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Social and environmental cues, like the sight of other animals eating or the scent of a tasty meal, can trigger overeating in animals—even when they’re not hungry.

When facing a cancer diagnosis, patients often hear the term “palliative care” but may not fully understand what it means. Palliative care is all about improving quality of life and providing patients with an extra layer of support throughout treatment. Think of it as having an extra team of cancer specialists in your corner.

Pancreatic cancer kills 50,000 people each year, according to the National Cancer Institute, and there are few effective treatment options for the disease. In a new study, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that an enzyme called MICAL2 promotes tumor growth and spread in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDAC), the most common form of pancreatic cancer. The study is published today in Cancer Research.

TWENTY people died in 166 road traffic accidents that happened during the New Year’s period. Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said this year’s total number of road traffic accidents shows a slight reduction compared to the 262 recorded last year. “The Zambia Police Service wishes to inform the public of the road traffic accident statistics recorded […]

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January is the time of year for setting New Year’s resolutions for self-improvement. For many, these might be health-related—eating better, catching up on sleep, reducing how much they drink, exercising more or losing weight.

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have developed a nasal swab test for kids that diagnoses specific asthma subtype, or endotype. This non-invasive approach could help clinicians prescribe medications more precisely and pave the way for research toward better treatments for lesser-studied asthma types, which have been difficult to diagnose accurately until now.

When children receive their second measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, around the time they start kindergarten, they gain protection against all three viruses for all or most of their lives. Yet the effectiveness of an influenza vaccine given in October starts to wane by the following spring.

A multi-institutional team of scientists has developed a free, publicly accessible resource to aid in classification of patient tumor samples based on distinct molecular features identified by The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Network.

One or two doses of psilocybin, a compound found in psychedelic mushrooms, may improve the mental health of cancer patients when accompanied by psychotherapy, a new report suggests. A second new study found that treatment with psilocybin resulted in lasting, positive personality changes in patients with alcohol use disorder.

Researchers from the Bakkers group at the Hubrecht Institute have successfully repaired damaged mouse hearts using a protein from zebrafish. They discovered that the protein Hmga1 plays a key role in heart regeneration in zebrafish. In mice, this protein was able to restore the heart by activating dormant repair genes without causing side effects, such as heart enlargement.