Poor sleep habits may be linked to an older-looking brain on imaging, but the relationship is still observational For a long time, sleep was treated almost like a negotiable luxury of modern life. Sleeping less, waking up tired, feeling sleepy throug...
Read moreAI may help eye doctors detect retinal disease faster, but it does not replace the specialist Few areas of medicine look as naturally suited to artificial intelligence as ophthalmology. Much of the work depends on images: retinal fundus photographs,...
Read moreCombination therapies are reshaping advanced kidney cancer care, but a new experimental regimen still calls for caution Treatment for advanced kidney cancer, especially advanced renal cell carcinoma, has entered a very different era. For many years,...
Read moreNitric oxide may help explain part of Alzheimer’s biology, but still as a mechanistic clue — not a final answer For years, Alzheimer’s disease was explained mainly through two dominant characters: beta-amyloid plaques and tau tangles. Those remain ce...
Read moreSemaglutide and other GLP-1 drugs are gaining ground after bariatric surgery when weight loss falls short Bariatric surgery is often presented as a turning point in obesity treatment. In many cases, it truly is. It can lead to substantial weight loss...
Read moreBrain inflammation still cannot be ruled out in long COVID — and the evidence remains unsettled More than four years after the start of the pandemic, one of the hardest questions in medicine still has no simple answer: what is actually driving the pe...
Read moreAdvanced imaging is making brain cancer treatment more precise — and more personalized When it comes to brain cancer, imaging has never been just a picture. It helps answer some of the most important questions in care: where the tumour is, how far it...
Read moreMore precise molecular testing may open new paths for rare central nervous system tumours In oncology, rarity is rarely an advantage. Rare tumours tend to come with fewer studies, fewer established treatment pathways, less diagnostic consensus, and l...
Read moreSome cancers may depend on cholesterol metabolism to grow — and that could open new treatment targets For a long time, cholesterol was treated almost exclusively as part of a cardiovascular story. High cholesterol meant worry about arteries, heart at...
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