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A brain scan may one day help predict psychiatric hospitalisation — but the evidence presented is still too thin
16/04

A brain scan may one day help predict psychiatric hospitalisation — but the evidence presented is still too thin

A brain scan may one day help predict psychiatric hospitalisation — but the evidence presented is still too thin Few areas of medicine live with as much predictive uncertainty as psychiatry. A patient may appear relatively stable in clinic and then,...

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How pancreatic cancer begins: new research reinforces that the disease may start when a precancerous growth stops repairing and starts progressing
16/04

How pancreatic cancer begins: new research reinforces that the disease may start when a precancerous growth stops repairing and starts progressing

How pancreatic cancer begins: new research reinforces that the disease may start when a precancerous growth stops repairing and starts progressing Pancreatic cancer remains one of the most feared diagnoses in oncology. That is partly because it is so...

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Syphilis is rising again and can lead to stroke, hearing loss, and devastating pregnancy harms — but the supplied evidence does not confirm a broad heart-attack risk
15/04

Syphilis is rising again and can lead to stroke, hearing loss, and devastating pregnancy harms — but the supplied evidence does not confirm a broad heart-attack risk

Syphilis is rising again and can lead to stroke, hearing loss, and devastating pregnancy harms — but the supplied evidence does not confirm a broad heart-attack risk For a while, syphilis seemed like the kind of disease that belonged more to medical...

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A free online tool may help improve opioid safety — but it is too early to treat it as a proven fix
15/04

A free online tool may help improve opioid safety — but it is too early to treat it as a proven fix

A free online tool may help improve opioid safety — but it is too early to treat it as a proven fix In medicine, opioids occupy one of the most difficult spaces to manage well. They can be essential for acute severe pain, cancer pain, and certain car...

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Loneliness may be linked to degenerative heart valve disease risk — but the evidence provided is too thin to treat that as established
15/04

Loneliness may be linked to degenerative heart valve disease risk — but the evidence provided is too thin to treat that as established

Loneliness may be linked to degenerative heart valve disease risk — but the evidence provided is too thin to treat that as established The relationship between loneliness and physical health is no longer treated as just an emotional-wellbeing issue....

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How people think through a test may matter for dementia risk — but science has not yet established it as a clinical predictor
15/04

How people think through a test may matter for dementia risk — but science has not yet established it as a clinical predictor

How people think through a test may matter for dementia risk — but science has not yet established it as a clinical predictor For years, the logic behind cognitive testing seemed fairly straightforward: if someone remembers less, gets fewer items rig...

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A new strategy may help predict which colorectal cancer patients will respond best to treatment — but precision oncology is still refining the method
15/04

A new strategy may help predict which colorectal cancer patients will respond best to treatment — but precision oncology is still refining the method

A new strategy may help predict which colorectal cancer patients will respond best to treatment — but precision oncology is still refining the method In colorectal cancer care, one of the most important questions often arrives before medicine has a f...

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Exercising at the right time may help the heart — but science has not yet shown that matching workouts to chronotype lowers cardiovascular risk
15/04

Exercising at the right time may help the heart — but science has not yet shown that matching workouts to chronotype lowers cardiovascular risk

Exercising at the right time may help the heart — but science has not yet shown that matching workouts to chronotype lowers cardiovascular risk For a long time, cardiovascular prevention was framed in fairly simple terms: move more, eat better, sleep...

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Platinum-resistant ovarian cancer remains one of oncology’s hardest settings — and new combinations offer hope, with caution
14/04

Platinum-resistant ovarian cancer remains one of oncology’s hardest settings — and new combinations offer hope, with caution

Platinum-resistant ovarian cancer remains one of oncology’s hardest settings — and new combinations offer hope, with caution In ovarian cancer treatment, the phrase platinum-resistant changes the clinical picture dramatically. It signals that the dis...

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