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Measuring Breast Tumor DNA in Blood Can Keep Disease in Check Longer
People with a specific breast cancer subtype whose therapy was changed based on results of a liquid biopsy had significantly longer time to disease…
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Neil Osterweil
Editorial: Kennedy to NIH Staff: Don’t Publish. The Rest of Us Can Perish
RFK Jr’s plans to bar federal scientists from publishing in established journals are just plain dumb.
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Neil Osterweil
Commentary: Social media use, depression and our need for answers
Parents, teachers, doctors and young people themselves are worried about the use of social media, but our deep dive into one study unpicks some of the…
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Liam Andrew Davenport
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In health outcomes, money talks
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First engineered T-cell therapy put to the test in solid tumors
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Commentary: How to start a pandemic, in one easy lesson
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Editorial: In Donald Trump’s World, Ignorance is Strength, Sickness is Health
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Living well with breast cancer, and the latest breakthroughs
From targeted therapies and artificial intelligence to the unique challenges faced by younger women, experts at ESMO Breast Cancer 2025 say treatments…
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Liam Andrew Davenport
Short Takes: New obesity drug triumphs, online clinics shine
A new obesity drug outperforms the competition; online clinics deliver weight loss at lower doses, indicates research presented at the presented at the…
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Liam Andrew Davenport
Short Takes: Alarm bells over the food we eat, and the food we give
Ultra-processed foods may contribute to thousands of preventable early deaths each year; and many leading baby food pouches are low in vital nutrients…
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Liam Andrew Davenport
Short Takes: Thicker Than Water, Cheaper Than Beer
In which we take a look at two recent bloody interesting medical stories.
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Neil Osterweil
Have healthcare workers got it all wrong in tackling teenage obesity?
Rates of overweight and obesity have risen markedly in adolescents in England over the last 15 years, show data at the 2025 European Congress on…
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Liam Andrew Davenport
Could CBD cannabis extract alleviate autism spectrum disorder?
Cannabidiol cannabis extract may help people with autism spectrum disorder be more responsive in social situations and reduce anxiety, suggests research…
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Liam Andrew Davenport
The fix is in: stopping cancer cells from repairing themselves
Blocking the interactions that allow DNA repair genes to do their job could be a novel strategy for treating cancers, say researchers in Switzerland.
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Neil Osterweil
Lowest earners most likely to lack access to mental healthcare
People in the lowest socioeconomic groups and with the least education have the highest unmet mental health needs, indicates research presented at the…
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Liam Andrew Davenport
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