Digital PCR identifies leukemia patients who can stop drug treatment
Sample inclusion and performed real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) and digital PCR (dPCR) runs. Credit: The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics (2024). ...
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Neurons use simple physics to maintain their connections, but these processes change in Alzheimer’s patients
Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Reports (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115410. Scientists at Auburn University have uncovered a fundamental principle of how brain ...
Should providers tell patients if they use AI in care
You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s AI Prognosis newsletter, our subscriber-exclusive guide to artificial intelligence in health care and ...
Patients with long Covid regain sense of smell and taste with pioneering surgery | Long Covid
Doctors in London have successfully restored a sense of smell and taste in patients who lost it due to long ...
‘We’re losing decades of our life to this illness’: long Covid patients on the fear of being forgotten | Long Covid
On 20 March 2020, Rowan Brown started to feel a tickle at the back of her throat. Over the next ...
For cancer patients, oncologists often have the final word
Credit: Tima Miroshnichenko from Pexels For terminally ill cancer patients, the final days of life are immensely personal, having the ...
Healthy patients can put weight on ankles less than three weeks after surgical intervention, study finds
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study from the University of Missouri School of Medicine suggests putting weight on an ...
Substantial portion of cancer patients in early trials access drugs that are later approved, study finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A paper in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute finds that almost 20% of patients ...
Medicare patients with cancer often receive aggressive treatment over supportive care
Many Medicare patients with advanced cancer receive potentially aggressive treatment at the expense of supportive care, according to a study that ...
Autistic 3-Year-Old Speaks First Words Days After Starting Inexpensive Generic Drug Given For Chemo Patients
Could an inexpensive generic drug help improve autism symptoms? The parents of a nonverbal autistic boy in Arizona believe so. ...
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