Even low-risk pancreatic cysts may offer a rare chance to catch cancer earlier Few cancer diagnoses are as feared as pancreatic cancer. That is partly because of how aggressive it can be, but also because it is so often found late. By the time clear...
Read moreSevere mental illness worsens cancer survival — and exposes a major failure in care When people talk about inequality in cancer care, the conversation usually centres on income, race, geography or access to specialist hospitals. All of that matters....
Read moreAI may spot heart risk in breast cancer patients before damage becomes obvious In cancer care, saving a life does not always mean confronting only the cancer itself. Sometimes it also means preventing treatment from causing serious harm elsewhere in...
Read moreBrain imaging may help move mental health care toward a more biological era — but the shift is still early Psychiatry has long lived with an uncomfortable tension. It treats common, serious and often disabling conditions, yet it still relies heavily...
Read moreNew targets in hard-to-treat cancers are sharpening the promise of precision oncology One of the hardest truths in cancer care is that the most dangerous tumours are often the ones that keep changing. They evolve, develop resistance, switch molecular...
Read morePoor sleep in pregnancy may be an overlooked warning sign for gestational diabetes Pregnancy can make a good night’s sleep feel almost impossible. Between nausea, reflux, body aches, anxiety, frequent trips to the bathroom and the simple mechanics of...
Read moreNew brain imaging tools are getting better at tracking activity across multiple cell types at once One of the oldest technical problems in neuroscience has been surprisingly simple to describe: the closer you look at the brain, the less of it you can...
Read moreMany cases of type 2 diabetes may be preventable — and that changes the public health story For years, type 2 diabetes was often framed mainly as a disease to manage once it appeared. Diagnosis, blood sugar control, medication, complications — all of...
Read moreWhy BMI alone does not tell the full story about obesity-related health risk Few medical numbers are as widely recognized as BMI. It appears in clinic charts, health apps, news stories and public-health campaigns because it is easy to calculate, inex...
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