Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The brain has its own waste disposal system—known as the glymphatic system—that’s thought to be more active when we sleep. But disrupted sleep might hinder this waste disposal system and slow the clearance of waste products or toxins from the brain. And researchers are proposing a build-up of these toxins due […]

Credit: Gustavo Fring from Pexels It makes sense to approach some marketing efforts with skepticism. Scams, deepfakes, and deceptive social media posts are common, with people you don’t know seeking to profit from your behavior. But should people extend this same skepticism to pediatricians who advise vaccines for children? Health and Human Services Secretary Robert […]

This combination of photos provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, shows labels for Kroger Mercado Cooked Medium Peeled Tail-Off Shrimp recalled by AquaStar USA Corp. of Seattle. Credit: FDA via AP Contaminated metal at an industrial site in Indonesia may be the source of radioactive material that led […]

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An analysis from the Phase III CheckMate 77T trial confirms that perioperative nivolumab does not compromise health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), including those with Stage III N2 disease. These results were presented at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer […]

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A combination of iza-bren (BL-B01D1), a novel bispecific antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), with osimertinib demonstrated a 100% objective response rate (ORR) in patients with first-line EGFR-mutated locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This study was presented at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 2025 World Conference […]

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new analysis from the COMPEL trial shows that patients with EGFR-mutated (EGFRm) advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who experienced non-central nervous system (CNS) progression on first-line osimertinib benefit from continuing osimertinib treatment in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy. The study was presented at the International Association for the Study of […]

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A novel antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), iza-bren (BL-B01D1), demonstrates encouraging safety and efficacy results in previously treated patients with EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to findings presented at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) 2025 World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC). Iza-bren is a first-in-class EGFR […]

Credit: Kampus Production from Pexels A new study presented at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 2025 World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC) validates the use of Sybil, a deep learning artificial intelligence model, for predicting future lung cancer risk in a predominantly Black population. The study, conducted by the University of […]

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain What do world leaders talk about when they think we’re not listening? This week it was the idea of living forever. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping were caught off-guard at a military parade in Beijing discussing the possibility of using biotechnology to pursue immortality. In particular, […]

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has stirred debate by calling the familiar five-a-day message “a lie”. Speaking to the Times, he argued that the real health benefits of fruit and vegetables only start to add up at seven, eight or even 11 portions a day. He’s not wrong that more is better. […]