How Dangerous Is It for Lung Cancer Patients to Skip Radiation Treatments?
TUESDAY, Oct. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As doctors work toward developing more personalized cancer care, a new study looks at whether lung cancer patients can miss a few days of radiation treatment and make them up with a higher dose. The more trea…
Learn MoreVideo Games May Bring Cognitive Benefits to Kids: Study
MONDAY, Oct. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — School-age kids who spend hours a day playing video games may outperform their peers on certain tests of mental agility, a new study suggests.Researchers found that compared with children who never played vide…
Learn MoreNivolumab Promising for Treatment of Advanced Cutaneous SCC
MONDAY, Oct. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (aCSCC), first-line treatment with nivolumab shows robust antitumor activity and good tolerability, according to a study published online Oct. 24 in Cancer.Rodrig…
Learn MoreSmoking Tied to Earlier Death in Dialysis Patients
MONDAY, Oct. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Current and former smokers face worse outcomes while undergoing dialysis, according to a study published online Oct. 12 in Nephrology.Sibel G. Bek, M.D., from Kocaeli University Hospital in Turkey, and colleag…
Learn MoreScience Reveals Genes That Help Drive Dyslexia
MONDAY, Oct. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Some children struggle to read or spell because of a condition called dyslexia that is known to run in families. Now, researchers report they have pinpointed a large number of genes responsible for the disorde…
Learn MoreUn tratamiento de ‘arreglo’ celular se muestra promisorio para la ELA en un pequeño estudio
JUEVES, 20 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Unos investigadores han logrado un progreso inicial hacia un nuevo método para tratar la esclerosis lateral amiotrófica (ELA), una letal enfermedad del cerebro: usar las células T del sistema inmunitar…
Learn MoreEven a Pasted-On Smile Can Lighten Your Mood
FRIDAY, Oct. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If you’re feeling a little low, smile anyway. That alone could shift your mood.This idea is known as the facial feedback hypothesis, and researchers set out to either prove or disprove the theory in a new glob…
Learn MoreHair Straightening Product Use Linked to Uterine Cancer
THURSDAY, Oct. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Use of hair straightening products appears to be associated with incident uterine cancer, according to a study published online Oct. 17 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.Che-Jung Chang, Ph.D., …
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