PET scans are becoming more important for tracking Alzheimer’s treatment response, but they still cannot tell on their own who will benefit most For years, Alzheimer’s disease was largely managed through symptoms, clinical observation, and slow chang...
Continue readingA common deworming drug is emerging as a low-cost brain cancer candidate, but clinical benefit remains unproven Few ideas in oncology attract as much interest as the possibility of repurposing an already familiar, inexpensive, widely available drug f...
Continue readingPoor sleep habits may be linked to an older-looking brain on imaging, but the relationship is still observational For a long time, sleep was treated almost like a negotiable luxury of modern life. Sleeping less, waking up tired, feeling sleepy throug...
Continue readingAI may help eye doctors detect retinal disease faster, but it does not replace the specialist Few areas of medicine look as naturally suited to artificial intelligence as ophthalmology. Much of the work depends on images: retinal fundus photographs,...
Continue readingCombination therapies are reshaping advanced kidney cancer care, but a new experimental regimen still calls for caution Treatment for advanced kidney cancer, especially advanced renal cell carcinoma, has entered a very different era. For many years,...
Continue readingNitric oxide may help explain part of Alzheimer’s biology, but still as a mechanistic clue — not a final answer For years, Alzheimer’s disease was explained mainly through two dominant characters: beta-amyloid plaques and tau tangles. Those remain ce...
Continue readingSemaglutide and other GLP-1 drugs are gaining ground after bariatric surgery when weight loss falls short Bariatric surgery is often presented as a turning point in obesity treatment. In many cases, it truly is. It can lead to substantial weight loss...
Continue readingBrain inflammation still cannot be ruled out in long COVID — and the evidence remains unsettled More than four years after the start of the pandemic, one of the hardest questions in medicine still has no simple answer: what is actually driving the pe...
Continue readingAdvanced imaging is making brain cancer treatment more precise — and more personalised When it comes to brain cancer, imaging has never been just a picture. It helps answer some of the most important questions in care: where the tumour is, how far it...
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