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FridayAug 01, 2025 10:00 am

Study Identifies Genetic Marker Helpful in Guiding Brain Tumor Treatment

Researchers at the University of Kentucky have identified a key genetic biomarker that treatment teams could rely on to predict which patients having glioblastoma stand higher chances of benefiting from bevacizumab, a cancer drug. The study, whose findings were published in the journal JCO Precision Oncology, found that patients who had a genetic alteration referred to as CDK4 and were treated using bevacizumab tended to have longer survival times when compared to patients that underwent the same treatment but didn’t have this genetic change. This finding suggests that conducting tests to identify this particular genetic change could help medical teams…

ThursdayJul 31, 2025 10:00 am

New AI-Based Speech Tool Detects Possibility of Parkinson’s Disease

Computer scientists have designed an AI-based speech screening tool that could help people ascertain whether they could be exhibiting signs of Parkinson’s. The research explaining this speech tool appeared in the npj Parkinson’s Disease journal. According to the researchers, all that a person has to do is to say aloud two short sentences that contain every single letter of the alphabet, 26 letters in total. Such sentences are referred to as pangrams, and the web-based tool utilizes two such sentences. In just a matter of seconds, the AI tool is able to analyze the way in which someone has spoken…

TuesdayJul 29, 2025 10:00 am

Study Discovers That Autoantibodies in Patients Could Boost Cancer Immunotherapy

For years, oncologists have been baffled by why checkpoint inhibitors work for some cancer patients and not others. This challenge has made it difficult for these immunotherapies to be widely used since it isn’t easy to predict who will benefit and yet the treatments are currently very expensive. Now a new study whose findings appeared in the journal Nature has found that autoantibodies, the proteins known to drive autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, could be the missing link that helps checkpoint inhibitors to be more effective against different kinds of cancer and other diseases. Doctor Aaron Ring, the…

FridayJul 25, 2025 10:00 am

Survey Finds That US Healthcare Workers Worry About Personal Safety

According to a new survey, approximately 60% of workers in the U.S. healthcare sector are concerned about their personal safety while at work and these concerns are prompting many to consider quitting their positions. This situation is concerning because the healthcare industry is already facing worker shortages and those who want to leave could worsen matters. The survey found that about 21% (3 million individuals) of healthcare workers in the United States say they worry about facing verbal harassment by patients most times or each time they go to their workplaces. Reports of aggressive incidents were widespread among survey participants.…

ThursdayJul 24, 2025 10:00 am

Global Vaccination Goals at Risk as 14 Million Kids Miss Crucial Shots

Latest UN data indicates that at least 14 million kids didn’t receive life-saving shots of vaccines against tetanus, whooping cough and diphtheria in 2024. This threatens the attainment of global vaccination goals. The data shows that over two-thirds of children categorized as “zero-dose” kids (those who didn’t receive a single dose of the needed vaccinations) were in low-income and middle-income countries around the world. In 2024, approximately 115 million kids got at least a dose of the DTP vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus. This accounted for 89% of all infants around the world. 85% of the kids who got…

TuesdayJul 22, 2025 10:00 am

Unexpected Finding Potentially Opens the Door to Universal Vaccines Against Cancer

A team of researchers testing an experimental messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine managed to ramp up the ability of immunotherapy to combat tumors in a study using mouse models. This finding potentially brings scientists one step closer to developing universal vaccines that can supercharge the immune system in its fight against cancer. The team, based at University of Florida, found that using the test vaccine together with immune checkpoint inhibitors had the effect of strengthening the immune system’s ability to reduce or even eliminate tumors in the mice. What the researchers found surprising was that the anticancer effect was triggered even…

FridayJul 18, 2025 10:00 am

Individuals Who Develop Multiple Sclerosis Have More Doctor Visits Decades Before Their Diagnosis

A new study has found that individuals who are later diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) tend to visit their doctor more, are admitted to hospitals more, and visit emergency rooms more frequently decades before they are eventually diagnosed with MS in comparison to those who don’t develop the condition. This often happens more than 20 years before an MS diagnosis is made. These findings were made by researchers in Canada who used healthcare data from Ontario, the country’s province with the largest population. The study was funded by MS Canada and the National MS Society. The team conducted a retrospective…

ThursdayJul 17, 2025 10:00 am

Study Provides Valuable Insights About Non-Smokers Who Develop Lung Cancer

Lung cancer, one of the most common types of cancer, has for a long time been known to largely develop among smokers. However, recent studies have established that around one quarter of people diagnosed with lung cancer has never smoked. This has baffled the scientific community as there was no clear explanation why such a significant proportion of lung cancer patients didn’t have a history of smoking. A study has now provided key insights into the factors that could predispose many non-smokers to the development of lung cancer. This study was published in the journal Nature early this month. The…

TuesdayJul 15, 2025 10:00 am

KFF Poll Reveals the Challenges Americans Face in Meeting Their Healthcare Costs

Recent polling by KFF has provided insights into the numerous challenges that Americans face in meeting their health care costs. The poll, conducted in May and whose findings were published in June this year, shows that one of the major worries that American families face is having unexpected medical bills to pay. From the poll, the research team found that nearly half of all adults in the U.S. find it difficult to afford their health care costs. 1-in-4 of those polled also revealed that they or a member of their household had experienced problems in meeting their health care costs…

TuesdayJul 08, 2025 10:00 am

Preclinical Study Finds a Way to Reverse Symptoms of Parkinson’s in Mice

University of Sydney researchers have, for the first time ever, targeted a malfunctioning protein in mice having symptoms akin to Parkinson’s symptoms and successfully improved motor function in the mice. This breakthrough finding could open the door to finding a similar way to treat Parkinson’s disease in humans. For more than 10 years, the team worked to establish the biological mechanisms which underpin Parkinson’s. Their interest was in uncovering new ways to slow the progression of the disease or even treat it. In 2017, they published research documenting SOD1 protein abnormalities within the brain and showed that these abnormalities were…