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A myth often heard on the street is that using opioid drugs like heroin or fentanyl by inhaling them, snorting them or ingesting them is less likely to result in overdose than injection. This myth may be behind new CDC …
Is there a safe way to use street opioids? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »
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109,000 people is the current number for people who died of drug overdoses in 2022, with over 70% of them due to illegally manufactured fentanyl and its lookalikes, the CDC reports. Michael Fingerhood, a substance use disorder expert at Johns …
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Employing treatments like chemotherapy shortly before someone dies is not only ineffective, it can reduce quality of life and someone’s ability to interact with loved ones. Now a new study examines how often immunotherapy is utilized within a month of …
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Diabetes drugs known as GLP1 receptor agonists are much in the news for weight loss. Now a new study finds that when people with diabetes take them, their risk of colorectal cancer is reduced. Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson …
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A panel of proteins found in the blood was both sensitive and specific in men and women in detecting early cancers. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says the numbers may even be better if …
Can proteins and DNA be used together to detect cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »
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Finding cancer early so it can be treated before it spreads is optimal, and now a new study looking at blood proteins finds that examining a panel of them is both sensitive and specific. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director …
Can we detect cancer very early by looking at blood proteins? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »
