Cancer
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5 days agoEarly-onset cancer fuels calls for wider screening - but at what cost?
Cancer screening ages are being lowered due to rising diagnoses in individuals under 50.
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Medicine
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1 month agoA silent immune attack on the kidney could be treated by new drugs, if it can be found early
IgA nephropathy is an autoimmune kidney disease affecting up to 40 percent of patients with eventual dialysis or transplant needs, but emerging precision therapies can preserve kidney function if diagnosed early.
Medicine
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1 month agoNew treatments and new hope reach kidney patients
Chronic kidney disease affects one in seven U.S. adults, yet 90 percent remain undiagnosed; new treatments from diabetes and cardiovascular drugs, advances in pregnancy management, and medications for autoimmune kidney disease offer improved outcomes.
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2 months agoLondon teacher leaves cancer campaigning legacy
From the moment Nathaniel Dye was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in 2023, he had an overwhelming desire to raise awareness of the disease. He raised more than 37,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support through challenges including walking from Land's End to John o' Groats and running the London Marathon while playing the trombone, in the hope of improving cancer screening in the capital.
Public health
fromwww.npr.org
4 months agoKing Charles III says early diagnosis allows his cancer treatment to be reduced
King Charles III said Friday that early diagnosis and treatment will allow doctors to reduce his cancer treatment in the new year as he encouraged others to take advantage of screening programs that can detect the disease early when it is easiest to treat. "Early diagnosis quite simply saves lives," the king said. "I know, too, what a difference it has made in my own case, enabling me to continue leading a full and active life even while undergoing treatment," he added.
Public health
fromwww.independent.co.uk
7 months agoSimple at-home brainwave test could detect Alzheimer's years before diagnosis
Researchers at the University of Bath said current diagnostic tools are missing the first 10 to 20 years of Alzheimer's, but believe a new Fastball test could transform the way the disease is detected. The 180-second passive test, that records electrical activity in the brain while participants view a stream of images, has been found to reliably identify memory problems in people with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) a condition that can lead to Alzheimer's.
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