Category: 6. Health

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A recent study published in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing explored whether the implementation of self-management interventions could reduce cancer treatment–related cardiotoxicities among survivors of…

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Parental sense of coherence (SOC) “acts as a crucial mediator” between fear of disease progression and psychological distress among parents and caregivers of children with cancer, according to results from a recent…

The changes in the gut microbiome are registered by immune cells in the gastrointestinal tract, which spark an inflammatory response hampering the ability of the vagus nerve to signal to the hippocampus. | Image used for…

In the United States, malaria is considered by the government to be a rare disease, with nearly all cases reported in travelers returning from areas where the disease is endemic, primarily in the Americas and…

Lipid nanoparticles, or LNPs, best known as the delivery vehicle for the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines received by billions of people, are now at the center of a much larger medical revolution. Researchers are racing to use them to ferry…

Hematology-oncology trained physicians who treat sickle cell disease reported higher rates of burnout (60%) than their counterparts who do not provide sickle cell care (43%) despite no differences in grit and resilience…

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With so much chatter about GLP-1 drugs everywhere right now, it may be hard to believe that Ozempic (aka semaglutide) only came on the scene in 2017 to treat type 2 diabetes. It wasn’t until 2021 that Wegovy, another GLP-1 (glucagon-like…

At Novartis Biomedical Research, oncology teams around the world are taking on some of the biggest challenges in cancer drug discovery. Together, they’re leveraging cutting-edge technologies to understand how cancers grow and resist treatment,…