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Pediatric cancer patients wait an average of 6.5 years longer than adults to access new drugs

Cancer drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took a median of 6.5 years to go from the first clinical trial in adults to the first trial in children, according to a study at the Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center.

22 May 2019

Scientists discover biological reason why women are more likely to develop adrenal disorders

Scientists have discovered a potential biological reason why women are more likely to develop adrenal disorders, including cancer.

22 May 2019

New cell co-culture platform holds promise for future of personalized medicine

Why doesn't the same treatment work in the same way for every patient?

22 May 2019

Cutting the test time for disease biomarkers using extracellular vesicles

When an individual has cancer, or any number of other diseases, early detection can make a huge difference in the outcome. A research team led by the University of Notre Dame is working to cut the test time for disease biomarkers.

21 May 2019

Study helps explain why lack of sleep is bad for the heart

In recent years, numerous studies have shown that people who don't get enough sleep are at greater risk of stroke and heart attack.

21 May 2019

Lung cancer screening using Google AI proves to be successful

Researchers at Google have developed an algorithm that can successfully diagnose lung cancer in 94.4 percent of cases.

21 May 2019

Mindfulness may reduce depression symptoms for mothers with opioid use disorder

Mothers with opioid use disorder face many challenges as they work towards a more stable life for themselves and their children, depression not least among them.

21 May 2019

Immunotherapy is the most prominent topic in skin cancer research, report reveals

A new report published today highlights the different research areas in the field of skin cancer, showing that immunotherapy is the most prominent topic and reveals the countries that are driving this research.

21 May 2019

Inhibition of protein may prevent spread of castration-resistant prostate cancer

Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine have discovered that blocking a specific protein, may be a promising strategy to prevent the spread of castration-resistant prostate cancer.

21 May 2019

Small molecule drug could be an effective strategy to treat glioblastoma

A team of researchers have published in the International Journal of Oncology that RITA, a drug able to reactivate the oncosuppressor function of p53, could be an effective strategy to treat glioblastoma.

21 May 2019

Zebrafish may help researchers to use blood stem cells instead of bone marrow transplants

Blood diseases such as leukemia and lymphoma are currently treated with bone marrow transplants -- a transfer of blood stem cells from a healthy person to a patient in need.

21 May 2019

Nearly all women treated for breast cancer suffer from health problems, finds study

Nearly all women who have been treated for non-metastatic breast cancer suffer from health problems after primary treatment.

21 May 2019

Honey from strawberry trees stops cell proliferation in colon cancer lines

Spanish and Italian researchers have proven that when honey from strawberry trees, a product typical of Mediterranean areas, is added to colon cancer cells grown in the laboratory, cell proliferation is stopped.

21 May 2019

Opioid prescriptions drop sharply among state workers

The agency that manages health care for California's massive state workforce is reporting a major reduction in opioid prescriptions, reflecting a national trend of physicians cutting back on the addictive drugs.

21 May 2019

Clinical trial determines how proton radiotherapy can be used in early stage breast cancer

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati are looking to enroll participants in a clinical trial, only being offered locally, to determine how the use of proton radiotherapy can be used for patients with early stage breast cancer.

21 May 2019

PDIA1 enzyme levels could help diagnose individuals’ predisposition to cardiovascular disease

Measuring the blood plasma levels of an enzyme called PDIA1 could one day become a method of diagnosing a person's predisposition to cardiovascular disease even if they are healthy, i.e., not obese, diabetic or a smoker, and with normal cholesterol.

20 May 2019

Sophisticated molecular machinery is used by dangerous pathogens to infect hosts

Gastric cancer, Q fever, Legionnaires' disease, whooping cough--though the infectious bacteria that cause these dangerous diseases are each different, they all utilize the same molecular machinery to infect human cells.

20 May 2019

Study explains why several clinical trials of treatments for sepsis have been failed

Much like cancer, sepsis isn't simply one condition but rather many conditions that could benefit from different treatments, according to the results of a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine study involving more than 60,000 patients.

20 May 2019

Researchers examine the protocol for treating aggressive prostate cancer

Treating an aggressive disease is always challenging but improving the way therapies are applied can benefit patients by giving them a better outcome.

20 May 2019

Walking and muscle-strengthening activities associated with reduced risk of cirrhosis-related death

Physical activity, including walking and muscle-strengthening activities, were associated with significantly reduced risk of cirrhosis-related death, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2019.

20 May 2019

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Pediatric cancer patients wait an average of 6.5 years longer than adults to access new drugs

Scientists discover biological reason why women are more likely to develop adrenal disorders

New cell co-culture platform holds promise for future of personalized medicine

Cutting the test time for disease biomarkers using extracellular vesicles

Study helps explain why lack of sleep is bad for the heart

Lung cancer screening using Google AI proves to be successful

Mindfulness may reduce depression symptoms for mothers with opioid use disorder

Immunotherapy is the most prominent topic in skin cancer research, report reveals

Inhibition of protein may prevent spread of castration-resistant prostate cancer

Small molecule drug could be an effective strategy to treat glioblastoma

Zebrafish may help researchers to use blood stem cells instead of bone marrow transplants

Nearly all women treated for breast cancer suffer from health problems, finds study

Honey from strawberry trees stops cell proliferation in colon cancer lines

Opioid prescriptions drop sharply among state workers

Clinical trial determines how proton radiotherapy can be used in early stage breast cancer

PDIA1 enzyme levels could help diagnose individuals’ predisposition to cardiovascular disease

Sophisticated molecular machinery is used by dangerous pathogens to infect hosts

Study explains why several clinical trials of treatments for sepsis have been failed

Researchers examine the protocol for treating aggressive prostate cancer

Walking and muscle-strengthening activities associated with reduced risk of cirrhosis-related death

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Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

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