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In the study, they also demonstrate how a new PET (Positron Emission Tomography) method can be used to identify patients with ongoing scarring and, ultimately, enable personalised treatment. 

Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals experience significant healthcare disparities across the oncology spectrum of care. Systemic barriers, past harmful healthcare experiences and sociopolitical climate, and other impediments to accessing health care among others, combine to influence these disparities. TGD individuals undergoing gender-affirming mastectomy (‘top surgery’) face unique challenges related to breast cancer risk assessment…

HealthDay News — Crohn disease (CD) is associated with an increased risk for periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) after total joint arthroplasty, according to a study published in the August issue of Arthroplasty Today

A Stanford-led study showed that analyzing children’s speech could predict whether they developed mental health conditions, such as depression or anxiety, six years later. 

There is no longer an elevated risk of exposure to Legionnaires’ disease on the Upper East Side, according to the New York City Health Department. 

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Scientists have identified new genetic risk factors for fibromyalgia, a long-term chronic pain condition

Scientists have uncovered new genetic risk factors for a long-term chronic pain condition in the largest study of its kind

A new study has shed new light on how certain cardiovascular risk factors might alter a person’s risk of adverse cardiac events, such as heart attacks, by noting an association between modifiable risk factors and the buildup of plaques in the coronary arteries

We’ve all heard that maintaining a healthy weight is good for us, but recent findings have shifted the conversation in a major way. A groundbreaking study published in Cancer Communications suggests that obesity and cancer risk are far more intertwined than previously assumed—potentially accounting for over 11% of all cancer diagnoses. That’s double the previous…