Health
Vaping has slowed progress in cutting teen smoking in NZ—new study
Smoking rates among adults have declined in Aotearoa New Zealand over recent decades, from 18% smoking regularly in 2011/12 to 8% in 2023/24.
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Oncology & Cancer
Combination treatment may help cut lifelong ibrutinib for chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most prevalent adult leukemia in the Western Hemisphere, affecting approximately 200,000 people in the United States.
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Urban living linked to chronic stress epidemic in modern humans
Chronic stress is on the rise—the result of an evolutionary mismatch that our bodies and brains, adapted over hundreds of thousands of years to hunter-gatherer conditions, are experiencing in industrialized, urbanized environments, ...
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Psychology & Psychiatry
From nerve-racking to welcome: How mindfulness helps people engage with feedback to improve
Imagine you're awaiting important feedback. For professionals, this could be a performance appraisal from your boss. For students, it could be written comments and a grade on an important paper.
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Health
Yes, you can be intolerant to fruit and veg
For most people, eating a wide variety of fruit and vegetables is the cornerstone of a healthy diet.
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Cardiology
Study finds heart health in midlife predicts dementia risk in older age
People with signs of damage to their heart during middle age are more likely to develop dementia in later life, according to a new study led by University College London researchers.
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Oncology & Cancer
Advanced breast cancer patients living longer thanks to improvements in treatment and care
People diagnosed with advanced breast cancer in 2025 can expect to live for an extra six or seven months, compared to the average survival time for patients diagnosed in 2011, according to a major study of patient data in ...
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Oncology & Cancer
Global survey highlights challenges faced by young women with advanced breast cancer
Nearly half of all women aged younger than 40 who live with advanced breast cancer have children under the age of 18, according to the first global survey to investigate the challenges these women face. Results from the survey ...
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Medical research
Global Decade Report reveals breakthroughs in advanced breast cancer but exposes a widening global equity gap
The ABC Global Alliance today launched the Advanced Breast Cancer (ABC) Global Decade Report 2015–2025—a global assessment revealing a decade of remarkable scientific progress that has transformed ABC care for some patients ...
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HIV & AIDS
HIV knows no borders, and the Trump administration's new strategy leaves Americans vulnerable, expert explains
Protecting public health abroad benefits Americans. In a globalized world, diseases and their social and economic impacts do not stay within national boundaries. Increased rates of untreated HIV in any part of the world increase ...
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