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.