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As focused ultrasound heats and damages tumours, it seems to make these tissues more visible to the immune system “Radiation therapy does cure cancer, but it does also cause a lot of long-term side effects,” Sharma says. If its effects can be enhanced thanks to ultrasound-stimulated microbubbles, she says, doctors could theoretically use lower doses to achieve the same treatment …

A common hair loss drug that promises to halt a receding hairline has been linked to suicide, a new study suggests. Finasteride, sold under the brand name Propecia and available by prescription, has surged in popularity in recent years after doctors said it could slow male hair loss with little more than a pill a day. But as more men …

A potential new therapy for diabetics has been discovered that could prove to be a major breakthrough in the management of type 2 diabetes.   The latest research centers on a specific gene, SMOC1. In healthy individuals, this gene is typically active only in alpha cells, which produce glucagon, a hormone that regulates blood sugar levels, to raise blood sugar.  However, …

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers want the hip-hop mogul sent to a low-security federal prison in New Jersey to serve his four-year, two-month prison sentence, telling a judge Monday that the facility’s drug treatment program will help him stay clean.  In a letter, Combs’ lawyers urged the judge presiding over his case, Arun Subramanian, to “strongly recommend” that the federal Bureau …

Paul Raish started his career as a naturopathic doctor, trying to figure out how to address his own health issues. More than 20 years later, he said his practice has helped others find solutions that traditional medicine couldn’t.   Walking through his south Kalispell clinic, The Natural Path, Raish explains what each machine does for patients.   He stops to …

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers want the hip-hop mogul sent to a low-security federal prison in New Jersey to serve his four-year, two-month prison sentence, telling a judge Monday that the facility’s drug treatment program will help him stay clean. In a letter, Combs’ lawyers urged the judge presiding over his case, Arun Subramanian, to “strongly recommend” …

Many pharmaceutical drugs come with an ominous list of risks, but the devil is in the details. How likely and dangerous are the side effects, and how do those hazards compare with whatever treatment the drug is meant to provide? According to a new study, questions like those may not have received enough attention for one particular drug over the …

Like with many niche treatments, the purported benefits of leucovorin began spreading in the autism community via word of mouth. For decades, some parents have sworn that folinic acid, a dietary supplement, improved their autistic children’s ability to speak and communicate, and some doctors would prescribe leucovorin, a drug with the same key ingredient. But the drug’s cult status is …

A new study suggests fat deposits in the brain may play a larger role in Alzheimer’s disease than previously thought. This could open a new avenue for potential treatment. Research has long focused on proteins found abnormally clumping in brains with neurodegeneration, but targeting these clumps has so far produced mixed results. So some researchers continue to search for missing …

Sample collection All enrolled patients were consented to an institutional biospecimen banking protocol and MSK-IMPACT testing42, and all analyses were performed per a biospecimen research protocol. Eligible patients had International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage III to IV HGSOC with diagnosis verified through clinicopathological review. All protocols were approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer …