies led by researchers at Columbia University explains why babies get so many common respiratory infections and identifies a specialized cluster of immune cells found only in babies that help them better cope with new pathogens.

17 Jul 2023

Three-pronged combination immunotherapy shows promise for pancreatic cancer patients

Giving patients with operable pancreatic cancers a three-pronged combination immunotherapy treatment consisting of the pancreatic cancer vaccine GVAX, the immune checkpoint therapy nivolumab and urelemab, an anti-CD137 agonist antibody treatment, is safe, it increases the amount of cancer-killing immune system T cells in the tumors and it appears effective when given two weeks prior to cancer-removal surgery, according to new research directed by Johns Hopkins investigators.

17 Jul 2023

What is the relative burden of oncologic and nononcologic mortality among long-term survivors of cancer in the US?

In a recent study, researchers estimated mortality risk for long-term survivors of cancer.

17 Jul 2023

Touching lives: understanding factors for successful touch interventions

Researchers aimed to understand the impact of touch interventions on mental and physical health.

17 Jul 2023

Breast cancer and MEN1: exploring the connection

Researchers evaluated the role of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia 1 (MEN1) messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) in breast cancer

17 Jul 2023

Healthy breast fat may protect against invasive breast cancer

Researchers have found a possible explanation as to why higher breast density and older age increase the risk of breast cancer.

17 Jul 2023

Study describes the scope and integration of music therapy program within UH medical centers

A new study from University Hospitals (UH) Connor Whole Health describes the scope and integration of their music therapy program within10 UH medical centers.

14 Jul 2023

Fungal infections: A rare but important cause of chronic sinusitis

A new research perspective was published in Oncoscience (Volume 10) on May 27, 2023, entitled, "Think outside the box – atypical infections in chronic sinusitis."

14 Jul 2023

Aerobic glycolysis essential for eye development in mammals, study finds

Aerobic glycolysis, the process by which cells transform glucose into lactate, is key for eye development in mammals, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Communications.

14 Jul 2023

New drug could overcome resistance to CDK4/6 inhibitors in breast cancer

Brest cancer is the most common cancer in women. Among breast tumors that spread to other organs (develop metastasis), 70% belong to a variant, called luminal, whose cells are sensitive to the female sex hormones estrogen and progesterone. In fact, the tumor forms when these hormones order the cells to divide.

14 Jul 2023

Surgery News and Research

Breast cancer treatment linked to faster biological aging

Cardiac rehabilitation linked to decreased risk of death after surgery

Opioid addiction linked to neural differences in response to drug cues

Routine next-generation sequencing can identify BRAF mutations in synovial sarcoma

PCORI awards $208 million to fund 17 new comparative clinical effectiveness research studies

Elias family's gift to MD Anderson will help advance brain tumor and cancer neuroscience research

Tracking brain wave signatures could reduce the risk of postoperative brain dysfunction

Starting epidurals in the OR may help provide better pain control

Study shines light on genetic differences among children with rare neurodevelopmental condition

Normothermic machine preservation shows promise in liver transplantation

Babies have a 'secret weapon' that helps to fight new pathogens

Three-pronged combination immunotherapy shows promise for pancreatic cancer patients

What is the relative burden of oncologic and nononcologic mortality among long-term survivors of cancer in the US?

Touching lives: understanding factors for successful touch interventions

Breast cancer and MEN1: exploring the connection

Healthy breast fat may protect against invasive breast cancer

Study describes the scope and integration of music therapy program within UH medical centers

Fungal infections: A rare but important cause of chronic sinusitis

Aerobic glycolysis essential for eye development in mammals, study finds

New drug could overcome resistance to CDK4/6 inhibitors in breast cancer

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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