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Genetic counseling for familial colorectal cancer can provide significant improvements in patient empowerment

June 11, 2023 administration 0 Comments cancer, colorectal, counseling, Empowerment, familial, genetic, improvements, MedicalXpress, patient, provide, Significant

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Genetic counseling is essential when dealing with individuals who are affected by, or at risk of,

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Scientists get closer to a better PSA test

June 10, 2023 administration 0 Comments closer, PsA, Scientists, Test

The most common screening test for prostate cancer so often returns a false positive result that it’s no longer recommended

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How COVID lockdowns distorted our sense of time—new research

June 10, 2023 administration 0 Comments COVID, distorted, lockdowns, MedicalXpress, Research, sense, timenew

Credit: Brian A Jackson/Shutterstock The perception of time is a psychological phenomenon, meaning external factors can modify the way we

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Similar symptoms, biological abnormalities underlie long COVID and chronic fatigue syndrome

June 10, 2023 administration 0 Comments abnormalities, Biological, chronic, COVID, fatigue, long, Similar, symptoms, syndrome, underlie

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome are debilitating conditions with similar symptoms. Neither condition has

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Alzheimer’s drug gets FDA panel’s backing, setting the stage for broader use

June 10, 2023 administration 0 Comments Alzheimers, backing, broader, drug, FDA, MedicalXpress, panels, setting, stage

This Dec. 21, 2022, image provided by Eisai in January 2023 shows vials and packaging for their medication Leqembi. On

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Study finds bat-borne sarbecoviruses spilled over in Southeast Asia pre-pandemic

June 10, 2023 administration 0 Comments asia, batborne, finds, MedicalXpress, prepandemic, sarbecoviruses, Southeast, Spilled, study

Elephant loggers bring in a timber harvest in Myanmar. Credit: Tierra Smiley Evans/UC Davis A virus previously found only in

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Smoke safety—what to know and how to keep safe with poor air quality

June 10, 2023 administration 0 Comments air, poor, quality, safe, safetywhat, smoke

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The air is thick, a yellowish gray blanketing the mid-Atlantic region. Streets are empty and quiet;

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Mouse models of adolescent binge drinking reveal key long-lasting brain changes

June 10, 2023 administration 0 Comments Adolescent, binge, brain, drinking, key, Longlasting, MedicalXpress, models, mouse, reveal

Adolescent DID does not alter the density of SST cells in the PL cortex. (A) Top row, representative images of

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FDA panel backs RSV vaccine for infants, some toddlers

June 10, 2023 administration 0 Comments backs, FDA, infants, MedicalXpress, Panel, RSV, Toddlers, vaccine

A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday recommended that the agency approve an RSV vaccine for infants

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Smoke from wildfires is especially tough if you have asthma. Here’s how to protect yourself

June 10, 2023 administration 0 Comments Asthma, heres, MedicalXpress, protect, smoke, tough, wildfires

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Raging Canadian wildfires are still darkening the skies of American cities, and while the dirty air

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Thesis on new treatment approaches for multiple myeloma

June 10, 2023 administration 0 Comments approaches, multiple, Myeloma, Thesis, treatment

Micrograph of a plasmacytoma, the histologic correlate of multiple myeloma. H&E stain. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 Maria Karvouni from the

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Almost all blood donors had SARS-CoV-2 antibodies by third quarter of 2022

June 10, 2023 administration 0 Comments antibodies, blood, donors, MedicalXpress, Quarter, SARSCoV2

Almost all blood donors had severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodies from previous infection or vaccination by the

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Training breaks viewed positively by educators as well as doctors, new research shows

June 10, 2023 administration 0 Comments breaks, doctors, educators, MedicalXpress, positively, Research, shows, training, viewed

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The growing trend for trainee doctors to take a break after completing their foundation training is

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Black, Hispanic survivors of breast cancer have higher death rates from second cancers

June 10, 2023 administration 0 Comments black, breast, cancer, cancers, death, higher, hispanic, rates, Survivors

This graphic shows the percent of cancer deaths from a second cancer among breast cancer survivors over time. Each color

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Do you use a patient portal? Study finds differences between portal users versus nonusers

June 10, 2023 administration 0 Comments differences, finds, MedicalXpress, nonusers, patient, Portal, study, users

Credit: CC0 Public Domain People who sign up for and use their healthcare provider’s online portal differ in some key

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Will the new vaccines prevent Lyme disease? And when will they be available?

June 10, 2023 administration 0 Comments disease, Lyme, MedicalXpress, prevent, vaccines

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Cases of Lyme disease are exploding across the United States, but don’t expect a magic bullet

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First national plan to combat sexually transmitted infections could face obstacles

June 10, 2023 administration 0 Comments combat, Face, infections, MedicalXpress, national, obstacles, plan, sexually, transmitted

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The Biden administration on Thursday issued its new multiagency plan to address rising rates of sexually

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New paper lays the foundations for patient and public involvement in basic immunology research

June 10, 2023 administration 0 Comments Basic, Foundations, Immunology, involvement, lays, paper, patient, public, Research

Methods section of the PPI poster at the UK-CIC virtual conference. Credit: Research Involvement and Engagement (2023). DOI: 10.1186/s40900-023-00446-1 Building