April 16, 2025

CONSORT 2025: Setting New Standards for Clinical Trial Reporting

"Readers should not have to infer what was probably done; they should be told explicitly." This principle drives the comprehensive CONSORT 2025 update, with its 7 new checklist items aimed at improving clinical trial transparency.

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April 10, 2025

Study: LLMs Show Biases in Medical Decision-Making

Large language models recommend different care based on patients' race, housing status, income level, and sexual orientation, potentially amplifying health care disparities if deployed without safeguards, researchers find.

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March 31, 2025

Tariff Threat: Drugs Could Cost U.S. $750M More

New research reveals 25% tariffs on Canadian pharmaceuticals would impact critical medications, strain supply chains, and potentially increase costs—with 28 drugs having no alternative suppliers.

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March 31, 2025

Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy Names New CEO

The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy announced the appointment of Karen E. Knudsen, MBA, PhD, as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

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March 27, 2025

Tampon Test May Detect Endometrial Cancer

New research from the Mayo Clinic shows promising results for a noninvasive methylated DNA marker panel that could reduce the number of unnecessary and painful biopsies in patients with abnormal uterine bleeding.

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March 27, 2025

Building and Sharing Dietary Evidence in Cancer Care

Guest Editor’s Note: Several epidemiologic studies have shown an inverse association between healthy dietary patterns and the risk of chronic diseases including cancer. Patients are often interested i...

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March 26, 2025

Sex Differences in Waist Circumference vs BMI as Risk Factors for Obesity-Related Cancers

New findings suggest that waist circumference may be a more effective risk marker for obesity-related cancers than body mass index (BMI) in male patients, emphasizing the crucial role of abdominal adiposity in cancer risk.

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March 19, 2025

Study: Sex Differences in Physician Suicide

Researchers found that female physicians had a significantly higher suicide risk than female nonphysicians.

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August 15, 2024

Are Some Uterine Tumors More Aggressive in Black Patients?

Researchers have discovered that uterine serous carcinoma tumors in Black patients tend to express more aggressive and immunosuppressive features than tumors in White patients, according to a recent s...

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