Moderate to Severe TBI Linked to Brain Cancer Risk Moderate to Severe TBI Linked to Brain Cancer Risk
Moderate/severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with an increased risk for brain cancer, new research showed.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - February 28, 2024 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Source Type: news
Tanzania: Moi Gets Boost On Brain Tumor Treatment
[Daily News] The Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute (MOI) has received equipment worth 200m/-, to be used in the surgical treatment of brain tumors. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 26, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Tanzania Source Type: news
News at a glance: Protecting a queen, cell therapy for solid tumors, and a UV telescope
CONSERVATION
U.S. protects iconic marine snail
The queen conch, a large marine snail known for its showy shell and delectable flesh, has been added to the U.S. government’s list of species threatened with extinction. Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said the species (
Strombus gigas
, pictured), which is native to the Caribbean region and grows up to 35 centimeters long, needs protection because populations are sparse, scattered, and heavily overfished. NOAA’s listing decision, issued on 14 February, has no immediate impact but authorizes the age...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 22, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Anti-diabetic drugs could lower risk of primary and secondary brain cancer
Diabetic patients who take anti-diabetic drugs - known as glitazones – long term had a lower risk of primary and secondary brain cancer compared with diabetic patients on other medications, new research led by the University of Bristol has found. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - February 22, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Health, Research; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School; Press Release Source Type: news
Hope for patients with same brain cancer that killed The Wanted star Tom Parker as trial reveals olive oil-based drug can slow progression
A drug derived from oleic acid, which naturally occurs in olive oil, could help brain cancer patients, say experts at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, in London. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Traumatic brain injury and subsequent risk of brain cancer in US veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars - Stewart IJ, Howard JT, Poltavskiy E, Dore M, Amuan ME, Ocier K, Walker LE, Alcover KC, Pugh MJ.
IMPORTANCE: While brain cancer is rare, it has a very poor prognosis and few established risk factors. To date, epidemiologic work examining the potential association of traumatic brain injury (TBI) with the subsequent risk of brain cancer is conflicting. ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 19, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
AI spots unidentified brain tumor on PET imaging
An AI algorithm designed for brain PET imaging found a glioblastoma in a patient that had gone undetected by physicians, according to a case reported February 15 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.“This incidental finding highlights the potential of AI-based decision support for patient management in terms of diagnostic and treatment planning based on amino acid PET,” noted lead author Philipp Lohmann, PhD, of Aachen University in Aachen, and colleagues.In brief, the deep learning-based AI model (called “JuST_BrainPET”) is designed to automatically segment metabolic tumor volume (MTV) from surrounding healthy tissu...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 19, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Subspecialties Neuroradiology Source Type: news
What are Some Causes of Acute Onset of Loss of Speech Abilities?
Discussion
Acute mental status changes are worrisome in the least and scary at their worst. Seizures, cerebrovascular problems and central nervous system tumor swirl in professionals’ heads as they take in the history, physical examination and start to evaluate and manage the problem. Usually respiratory distress is recognized by family members and treatment is also sought.
Another cause of loss of speech is selective (or elective) mutism (SM). The child does not speak at all or minimally. When speaking it is usually within a close group of individuals or in certain circumstances such as only speaking to a parent o...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - February 19, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Cancer charity warns of pharmaceutical firms holding up brain tumour research
Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh, whose sister died of a glioblastoma tumour, is to present a bill calling for new laws for clinical trialsPotential new treatments for brain cancer are being hampered by the failure of pharmaceutical companies to provide the drugs required for research and by regulatory delays, a leading cancer charity has warned.Brain tumours kill more children and adults under 40 in the UK than any other cancer, but research has been underfunded for years. About 12,000 are diagnosed with a primary brain tumour in the UK each year.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 18, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Jon Ungoed-Thomas Tags: Cancer research Health Society Medical research Source Type: news
Brain Cancer Risk Increased After Moderate/Severe, Penetrating TBI
FRIDAY, Feb. 16. 2024 -- Moderate/severe and penetrating traumatic brain injury (TBI) are associated with an increased risk for subsequent development of brain cancer, according to a study published online Feb. 15 in JAMA Network Open.Ian J.... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 16, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Brain Cancer Risk Rises in Vets After Serious Head Injury
FRIDAY, Feb. 16, 2024 -- People who ’ve suffered a moderate to severe traumatic brain injury have a greatly increased risk of brain cancer, a new study of military service members finds.Brain cancer is relatively uncommon, occurring in fewer than... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 16, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Moderate or Severe Head Trauma Tied to Brain Cancer Risk in Young Veterans
(MedPage Today) -- Moderate/severe and penetrating traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) were linked with subsequent brain cancer, a retrospective study of U.S. veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars showed.
Of 1.9 million veterans in the study... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 15, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Spikes in air pollution may increase suicide risk
A study combining air quality data and suicide reports from across China confirms earlier observations that heavy air pollution from traffic, factories, coal-fired power plants, and home heating can increase the risk of suicide. The study, published today, suggests a Chinese battle plan to clear the air, launched a decade ago, helped prevent some 45,970 suicides from 2013 to 2017.
“It’s a well-done study,” says Roger McIntyre, a psychiatrist at the University of Toronto. It’s also the first investigation he knows of that links lower suicide rates to improved air quality.
Researchers have long known that...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 12, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
People Who Make Over $100k A Year Are Sharing What They Do For Work, And It's Superrrr Interesting
"Cancer scientist, $140K. My aunty passed away from a brain tumor when I was a child, and she was like a mom to me. Seeing this situation tear my family apart woke something in me. Now, I'm trying to be a part of the solution. To clarify about my career and how I (31M) got here: I went to a…#ged (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
News at a glance: Weird early trees, CERN ’s next big collider, and protecting U.S. gray wolves
PALEONTOLOGY
Rare fossil reveals weird early tree
The earliest trees, from nearly 400 million years ago, are known mostly from fossils of their trunks; their leaves and canopy shapes have remained a mystery. A newly reported, 350-million-year-old tree found in Canada provides a vivid answer for one such primordial species: As if having a perpetual bad hair day,
a thick crown of spiky leaves stuck out perpendicularly from the trunk
. Scientists named the tree
Sanfordiacaulis densifolia
, after the owner of the New Brunswick quarry where they found five specimens. The fossils, amo...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 8, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
