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May 2026
FIT intervention boosts colorectal cancer screening across racial/ethnic groups
Background: Racially and ethnically minoritized patients are underscreened for colorectal cancer, resulting in racial/ethnic disparities.
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May 2026
Guava juice boosts hemoglobin levels in women with anemia
Regular guava juice consumption may prove a readily accessible and affordable addition to helping lower the risk of anemia in women in low and middle income countries, suggests a synthesis of the available evidence, published in the open access journal BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health.
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May 2026
New study tests vitamin D analog against pancreatic cancer
A small clinical trial led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers put a Salk Institute idea to the test in patients: that activating the vitamin D receptor can help reshape the protective environment surrounding pancreatic tumors in ways that could make the notoriously difficult-to-treat cancer more vulnerable to therapeutic treatments.
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May 2026
Special yoga intervention helps cancer survivors manage psychological side effects
University of Rochester Medicine is in the spotlight at a national meeting for a new discovery in integrative oncology: A special yoga intervention, the study shows, goes a step further than other side-effect therapies to improve four domains of physical and psychological side effects that most patients experience, including lifting mood and easing anxiety.
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May 2026
Scientists target root of relapse in aggressive childhood brain tumors
Stopping cancer from coming back is the goal of new research from MUSC Hollings Cancer Center, where scientists are targeting cells that fuel the return of an aggressive pediatric brain tumor.
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May 2026
New AI tools identify potential drugs for rare Ebola virus
Recent advances in artificial intelligence have enabled Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to identify nearly two dozen antiviral compounds that could potentially treat a rare species of Ebola virus (Bundibugyo virus) currently affecting the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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May 2026
Complete 3D map of pancreas reveals surviving insulin cells
Researchers at Umeå University have conducted a unique three-dimensional mapping of an entire human pancreas.
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May 2026
Blood proteins can predict multiple sclerosis years before diagnosis
A new study has revealed a group of blood proteins, that are altered in people who go on to develop multiple sclerosis (MS), in some cases more than a decade before diagnosis.
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May 2026
Hydroxychloroquine lowers heart risks in skin lupus patients
A study led by investigators from Johns Hopkins Medicine found that some patients with discoid lupus erythematosus - a form of skin lupus commonly diagnosed in young to middle-aged Black women that causes disc-shaped plaques to form on the body - were less likely to experience complications, such as diabetes, hypertension and coronary artery disease if they were prescribed hydroxychloroquine.
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May 2026
Study unravels mystery about why physical forces slow cancer growth
Researchers have solved a long-standing mystery about why physical forces slow cancer growth – and the answer could reshape how the disease is treated.
