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Many treatments for alcohol use disorder exist but are rarely prescribed
Many effective treatments exist for alcohol use disorder, including psychotherapy, peer support groups such as…
Asthma, COPD often not diagnosed, study indicates
1 of 2 | Lead author Dr. Shawn Aaron, a senior scientist and lung specialist at The Ottawa…
Most cancer treatments are useless for patients with advanced tumors near end of life
Chemotherapies, immunotherapies, targeted therapies and hormone therapies do not improve survival rates in…
How you perceive odors may influence hunger, obesity
Odors play an important role in guiding motivation for behaviors like eating, researchers said. At the same…
Study predicts global life expectancy will rise by more than 4 years by 2050
Higher life expectancy is largely driven by public health measures that have improved prevention, detection and…
FDA approves Imdelltra for patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer
Tarlatamab (Imdelltra) is only for patients who have exhausted all other options to treat extensive-stage small…
Asthmatic adults who vape more likely to have developed asthma earlier in life
Overall, asthmatic adults who said they'd vaped over the past month were over three times as likely to have…
Social media use linked to higher risk of vaping, smoking
Just 2% of people who reported no social media use engaged in cigarette smoking, but that rose to 17% among…
Treatments for lymphoma have advanced beyond chemotherapy
Treatment for blood cancers can include chemotherapy alone or chemo in conjunction with cutting edge CAR-T…
Immunotherapy may boost survival after lung cancer surgery
Those who got immunotherapy before and after surgery -- along with pre-surgical chemo -- had a 42% lower risk…