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A study finds a troubling rise in 'deaths of despair' in the U.S. from 1999 to 2021, using the International Classification of Diseases. These deaths, defined by 19 underlying causes such as chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, suicide, drug overdoses, and alcohol-related conditions, increased two-and-a-half-fold over two decades. By 2021, deaths of despair would have become the fifth leading cause of death in the U.S., surpassing 176,000 fatalities, and ranking just behind heart disease, cancer, COVID-19 and accidents.

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A longer paternity leave after the birth of a child can improve the co-parenting relationship between moms and dads in a key way, a new study finds. Researchers found that mothers were less likely to discourage fathers鈥� involvement in parenting if the dads had taken more time off after their child was born.

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Like a football team disrupting the opponent鈥檚 play, Michelle Ozbun, PhD, and Jason McConville, PhD, at the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center are designing a gel to prevent cancers caused by human papillomaviruses (HPVs). No other antiviral treatments for HPV diseases are available.

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A new study explores the potential of fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) antagonists in restoring defective mandibular bone repair in mouse models of osteochondrodysplasia, a group of genetic disorders that impair normal bone development and repair. The research delves into how mutations in FGFR2 and FGFR3 affect mandibular bone formation and endochondral bone repair following non-stabilized fractures.

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Body position can affect the accuracy of vital sign measurements that indicate arterial stiffness鈥攁 risk factor for heart disease鈥攁ccording to new research. Sitting down during certain tests may cause a spike in arterial stiffness readings that does not reflect a true increase.

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The American Cancer Society today released Cancer Statistics for African American and Black People, 2025. According to the report, the cancer mortality rate declined from 1991 to 2022 by 49% and 33% in Black men and women, respectively, in the United States.

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Scientists at St. Jude Children鈥檚 Research Hospital report results from a promising new approach to treat the rare neurodegenerative disorder.

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A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study found that among women receiving treatment for uterine fibroids, those with Medicaid were more likely to receive uterine artery embolization (UAE) than those with commercial insurance. The research, published today in the Journal of the American College of Radiology examined the propensity for women to receive either surgical treatment (hysterectomy or myomectomy) or the less invasive UAE procedure for uterine fibroids. This study was based on 579,153 women receiving one of these three treatments and examined how treatment patterns differed by insurance type鈥攃ommercial or Medicaid.

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In localized non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), a tumor鈥檚 ability to use carbon from glucose to feed the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle predicts cancer spread beyond the lung, months to years before metastases are clinically apparent. According to this new research from Children鈥檚 Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) published in Cancer Discovery, tumors with this metabolic activity result in early patient death.

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With a new neural network model, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have a better tool to uncover what brain mechanisms are at play when people need to focus amid many distractions.

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"If we can target these molecules in human patients, they might be able to develop long-lasting tolerance to allergens."

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A study finds that 65.8% of adults surveyed had low trust in their health care system to use artificial intelligence responsibly and 57.7% had low trust in their health care systems to make sure an AI tool would not harm them.

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A Penn Medicine pilot study shows it鈥檚 possible to use digital technology to safely reduce the amount of time some patients with cancer spend receiving care.

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Mount Sinai study demonstrates life-saving benefits of consistent exercise

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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have 3D printed bioelectronic scaffolds that have the properties cells need to form new tissue.

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MSU study: Socioeconomic factors, unpredictability complicate diagnosis of episodic disabilities, like epilepsy

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Within the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument鈥檚 early data, scientists have uncovered the largest samples ever of intermediate-mass black holes and dwarf galaxies hosting an active black hole, more than tripling the existing census of both.

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A new study led by a George Washington University Cancer Center researcher found that cold therapy protects breast cancer patients from nerve pain caused by chemotherapy.

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In 2018, 14,916 lives were lost to gun violence in America. Each of these lives is represented by a single embroidered star in Hank Willis Thomas's installation, "Falling Star Series (14,916 - 2018)," now on display at the Corcoran School of Arts and Design at the George Washington University.

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Smoking, particularly heavy smoking, is linked to some unexplained strokes in younger adults, mainly in male individuals and in people ages 45 to 49, according to a study published in the February 19, 2025, online issue of Neurology庐 Open Access, an official journal of the American Academy of Neurology.