Surgeons are refining stomach cancer operations with techniques designed to preserve part of the stomach, reduce reflux and dumping syndrome, and help patients maintain better nutrition and more normal eating after treatment.
BIOPATTERN has recruited its 100th patient and expanded to eight NHS cardiac centres as researchers test whether blood sampled directly around coronary plaques can reveal patient-specific disease mechanisms.
A Florida father who thought persistent knee pain was gout was diagnosed with high-risk acute myeloid leukemia. After entering a clinical trial and later receiving a stem-cell transplant, he reportedly remains free of detectable leukemia two years later.
Researchers studying tinnitus and sleep suggest deep non-REM sleep may temporarily suppress some of the abnormal brain activity linked to phantom ringing, while tinnitus-related hyperarousal may itself disrupt restorative sleep.
A new scientific review highlights overlapping extracellular-vesicle signals in aging and cancer, suggesting that tiny cellular packages carrying RNA, proteins and other molecules may help connect chronic inflammation, senescence and tumor biology.
Psychology research challenges the idea that people who enjoy solitude are simply introverts. Voluntary, self-directed alone time, particularly among people with greater autonomy, appears more important for positive experiences of solitude.
Christopher Sepúlveda began experiencing seizures and losing developmental skills at age 2. A sleep-related EEG abnormality led doctors to diagnose rare DEE-SWAS epilepsy; he is now 15 and has been seizure-free for years.
