A specially developed scorecard to assess the condition of elderly patients with cancer makes it easier for doctors to determine
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New potential risk factor for heart failure
The measure is called leg bioimpedance. Body composition machines use bioimpedance to calculate body fat by measuring how easily weak
Continue reading »New guidelines increase melanoma staging reproducibility
(HealthDay)—Greater reproducibility and higher concordance are seen for melanoma staging with the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) classification of
Continue reading »Amazonian psychedelic may ease severe depression, new study shows
“Leon” is a young Brazilian man who has long struggled with depression. He keeps an anonymous blog, in Portuguese, where
Continue reading »New combined treatment shows promise in hepatocellular carcinoma
Researchers from the Metabolism and Cancer group at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), led by Dr. Sara Kozma, have
Continue reading »New regulatory axis revealed for the cancer relevant matrix metalloprotease MMP14
Membrane-associated metalloprotease, MMP14, plays a significant role in different cancer tissues – for instance in breast cancer and melanoma patients
Continue reading »New drugs are improving survival times for patients with aggressive type of blood cancer, study finds
Survival times for a highly aggressive type of blood cancer have nearly doubled over the last decade due to the
Continue reading »New technology helps to improve treatment for NHS patients with depression
A new web-based “feedback” technology which allows therapists to accurately monitor how patients with depression are coping has been found
Continue reading »Study reveals new therapeutic target for slowing the spread of flu virus
Influenza A (flu A) hijacks host proteins for viral RNA splicing and blocking these interactions caused replication of the virus
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