Personalized prevention strategies may lower Alzheimer's risk by targeting individual factors

How can we influence whether we develop Alzheimer's disease later in life? Neurodegeneration researchers at the Institute for ...

From immune evasion to activation: A new cancer vaccine strategy

A research team led by Professor Chen Peng from the College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering at Peking University has ...

Smartphone apps triple long-term quit rates compared to minimal smoking cessation support

Smartphone apps—particularly those based on psychological theories—are three times as effective as no/minimal support at ...

Report reveals 5-year relative survival rates for all cancers up to 70% in the US

Five-year relative survival rates for all cancers combined have increased to 70% for people diagnosed during 2015 to 2021 in ...

Fear of legal consequences and institutional secrecy prevent learning from medical errors, expert argues

Medical errors remain one of the leading causes of death worldwide, rivaling heart disease and cancer. Yet while medicine has ...

Postoperative complications of medical tourism may cost NHS up to £20,000/patient, data indicate

The postoperative complications of medical tourism may be costing the NHS up to £20,000 per patient, suggest the findings of ...

FDA raises cheese recall to highest risk after Listeria found

Federal regulators have escalated a nationwide cheese recall to their most serious warning level after lab tests confirmed ...

New drug candidate reverses metabolic liver disease and fibrosis, pre-clinical data show

Researchers at McMaster University are leading preclinical studies into a novel drug candidate developed by Espervita ...

Increased levels of Alzheimer's-linked protein found in some with long COVID

A study of 227 individuals who experienced neurocognitive difficulties post COVID-19 infection—such as headaches, vertigo, ...

Brain neurons process salience, valence and value separately to understand what is important—and what isn't

The sound of a fire alarm tells us to get out quickly to not get hurt, while the sight of a gas station sign can signal a ...

Genetic risk factor and viral infection jointly contribute to multiple sclerosis, study suggests

Recent findings suggest that the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is involved in both causing multiple sclerosis (MS) and shaping its ...

Study links burn pit smoke exposure to increased lung particle burden in post-9/11 veterans

A new study led by researchers at National Jewish Health provides quantitative evidence linking burn pit smoke exposure during military deployment to increases in harmful carbon-based particles in the ...