When you’re having trouble sleeping, light is the last thing you assume you need. But according to a pilot study attempting to solve insomnia among lung cancer patients led by University at Buffalo sleep researcher Grace Dean, light ...
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Putnam Hospital Center in Carmel, NY, is leading by example when it comes to promoting healthy lifestyle choices and encouraging workplace wellness. The CEO Roundtable on Cancer has accredited Putnam Hospital Center with the CEO Cancer Gold ...
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A new study has found that adolescents and young adults undergoing cancer treatment gain coping skills and resilience-related outcomes when they participate in a therapeutic music process that includes writing song lyrics and producing ...
Folic acid supplements at levels consumed by breast cancer patients and survivors in North America promoted the growth of existing breast cancer in rats, new research found. The role of folate, a B vitamin, and its synthetic form, folic ...
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IBM is spending $1 billion to give Watson its own New York City–based business division as it seeks commercial applications for its Jeopardy-winning supercomputer in healthcare and other fields. But will medical companies truly find a ...
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A certain type of diabetes drug may lower cancer risk in women with type 2 diabetes by up to one-third, while another type may increase the risk, according to a new study. Cleveland Clinic researchers analyzed data from more than 25,600 ...
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Men who keep smoking after being diagnosed with cancer are more likely to die than those who quit smoking, a new study shows. The findings demonstrate that it's not too late to stop smoking after being diagnosed with cancer, researchers ...
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Money problems can prevent women from getting recommended breast cancer treatments, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed data from more than 1,300 women in the Seattle-Puget Sound area who were diagnosed with breast cancer between ...
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Cancer patients in rural areas are more likely than those in cities to retire early and less likely to get paid disability while undergoing treatment, a new study finds. The findings indicate that rural cancer patients are more likely to ...
A novel microfluidics device by IBM could be a boon to the oncology market. The new device can assist oncologists in identifying different types of cancer, offering several improvements over existing biopsy techniques. When a patient has ...
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Berg has signed a cooperative research and development agreement with the US Department of Defense, to advance prostate cancer research. The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' (USU) Center for Prostate Disease Research ...
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Pathwork Diagnostics, a US-based developer of genomics-based diagnostics in oncology, has entered into a collaboration agreement with Kindstar Global to provide its FDA cleared in vitro diagnostic (IVD) kit version of the Pathwork Tissue of ...
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MolecularMD has obtained an exclusive license to LKB1 for diagnostic, prognostic and predictive uses in non-small cell lung cancer patients. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Massachusetts General Hospital, the University of North ...
Sunbeds are putting young people at a greater risk of skin cancer than previously thought. A laboratory study by the University of Dundee has found that the average skin cancer risk from using one of the beds is over double that of ...
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Laserwelt has entered into an agreement to distribute Verisante Technology's non-invasive optical system, designed for the evaluation of skin lesions that may be clinically suspicious for melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma and/or basal cell ...
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