SAN DIEGO — With just five fractions of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), men with low- or intermediate-risk prostate cancer can have 5-year disease control as good as that provided by conventional external-beam radiation therapy delivered at higher doses in 20-39 fractions, according to new data from the phase 3 randomized PACE-B trial. Overall, the 5-year event-free survival rates were […]
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Slideshow ( 2 images )(Reuters) -Eli Lilly and Co said on Wednesday that the head of its diabetes and obesity division, Mike Mason, will retire by the end of the year after more than three decades with the drugmaker. Mason oversaw the late-stage development of tirzepatide, Lilly’s potential blockbuster that is sold under the brand name Mounjaro for diabetes and […]
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In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, a team of researchers from Vanderbilt University examined the potential role of the Chat-Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (ChatGPT) in providing medical information to patients and health professionals. Study: Accuracy and Reliability of Chatbot Responses to Physician Questions. Image Credit: CkyBe / Shutterstock Background ChatGPT is widely used for various purposes nowadays. This large language model (LLM) […]
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Reviewed Researchers from Karolinska Institutet have published a study in Alzheimer's Research & Therapy that addresses possible associations between chronic stress, mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease. The study shows how people aged between 18 and 65 with a previous diagnosis of chronic stress and depression were more likely than other people to be diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment or […]
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A machine learning model equipped with only data on people’s age, smoking duration and the number of cigarettes smoked per day can predict lung cancer risk and identify who needs lung cancer screening, risperdal e iperprolattinemia according to a new study published in the open access journal PLOS Medicine by Thomas Callender of University College London, UK, and colleagues. Lung […]
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It’s a week before my period, and my insides are exploding like fireworks. I’m running a fever, the skin on my distended stomach is stretched out like a canvas, my legs feel leaden – dead weights that can only transport me from the bedroom to the bathroom. I lie in bed with a heating pad on high in the middle […]
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HIV cases among African-born Brits outnumber those from UK for first time in a decade Data from the UKHSA shows 3,805 people were diagnosed with HIV in England Some 700 were born in Britain, a record low, while 1,179 were born in Africa More HIV cases were diagnosed among people born in Africa than the UK last year, official figures show. […]
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New malaria vaccine is only the 2nd to win an endorsement from the World Health Organization – and this shot is more effective and less expensive The new shot was 75% effective for a year without significant waning over time Demand far outpaces supply and vaccine makers pledged 100M doses annually READ MORE: Climate change is making mosquitoes GIANT and more […]
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