It was late at night and Aanika Valbh was headed to shower before finishing some schoolwork at Penn State University. She was tired. It was cold. She figured the warm water would feel good and be a nice respite from the grind of school and a…
Category: 6. Health
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Popular hair-loss pill linked to depression and suicide
A new analysis by a public health expert at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has found that finasteride, a widely used treatment for hair loss, has been associated with depression and suicide for more than twenty years. Despite these…
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Preoperative Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Linked with Post-Prostatectomy Quality of Life
A new study has identified strategies that may improve the postoperative quality of life of patients receiving radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer.
Na Yu, of the Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, China, and…
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Common Heart Medication Shows Promise Against Liver Cancer
OXFORD, Miss. – Liver cancer is the third-leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, but a new study shows the solution to targeting this difficult-to-treat disease may already exist.
Yatendra Singh, a postdoctoral…
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Leading Cause of Meningitis Shifts from S. Pneumoniae to K. Pneumoniae
Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae)overtook Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) as the leading cause of adult community-acquired bacterial meningitis from 2009 to 2023 in Korea, according to a study published in the International Journal…
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Rectal Spacers Show Promise Lowering Exposure to Rectum During Prostate Radiation | Targeted Oncology
A recent data analysis showed a connection between lower biochemical recurrence rates and patients with prostate cancer implanted with rectal spacers. The analysis used real-world anonymized datafrom 36,866 patients who underwent primary…
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EASD 2025 Interview: Patrick Schrauwen
Patrick Schrauwen | Chair, European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Early Career Academy; Senior Scientist, Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Düsseldorf, Germany
Citation: EMJ Diabet. 2025;
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C-section births linked to sleepless nights and painful recoveries
New research presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2025 annual meeting suggests that women who give birth by cesarean delivery (C-section) face a greater likelihood of experiencing intense pain that interferes with sleep and daily functioning, as…
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GoT-Multi Tool Maps Cancer Mutations and Cell Activity
A new tool developed by Weill Cornell Medicine and the University of Adelaide investigators has enhanced the ability to track multiple gene mutations while simultaneously recording gene activity in individual cancer cells. The technology,…
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