Treatments for childhood cancer are often intense and carry the risk of lifelong health problems for survivors. An analysis of 23,600 childhood cancer survivors in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study
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New mechanism behind Parkinson’s disease revealed
Parkinson’s disease is a debilitating neurological illness that affects approximately 10 million people worldwide. It is marked by a progressive decline in physical function, the most iconic being uncontrollable tremors,
New mechanism behind Parkinson’s disease revealed
Parkinson’s disease is a debilitating neurological illness that affects approximately 10 million people worldwide. It is marked by a progressive decline in physical function, the most iconic being uncontrollable tremors,
Pregnancy after breast cancer does not increase chance of recurrence
Findings from a retrospective study of 1,200 women provide reassurance to breast cancer survivors who are contemplating pregnancy. In the study, women who became pregnant after an early breast cancer
Breastfeeding may protect against chronic pain after Caesarean section
C-sections account for around a quarter of all births in the UK, USA, and Canada. Chronic pain (lasting for more than 3 months) after C-section affects around 1 in 5
Questions raised over physician-assisted suicide
The European Association for Palliative Care defines physician-assisted suicide as a physician intentionally helping a person to terminate his or her life by providing drugs for self-administration at the person’s
Binge and high-intensity drinking is increasing for US young adults in their late 20s
In a study funded jointly by the National Institute for Drug Abuse and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, researchers examined national longitudinal data from the Monitoring the
Economists find improved electricity storage leads to innovation, efficiency
The paper, “From fossil fuels to renewables: The role of electricity storage,” also offers evidence that better storage technology boosts the efficiency of the entire electricity sector. However, it calls
Populist radical right a threat to core values of medicine and public health
Greer, Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, describes how in the UK the country’s only important populist radical right party
The part of rice we don’t eat may be highly nutritious
Professor Elizabeth Ryan, the corresponding author said: “A single serving of rice bran — 28 grams according to USDA — delivers more than half of a person’s daily requirements of
Spanish Plant misclassified for 176 years
The genus Linaria has about 150 species distributed throughout Europe, North Africa, and central and western Asia, but its main centre of diversity is in the Iberian Peninsula and the
‘Miracle material’ discovery could end cracked smart devices
Dr Elton Santos from Queen’s University’s School of Mathematics and Physics, has been working with a team of top-notch scientists from Stanford University, University of California, California State University and
Deep magma reservoirs are key to volcanic ‘super-eruptions,’ new research suggests
Large reservoirs of magma stored deep in Earth’s crust are key to producing some of Earth’s most powerful volcanic eruptions, new research has shown. In a new study, an international
Knowledge by simplification: Scientists explore strong force
The recent publication concerns the so-called “strong force” that plays a crucial role for the existence of matter in the visible universe. Just how exactly this mechanism, fundamentally described by
New therapeutic attack point: Scientists find off-switch for the mTor complex
The important control functions of the mTor kinase influence cell metabolism, division and growth. For example, the molecular control unit ensures the production of new proteins or the storage of
