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With artificial intelligence, machines can now examine thousands of medical images for signs of disease. Will this technology replace doctors – or work side by side with them?
Health coaching looks like more than a fad – it comes with impressive research findings and is winning over the NHS.
Sea turtles contend with a contagious disease that causes debilitating tumors. Genetic analysis is helping researchers figure out precision medicine-based treatments for the turtles.
America’s early dogs are all gone – save for their rather nasty cancer.
Instead of just helping combat a chronic disease, peer support groups can help improve quality of life.
Medical social workers coordinate care, an especially important job in complicated cases. Just as nurses and doctors are feeling burned out, these unsung heroes are feeling the burn, too. Here’s why that’s dangerous.
As luxury housing developments swallow up agricultural land, they also diminish our food security and health.
First study to look at lifetime alcohol consumption and cancer risk. Here’s what it found.
Gold can be used to make jewelry, but also to fight cancer. Several clinical trials are currently underway in the United States where patients are being treated with gold nanoparticles.
The World Health Organization has made bold progress by including many tests for non-communicable diseases on its new ‘Essential Diagnostics List.’
Snake oil salesman have been touting black salve for generations. But the evidence doesn’t stack up.
Expert fact checks claim that cannabis cures cancer.
In the hierarchy of diseases, those suffering from ‘high prestige’ diseases benefit from strong community and clinical support, while others are left in the dark.
The medicinal plants that chimpanzees feed on in the wild could hold the key in dealing with common diseases.
A cancer is in remission when it can no longer be detected. But we only say it’s cured when it hasn’t come back for a certain time – and that differs for different cancers.
Historically the advice to cancer patients was to rest and avoid activity. We now know this advice may be harmful to patients, and that every person with cancer would benefit from exercise medicine.
Our new study has found that people who suffer from severe mental illness are at a much higher risk of dying from preventable diseases and conditions.
Synthetic biology allows us to engineer biological cells. This could help us tackle cancer in remarkable ways.
The UK has one of the most developed palliative care services in the world, yet people still miss out.
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Adjunct Professsor, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide
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Associate Professor of the School of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
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Professor, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut
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Professor, Department of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Lancaster University
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Population Health, University of Sydney
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