Tag: medical research
A vitamin D-like drug may have found a way past pancreatic cancer’s main defenses
An FDA-approved kidney drug helped chemotherapy reach pancreatic tumors in a small randomized trial.
An iron infusion before heart surgery may cut your risk of needing a blood transfusion
A major international trial found the shot lowered transfusions in anemic heart patients.
One blood draw, many cancers: A new UCLA test aims to replace a slew of screens
UCLA scientists say their liquid biopsy spotted four cancers and gauged liver damage from a single tube of blood.
A new blood test could screen for a dozen different cancers at once
UCLA's new MethylScan test picked up four cancer types from a single vial in early trials.
Scientists mapped 830,000 immune cells in the Alzheimer’s brain and found something unexpected
The brain, it turns out, is quietly trying to fight back.
A ‘normal’ kidney test can still hide a threefold dialysis risk, study finds
A new Karolinska study says age matters when reading your kidney numbers.