Most favored nation policies being pursued by the Trump administration strive to better align prescription drug prices between the United States and peer nations. Theis approach to pharmaceutical pricing have been on President Trump’s agenda since his first term in office, though it wasn’t…
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Breakthrough drug nearly doubles survival with advanced pancreatic cancer – an oncologist explains how daraxonrasib overcame an ‘undruggable’ disease
For a long time, the likelihood of surviving pancreatic cancer has been extremely low. For patients who were diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer between 2015 and 2021, about 97% died within five years of their diagnosis.
Pancreatic cancer is so deadly in part because there are no…
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She Wasn’t Due For Her Colonoscopy. A Blood Test Found Cancer Anyway
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It is also one of the most preventable — if caught early, the five-year survival rate exceeds 90%. And yet more than 45 million eligible Americans…
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A single protein may be holding back CAR T cancer therapy
Researchers from Columbia University and University Hospital Tübingen have discovered a protein that appears to play a major role in weakening CAR T cells over time. By disabling the protein, known as NFIL3, the scientists found that these engineered immune cells remained active longer and were…
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Scientists discover gut bacteria that may help protect against autism and ADHD
Scientists have uncovered a surprising connection between a baby’s earliest biological programming, the gut microbiome, and later brain development. The findings, published in Cell Press Blue, suggest that epigenetic changes present at birth can influence how gut bacteria develop during infancy….
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Targeted Drug Shrinks Tumors In Hard-To-Treat Cancer
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A new kind of cancer treatment is changing what is possible for women with uterine cancer…
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The Current Ebola Outbreak Is A Global Threat. A Doctor Explains
MONGBWALU, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – MAY 24: A health worker wearing protective equipment crouches beside the coffin of a suspected Ebola victim during safe burial procedures outside a family home in the community of Mongbwaluon May 24, 2026 in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo….
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Will Bill Cassidy’s Defend Science In Upcoming Confirmation Hearings?
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., questions Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, at Oz’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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How Decision Fatigue Affects Financial Decisions
Financial planning assumes clarity. Real life often operates under exhaustion.
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Some financial mistakes are not really about money. They are about exhaustion.
They happen after a day filled with decisions that may seem small on their own but add up quickly: What time is the doctor’s…
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Melanoma Vaccine Extends Cancer-Free Survival
Work presented this week at the 2026 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting and also published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology describes results from a phase 2B study evaluating the combination of intismeran, a cancer vaccine, and…
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