Colorectal cancer is a high disease burden cancer and is the second leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. The first-line treatment option is surgical resection of cancerous tissue. However, the clinical picture becomes more complex…
Category: 5. Health
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Childhood plastic exposure could be fueling obesity, infertility, and asthma
Childhood exposure to chemicals used to make plastic household items presents growing health risks that can extend long into adulthood, experts from NYU Langone Health report.
This is the main conclusion after a review of hundreds of the latest…
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How Death Fold Domains Boost Immune Protection
The immune system can be a double-edged sword; we need it to protect us from pathogens and aberrant cells, but if it is not carefully regulated it can cause serious harm to the body as well. When the body…
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Sneezing from cats or dust? Safe UV light may neutralize allergens in minutes
Cats. Dust mites. Mold. Trees.
For people with allergies, even a brief whiff of the airborne allergens these organisms produce can lead to swollen eyes, itchy skin and impaired breathing.
Such allergens can persist indoors for months after the…
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2 experts explain the true role of slavery and racism in the history of public health policy – and the growing threat ignorance poses today
On Sept. 3, 2025, Florida announced its plans to be the first state to eliminate vaccine mandates for its citizens, including those for children to attend school.
Current Florida law and the state’s Department of Health require that…
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A hormone that silences the immune system may unlock new cancer treatments
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered how a hormone interacts with a receptor on the surface of immune cells to shield cancer cells from the body’s natural defenses. The findings, published in Nature Immunology, could lead…
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When cancer cells feel squeezed, they become more dangerous
Cancer cells are notoriously flexible, taking on new features as they move around the body. Many of these changes are due to epigenetic modifications, which influence how DNA is packaged, and not due to mutations in the DNA itself. Such…
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Want a younger brain? Harvard researchers say eat like this
Following a green-Mediterranean diet — which includes green tea and the aquatic plant Mankai — is associated with slower brain aging, according to a study.
The study, published recently in the journal Clinical Nutrition, was co-authored by…
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Congress Is Urging Hospitals To Earn Their Tax-Exempt Status. But How?
Ge Bai testifying in Congress on 9/16/2025.
House Ways and Means Committee
Congress is deeply interested in ensuring that nonprofit hospitals do the right thing for their communities. These hospitals have an implicit contract with taxpayers: they…
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How To Avoid The 5 Deadly Mistakes Healthcare Startups Make
Examining five ways to reduce the risk of entrepreneurial failure in American healthcare.
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At least 90% of startups fail. And in the healthcare strategy course I teach at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, I caution students that the…
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