Q&A: Why women should start getting mammograms at age 40

by Stephanie Winn,UC DavisCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued new draft guidelines this year recommending that women start breast c

Updated on: December 02,2023 16

Q&A: Why women should start getting mammograms at age 40

by Stephanie Winn,UC DavisCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued new draft guidelines this year recommending that women start breast c

Updated on:December 02,2023 16

Q&A: Behind the approvals—decades of research lead to a new generation of targeted cancer therapies

byBeth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainLast month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of the drug capivasertib, in combination with a cu

Updated on: December 26,2023 17

Q&A: Behind the approvals—decades of research lead to a new generation of targeted cancer therapies

byBeth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainLast month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of the drug capivasertib, in combination with a cu

Updated on:December 26,2023 17

Q&A: How 'Ozempic shaming' illuminates complexities of treating weight problems

by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard GazetteChika Anekwe, obesity medicine physician at the Mass General Weight Center. Credit: Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff PhotographerThe frenzy of demand for new, FD

Updated on: March 13,2024 11

Q&A: How 'Ozempic shaming' illuminates complexities of treating weight problems

by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard GazetteChika Anekwe, obesity medicine physician at the Mass General Weight Center. Credit: Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff PhotographerThe frenzy of demand for new, FD

Updated on:March 13,2024 11

Q&A: Anxiety and depression are important risk factors for dangerous deep vein blood clots

byMassachusetts General HospitalCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainRachel Rosovsky, MD, MPH, director of Thrombosis Research and co-chair of the Thrombosis Committee at Massachusetts General Hospi

Updated on: July 30,2024 0

Q&A: Anxiety and depression are important risk factors for dangerous deep vein blood clots

byMassachusetts General HospitalCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainRachel Rosovsky, MD, MPH, director of Thrombosis Research and co-chair of the Thrombosis Committee at Massachusetts General Hospi

Updated on:July 30,2024 0

Q&A: Five things you didn't realize you need to know about perimenopause

by Michelle Peate,University of MelbourneCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainIn case you missed it, perimenopause is in the news.It came about as a result of Pursuit's editor Imogen Crump expe

Updated on: January 09,2024 15

Q&A: Five things you didn't realize you need to know about perimenopause

by Michelle Peate,University of MelbourneCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainIn case you missed it, perimenopause is in the news.It came about as a result of Pursuit's editor Imogen Crump expe

Updated on:January 09,2024 15

Q&A: Merkel cell carcinoma

by Catherine DegesysCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainI recently heard about a type of skin cancer called Merkel cell carcinoma. I'm not familiar with this condition. Can you explain what it is? D

Updated on: December 05,2023 10

Q&A: Merkel cell carcinoma

by Catherine DegesysCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainI recently heard about a type of skin cancer called Merkel cell carcinoma. I'm not familiar with this condition. Can you explain what it is? D

Updated on:December 05,2023 10

Q&A: Researchers discuss statin, metformin, and aspirin use with hepatocellular carcinoma

byMassachusetts General HospitalCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainErik Almazan, MD, of the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Raymond T. Chung, MD, of the Liver Cente

Updated on: September 23,2024 0

Q&A: Researchers discuss statin, metformin, and aspirin use with hepatocellular carcinoma

byMassachusetts General HospitalCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainErik Almazan, MD, of the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Raymond T. Chung, MD, of the Liver Cente

Updated on:September 23,2024 0

Q&A: CAR T cell therapy offers a novel approach to pediatric cancer treatment

by Amanda Saratsis, MD,California NanoSystems InstituteBrain cancer cat scan. Credit: Pediatric Cancer Research FoundationOne of the most innovative treatments for pediatric cancer today is a no

Updated on: August 08,2024 0

Q&A: CAR T cell therapy offers a novel approach to pediatric cancer treatment

by Amanda Saratsis, MD,California NanoSystems InstituteBrain cancer cat scan. Credit: Pediatric Cancer Research FoundationOne of the most innovative treatments for pediatric cancer today is a no

Updated on:August 08,2024 0

Q&A: How a social connection expert stays connected and why

by Laura Williamson,American Heart AssociationCredit: CC0 Public DomainOnce a week, social connectedness expert Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad takes an afternoon to ski with her husband, Nathan. Duri

Updated on: March 21,2024 20

Q&A: How a social connection expert stays connected and why

by Laura Williamson,American Heart AssociationCredit: CC0 Public DomainOnce a week, social connectedness expert Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad takes an afternoon to ski with her husband, Nathan. Duri

Updated on:March 21,2024 20

Q&A: The intersection of fertility, Zika, COVID-19, climate conditions, urbanicity and inequality

byUniversity of Pennsylvania"Once one novel disease crisis starts, what we are seeing is that in a moment of extreme uncertainty, women use what they've learned from the past," say

Updated on: January 13,2024 7

Q&A: The intersection of fertility, Zika, COVID-19, climate conditions, urbanicity and inequality

byUniversity of Pennsylvania"Once one novel disease crisis starts, what we are seeing is that in a moment of extreme uncertainty, women use what they've learned from the past," say

Updated on:January 13,2024 7

Q&A: Gene-editing treatment could replace cholesterol meds

by Alvin Powell, Harvard GazetteCredit: Harvard GazetteA recent trial of a novel gene-editing technique that lowered dangerously high cholesterol by up to 55% has generated talk of a new front opening

Updated on: February 19,2024 12

Q&A: Gene-editing treatment could replace cholesterol meds

by Alvin Powell, Harvard GazetteCredit: Harvard GazetteA recent trial of a novel gene-editing technique that lowered dangerously high cholesterol by up to 55% has generated talk of a new front opening

Updated on:February 19,2024 12

Q&A: Analyzing the stereotypes of adolescence

by Society for Research in Child DevelopmentCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainIn Western cultures, adolescence is often viewed as a time of rebellion and irresponsibility. A new article published

Updated on: June 08,2024 7

Q&A: Analyzing the stereotypes of adolescence

by Society for Research in Child DevelopmentCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainIn Western cultures, adolescence is often viewed as a time of rebellion and irresponsibility. A new article published

Updated on:June 08,2024 7