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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 …

Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct.1, 2025. Gregorio Borgia/AP hide caption toggle caption Gregorio Borgia/AP VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the …

This ex-Yankee believes Jazz Chisholm had every right to have some beef with his manager. Former outfielder and YES Network analyst Cameron Maybin quote tweeted a clip of Chisholm speaking to the media with his back turned after not starting Tuesday’s 3-1 Game 1 wild-card loss to the Red Sox and said the second baseman had every right to be …

Jordan RaananSep 29, 2025, 03:34 PM ET Close Jordan Raanan covers the New York Giants for ESPN and can be heard hosting on ESPN Radio. Raanan joined ESPN in 2016. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants co-owner John Mara revealed Monday that he was recently diagnosed with cancer. Mara, who serves as the team’s president and CEO, was at …

For nearly two decades, just a passing mention of Erin Sullivan-Wagner’s cancer was enough to ‘quiet a room.’ At the end of 2007, the Iowa mother-of-four had noticed specks of blood dotting her toilet paper. At first, the then 48-year-old assumed she was one of the one-in-20 Americans suffering from hemorrhoids, which most often plague middle-aged and post-menopausal women. But …

Many people lightheartedly joke about “having PTSD” (posttraumatic stress disorder) after unpleasant life experiences. But those who live with this debilitating condition know that it’s anything but a joke. The American Psychiatric Association states that PTSD “is a psychiatric disorder that may occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event such as a natural disaster, a serious …

A major clinical trial led by Swedish researchers has revealed that a common, inexpensive drug could play a powerful new role in the fight against colon and rectal cancer. Credit: Stock Low-dose aspirin significantly reduced colorectal cancer recurrence in genetically defined patients. A team of researchers led by Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital has demonstrated in a new randomized …

Nineteen people were treated at UVA Health University Medical Center following the field storming that occurred after Virginia’s 46-38 upset of No. 8 Florida State on Friday night, according to the university. The nature of the injuries was not disclosed due to the health system policy. There was a second incident outside the stadium, where an altercation occurred. The university …