(HealthDay)—Liquid meal replacements in weight loss diets lead to modest reductions in cardiometabolic risk factors for overweight and obese patients […]
Machine learning finds multiple factors underlie cancer immunotherapy success
A University of Maryland-led research team is using a branch of artificial intelligence known as machine learning to better target […]
FIT Project turns to interdisciplinarity to understand injury factors in youth football
To address the alarming injury rate in youth footballers in Sweden, the project Injury-Free Children and Adolescents: Towards Better Practice […]
Thalidomide reveals path for targeting undruggable transcription factors for cancer treatment
Thalidomide, a morning-sickness drug recalled in the 1960s because it caused devastating birth defects, is now commonly used to treat […]
Understanding environmental factors helps researchers detect cancer earlier
Cancer epidemiologist Lifang Hou’s father was a lifelong smoker, and she urged him to quit all through her medical training. […]
Doctors often not discussing risk factors with patients
(HealthDay)—Patients report that doctors are routinely not discussing known risk factors for common causes of death, according to a survey […]
Three factors could explain physician burnout
In just three years, physician burnout increased from 45.5 percent to 54.4 percent, according to a paper authored by doctors […]
Factors examined for end-of-life spending levels in cancer care
(HealthDay)—Geographic variation in end-of-life spending can be explained by availability of services and physicians’ beliefs, but not patients’ beliefs, according […]
Simple factors that can avoid harmful side effects in type 2 diabetes
Clinicians can match people with type 2 diabetes to the right drug for them to improve control of blood sugar […]