TOPLINE: Women with breast cancer who use vaginal estrogen therapies, such as tablets or creams, do not face an increased risk for breast cancer–specific mortality, which can provide some reassurance to patients and providers that vaginal estrogen therapies are safe…

Two studies led by UCLA researchers offer new insights into the way neurons in the human brain represent time and space—the most basic ingredients of consciousness of human existence and the primary dimensions of experience that allow us to reconstruct…

Campaigners fear the 2,000 toddlers and babies with CF who are too young yet for drug Kaftrio will now miss out. Kaftrio, from US pharmaceutical giant Vertex, has been dubbed “almost a cure for CF”. Vertex’s earlier drugs Orkambi and…

Why are severe courses of SARS-CoV-2 infection much less common in children and adolescents than in adults? Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have now discovered that the immune system in the upper respiratory tract is…

Metabolites called nucleotides are the building blocks of DNA and can impact cancer’s sensitivity or resistance to chemotherapy and radiation in brain cancer. Findings from researchers at the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center, published in Cancer Discovery, show…

Researchers say genetic testing can help identify people with a family history known as familial hypercholesteremia. They say that identifying the condition can help medical professionals prescribe treatments and interventions. Experts recommend that people with this family history have their…

The AgWearCare project resorts to wearables to collect and digitalize data, supporting agricultural tasks and preventing work-related musculoskeletal disorders. The analysis of the data collected will allow the project's team to know which tasks (when repeated excessively) influence the health…

A lesser-known dietary pattern called the portfolio diet may lower the risk for heart disease and stroke, new research shows. The portfolio diet is designed to lower “bad” LDL cholesterol, a leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease. It includes a…

Excess of calcium build-up could be the cause of chemo brain fog for millions of cancer patients, study finds Some 75,000 cancer patients report memory problems during treatment Researcher believe it could be due to an excess of calcium floating…

NHS details signs of a heart attack From high cholesterol to high blood pressure, the major drivers for heart attacks are underlined by poor dietary choices. However, research suggests that one risk factor that is more prevalent in the winter…