A student has shown that surgery is associated with higher survival rates for patients with HER2-positive stage 4 breast cancer…
Digital device overload linked to obesity risk
If your attention gets diverted in different directions by smartphones and other digital devices, take note: Media multitasking has now…
Study debunks ‘depression genes’ hypotheses
A new study assessing data from 620,000 individuals found that the 18 most highly-studied candidate genes for depression are no…
Potential fix for hospital star rating program
Allowing for more quality measures in the federal government’s Quality Star Rating program would create a fairer and more equitable…
Minute levels of disease detected with nanotechnology-enhanced biochip
The difficulty in spotting minute amounts of disease circulating in the bloodstream has proven a stumbling block in the detection…
‘NarcoLogic’ computer model shows unintended consequences of cocaine interdiction
Efforts to curtail the flow of cocaine into the United States from South America have made drug trafficking operations more…
New role for a driver of metastatic cancers
Metastatic ovarian, prostate and breast cancers are notoriously difficult to treat and often deadly. Now, researchers have revealed a new…
Berkeley’s soda tax election changed drinking habits months before prices went up
Berkeley’s soda tax election may have played a major role in changing drinking habits in the city, a new study…
Parasitology: Exotic signaling mechanism in pathogens
The unicellular parasite that causes sleeping sickness differs from other eukaryotes in the mode of regulation of an essential cellular…
Caring for an older adult with cancer comes with emotional challenges for caregivers, too
Until now, no large study has evaluated whether or not caring for older adults with advanced cancer is linked to…