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New Studies Link Cell Phone Radiation with Cancer

Researchers call for greater caution, but skeptics say the evidence from rat studies is not convincing

  • Publisher: Scientific American
March 2018 sw_admin 0
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Combinations on Trial

By giving immunotherapies in tandem, researchers hope to broaden the benefits.

  • Publisher: Nature
December 2017 sw_admin 0

Children With Cancer Get More Access to Experimental Drugs

New U.S. law will require pediatric cancer clinic trials.

  • Publisher: Science Magazine
August 2017 sw_admin 0
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U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Confronts Critics

In May, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended against screening for thyroid cancer. After reviewing the available evidence, the task force concluded…

  • Publisher: Journal of the National Cancer Institute
September 2017 sw_admin 0
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New Guidelines Allow Some Patients With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia To Go Off Treatment

Most patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) can live out their normal lives by taking tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). But mounting evidence also shows that roughly a third of those patients can eventually go off treatment altogether without their disease resurging.

  • Publisher: Journal of the National Cancer Institute
July 2017 sw_admin 0
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Active Surveillance Gets Personal

Active surveillance is fast becoming a standard management practice for some men with prostate cancer.

  • Publisher: Journal of the National Cancer Institute
April 2016 sw_admin 0

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About Me

I’m a science writer based in southern Maine. For more than two decades, I’ve been covering health, medicine, the environment, technology, and other topics for numerous publications.
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  • These Drugs Might Prevent Severe COVID

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  • Lab Leak: A Scientific Debate Mired in Politics — and Unresolved
  • Booster Shots Against Scary COVID Virus Variants Are In the Works
  • New COVID Vaccines Need Absurd Amounts of Material and Labor
  • Fauci Explains How to End the COVID Pandemic
  • These Drugs Might Prevent Severe COVID
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    Phage Therapy’s Latest Makeover

    • Publisher: Nature Biotechnology
    April 2019 0
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    The Virome Hunters

    • Publisher: Nature Biotechnology
    October 2018 0
  • Many Pediatric Studies Are a Waste of Time

    • Publisher: Scientific American
    August 2017 0
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    First Deuterated Drug Approved

    • Publisher: Nature Biotechnology
    June 2017 0
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