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Colorectal cancer is typically diagnosed after age 50, but in recent years the disease has been increasingly found in younger people and disproportionately affecting racial and ethnic minorities.

According to new research from the University of Missouri School of Medicine, the number of mechanical thrombectomies performed at hospitals is not an accurate indicator of patient outcomes.

New research highlights the promise of a novel stem cell treatment strategy for leptomeningeal brain metastasis (LBM), a severe form of metastatic brain cancer that spreads to membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord and occurs in up to 20% of people with cancer. The researchers say their findings in newly developed preclinical models of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) support pursuing clinical trials for this treatment strategy.

Gut microbial metabolism of L-carnitine, leading to the production of trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), links red meat consumption to cardiovascular risks. Microbial genes, including cntA/B, the cai operon, and the gbu gene cluster, have been implicated in converting L-carnitine into TMA(O). However, the key genes and microbes remain underexplored.

Researchers at Rutgers University have found that adverse childhood experiences can make people more sensitive to potential threats from others, which in turn increases their risk of engaging in defensive gun use in adulthood.

Language that conveys stigma is common in clinicians’ notes on laboring and birthing people, Columbia University School of Nursing researchers report this month in the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing (JOGNN).

How can we learn effectively? It is important to retrieve the material we learn from memory at certain intervals, but that is not all. For even better results, it is best to do it in different ways, scientists argue in a paper published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Former college athletes with a history of concussions were more likely to perceive themselves as cognitively impaired later in life if they had mood disorders such as depression and anxiety—even when testing showed no such decline in mental acuity, a study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has found.

A University of Minnesota Medical School research team has examined the financial burden of different medical services—including outpatient care, inpatient care, prescription drugs and physical therapy—on cancer survivors. Of all these medical services, the research team found medical equipment results in the highest percentage of out-of-pocket costs, including wheelchairs, canes, hearing aids and oxygen equipment, among other items.

An international team of doctors led by Joshua Brody, MD, Director of the Lymphoma Immunotherapy Program at The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai, has made a major breakthrough in treating a common and challenging form of cancer called diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).