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Safety isn’t always top of mind for parents when choosing summer camps
Less than half of families rate general safety policies essential to camp decisions, with 1 in 10 rating COVID precautions as a critical factor.
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Common prostate cancer medications may be less safe than previously thought
Men with advanced prostate cancer taking abiraterone or enzalutamide plus hormone therapy were at higher risk of serious medical issues than their peers undergoing hormone therapy alone.
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‘My life matters’: resilience after traumatic spinal cord injury
Research shows what key factors affect flourishing after the injury.
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How a social work researcher’s experience with young adult cancer informed his work
Bradley Zebrack reflects on the insights he’s applied from his cancer journey to his job.
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The why of the silent X
Two recent University of Michigan studies published in Nature Communications reveal key findings crucial to understanding X-inactivation and X-linked gene expression in embryonic stem cells, and further implications for stem cell therapies.
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Peak performance: how climbing mountains transformed a surgeon
Reaching the tallest peaks has not just made the veteran physician a better surgeon, it’s made him a better person.
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Aging well in a pandemic: Older adults share what it takes
The pandemic took a toll on older adults, but especially on those whose physical or mental health was already suffering, a new poll shows. This group may need extra support to age as well as possible.
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How a wife recognized the signs of stroke and helped save her husband
A life-threatening stroke, followed by quick medical attention, led to Jack Jenkins’ remarkable recovery.
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Hospices vary widely in prescribing “comfort kit” medications
Hospices often prescribe medicines like Xanax, Haldol and Seroquel to patients to ease end-of-life symptoms, but a new study shows very wide variation in the chances patients will get these drugs.
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Helping kids with congenital hand differences
A hand surgeon explains the importance of parents advocating for their child with hands that don’t look or function the same as others.
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Early study finds new lymphoma drug effective
Eighty percent of patients with a subset of lymphoma saw their cancers shrink after taking zanubrutinib in a clinical trial.
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Ultrasound technology helps destroy liver tumors in rats
Ultrasound technology has been repurposed as a technique to treat liver tumors in rats.
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Poll shows impact of menopause and other health issues on older women’s sex lives
Sexual health is linked closely to physical and mental health for older women, with menopause playing a big role, a new poll finds.
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Mother-daughter duo demonstrates the power of a nurse’s care
During the lengthy hospital stays that Ann Laho’s daughter endured, one nurse’s compassion inspired the mother-daughter pair to pursue the profession and help patients the same way she helped their family.
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Do unto others
Tina Reuben was the first patient in one of the few clinical trials for adrenal cancer and hopes that her involvement can help other patients with the rare disease live longer.