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How could cats help cure cancer?

How could cats help cure cancer?

By Stephen Beech Cats could hold the key to curing breast cancer and other deadly forms of the disease, suggests new research. The first study of multiple cancer types in cats has identified genetic changes that could help treat the condition in both humans and animals - including dogs, say scientists.

Mom and daughter dignosed with cancer on the same day

Mom and daughter dignosed with cancer on the same day

By James Connolly A mom and her daughter were both told they had cancer on the same day, within just hours of each other. Stevie Wise, 40, and mom Belinda, 63, from Manchester, went into two separate hospital appointments where doctors delivered the devastating diagnoses. But while Stevie beat her

ChatGPT helped this woman figure out she had cancer

ChatGPT helped this woman figure out she had cancer

By Faye Mayern A young woman found out she had cancer when she put her medical results through ChatGPT after they were mistakenly released early. Pippa Collins-Gould, 29, used the artificial intelligence chatbot to decode medical jargon published to her MyChart - a system which uploads health records. ChatGPT interpreted

Screening dramatically increases breast cancer patients’ survival rate

Screening dramatically increases breast cancer patients’ survival rate

By Stephen Beech Screening dramatically increases the survival rate for breast cancer patients, according to new research. Women with stage IV breast cancer detected through screening have a 60% chance of still being alive 10 years after diagnosis, say scientists. But they found that the survival rate is less than

New test helps predict when Alzheimer’s symptoms start

New test helps predict when Alzheimer’s symptoms start

By Stephen Beech A simple new blood test can predict when dementia symptoms will start. Estimating the onset of Alzheimer’s disease symptoms will speed up the development of preventive treatments, say American scientists. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis developed the method to predict when

Montana AG Knudsen backs Louisiana lawsuit against abortion drug rule

Montana AG Knudsen backs Louisiana lawsuit against abortion drug rule

HELENA, Mont. – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen has joined a coalition of 21 state attorneys general supporting a Louisiana lawsuit challenging a Biden-era rule on abortion drugs. The lawsuit targets a 2023 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rule that expanded access to the abortion drug mifepristone through mail and

Hamilton lab employee exposed to Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever

A Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) employee was exposed to Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in November according to officials from RML and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. “The individual remained well and showed no evidence of being infected. They have been back at work for some time,