February 21, 2025

Environmental vs. Genetic Risk in Aging and Mortality

Researchers quantify the exposome's greater impact on aging and mortality risk compared with genetic predisposition, identifying 25 key environmental risk factors.

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February 21, 2025

How Telehealth Is Broadening Access to Early Palliative Care and Improving Outcomes for Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer

Although national guidelines, including ASCO’s palliative care guideline,1 call for the early integration of palliative and oncology care for patients with advanced cancer, only 36% of those with a ve...

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February 21, 2025

Lung-MAP 3.0: Simplifying the Process to Meet Patients’ Needs

The Lung Cancer Master Protocol (Lung-MAP) is an innovative clinical trial designed to efficiently address the unmet needs of patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) following front-...

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February 21, 2025

Oyster Proteins Supercharge Common Antibiotics' Power

New research reveals that antimicrobial proteins extracted from Sydney Rock Oyster hemolymph can enhance conventional antibiotic effectiveness up to 32-fold against drug-resistant bacteria while showing no toxicity to human cells.

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February 20, 2025

Youth Pulmonary Embolism Trends Identified

A large-scale cohort study reveals that early detection, accurate diagnostics, and personalized treatment plans significantly improve survival rates in pulmonary embolism patients by addressing key risk factors and optimizing therapeutic strategies.

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February 20, 2025

Smoking Cessation Intervention Effective in Opioid Users

Providing nicotine replacement and behavioral support at opioid agonist therapy clinics helped patients halve their cigarette consumption, study finds.

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February 20, 2025

ADHD Symptoms Linked to Higher Tobacco Use in Youths

Youths with ADHD symptoms had significantly greater odds of nicotine and tobacco use, highlighting the need for early diagnosis and treatment, researchers found.

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February 19, 2025

Hospital Occupancy to Reach 85% by 2035

The projection is driven by a decline in staffed beds and an aging population.

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February 18, 2025

Are Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Effective in Hospitalized Patients With Cancer?

Investigators have assessed the survival rates of patients with cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors in a hospital setting.

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