Many middle-aged and older women get mammograms every one to two years to screen for breast cancer, as recommended by their doctors. A study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates that previous mammograms hold underutilized data that could help identify women at high risk of breast cancer and even reveal which breast is likely […]
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Richard D. Brasington Jr., MD, a highly regarded professor emeritus of medicine and former director of the rheumatology fellowship training program at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, drowned April 30, 2023, while fishing in the North Fork River in Ozark, Mo. He was 71. Brasington joined the faculty in 1996 and trained dozens of medical residents and […]
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At TechNet Cyber 2023 in Baltimore, Mark Gorak, principal director for resources and analysis for the Department of Defense’s deputy chief information officer, talked about the Pentagon’s massive cyber workforce shortage and its goal to implement a cultural shift in hiring for cybersecurity and infosec roles. WHY IT MATTERS With more than 30,00 cybersecurity and infosec positions, DoD is changing […]
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A new review paper was published in Oncotarget, titled “Systemic AL amyloidosis: current approach and future direction.” In this review, researchers from SUNY Upstate Medical University, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Monmouth Medical Center, University of Balamand, Cleveland Clinic Ohio, UnityPoint Methodist, Houston Methodist Cancer Center, and Cleveland Clinic Florida report the literature on the latest treatment updates […]
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Among women with early-stage, high-risk breast cancer, strong adherence to prevention recommendations was linked with a significantly reduced risk of breast cancer recurrence and mortality in a new study. Following such recommendations surrounding smoking, physical activity (PA), eating fruits and vegetables and reducing or eliminating sugar-sweetened beverages seemed to be the most beneficial, wrote the authors of the paper published […]
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Scientists from Singapore have demonstrated the critical role played by a special transporter protein in regulating the brain cells that ensure nerves are protected by coverings called myelin sheaths. The findings, reported by researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School and the National University of Singapore in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, could help to reduce the damaging impacts of ageing on […]
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Kaley Cuoco is embracing life as a mom in a laidback way. Her newborn daughter Matilda “Tildy,” who she shares with boyfriend Tom Pelphrey, has been in her life for 5 weeks now, and Cuoco reveals she’s just “going with the flow” when it comes to getting to know the little girl. Related story Keke Palmer Jokes That Newborn Son […]
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NHS launches probe after five-year-old takes records of 150 patients to school to use as ‘drawing paper’ School staff removed the documents from the child and then alerted the NHS Read more: 500 Nigerian nurses and midwives in the UK could be struck off The NHS has launched a probe after a pupil took printed records containing details of 150 […]
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New research led by UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to predict which childhood leukemia patients are at higher risk of not responding well to chemotherapy could allow clinicians to refine treatment strategies to give the best chance of success. The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, combined U.K. trial data from 2003–2019 to see which patients […]
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