Oncology & Cancer
Any reduction in alcohol consumption helps reduce cancer risk: Support for 'Dry January'
Most people know that smoking causes cancer and that there's no "safe" number of cigarettes that are OK to smoke.
Dec 23, 2025
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Neuroscience
Why there's always room for dessert—an anatomist explains
You push back from the table after Christmas lunch, full from an excellent feast. You really couldn't manage another bite—except, perhaps, a little bit of pudding. Somehow, no matter how much you've eaten, there always ...
Dec 23, 2025
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Gastroenterology
Intractable intestinal disease treatment: Xenogeneic-free polymer platform shows promise
Intestinal stem cells (ISCs) derived from a patient's own cells have garnered significant attention as a new alternative for treating intractable intestinal diseases due to their low risk of rejection. However, clinical application ...
Dec 23, 2025
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Cardiology
Choosing the right blood pressure drug can reduce health care costs
Patients who start their blood pressure treatment with angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) drugs continue with the same medicine to a greater extent than patients who start out with other drugs. Choosing the right drug from ...
Dec 22, 2025
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Genetics
Genes aren't destiny for inherited blindness, study shows
A new study challenges what's long been assumed about genetic variants thought to always cause inherited blindness. Investigators from Mass General Brigham used large public biobanks to determine that genes thought to cause ...
Dec 22, 2025
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Medications
Iron-snatching compounds found to be effective against parasitic flatworm
A series of compounds that deprive iron essential for a parasitic worm could provide effective new agents for blocking parasite growth, a RIKEN researcher has found. This finding, published in the journal Tropical Medicine ...
Dec 23, 2025
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Rates of opioid use in pregnancy have more than doubled over past decade, finds study
New research from Oregon Health & Science University has found that the rate of opioid use during pregnancy has risen two-fold over the past decade.
Dec 23, 2025
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Diabetes
New test could help enhance decision-making in treatment of chronic kidney disease in type 2 diabetics
Proteomics International Laboratories Ltd (ASX: PIQ) has announced the publication of a peer-reviewed Australian clinical utility study demonstrating that the PromarkerD blood test provides actionable information that significantly ...
Dec 22, 2025
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
1 in 500 Alaskan deaths during pandemic was from COVID-19, state reports
Over a roughly three-year period beginning in March 2020, 1,564 Alaskans died from COVID-19.
Dec 22, 2025
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Health
Metal shards spark nationwide recall of ready-to-eat holiday kielbasa
Olympia Provisions has recalled about 1,930 pounds of ready-to-eat holiday sausage.
Dec 23, 2025
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