Search Result For: cancers

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Date: 2024/11/03 - 18:50

How Ozempic, GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs Affect the Brain to Curb Substance Misuse

A recent study found significant reductions in opioid overdose and alcohol misuse among people taking GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic. These medications interact with a part of the brain that can help suppress appetite, which may also help curb addictive behaviors.

A scientist looks into a microscope to examine cancer cells

Date: 2024/11/03 - 00:50

Combination therapy shows promise against triple-negative breast cancer

A combination of two types of therapeutic agents selectively killed breast cancer cells in a clinical trial, offering hope for a new treatment for triple-negative breast cancer.

Date: 2024/11/03 - 00:50

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic may protect brain health, several studies show

A review of the recent evidence suggests that GLP-1 drugs, such as semaglutide, could protect brain health and cognitive function by reducing inflammation.

white dog with black spots sleeping in front of someone's feet clad in bright green sneakers

Date: 2024/11/03 - 00:50

Sleep, stress, and gut imbalances may impact colorectal cancer progression

A new study shows that stress can affect colorectal cancer progression by altering gut balance. It comes in the wake of research highlighting the importance of sleep to gut health and tumor progression.

Date: 2024/11/03 - 00:50

How the brain flushes out toxic proteins that may lead to cognitive decline

Recent research zooms in on the brain's own 'waste-disposal' system, with the aim of uncovering potential strategies to protect brain health and prevent cognitive decline.

Date: 2024/11/03 - 00:50

How do hormonal IUDs affect breast cancer risk?

A recent study has, for the first time, looked at how hormonal intrauterine device (IUD) use can affect a person's risk of breast cancer.

Date: 2024/11/03 - 00:50

Could a pro-oxidant supplement help slow down prostate cancer progression?

A precursor of vitamin K may help slow down prostate cancer progression, a recent study conducted in mouse models of suggests.

Date: 2024/10/27 - 18:08

NIH clinical trial will test precision medicine treatments for myeloid cancers

Researchers will seek to accelerate the discovery of more tailored treatments for these aggressive cancers of the blood and bone marrow.

Medical illustration of stage 2 bladder cancer

Date: 2024/10/19 - 19:40

Immunotherapy after surgery helps people with high-risk bladder cancer live cancer-free longer

NIH clinical trial results expand treatment options for this disease.

Date: 2024/10/19 - 19:40

New cancer diagnoses did not rebound as expected following pandemic

NIH analysis of 2021 cancer incidence data finds that missed diagnoses were not accounted for.