Sept. 27, 2016 How does vitamin D affect prostate cancer in African American men? Prostate cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer in men. However, the chance that someone will get prostate cancer depends on a lot of different factors.
June 22, 2017 Targeting Lung Cancer: How Precision Medicine is Directing Cancer Therapy Today The field of precision medicine has been gaining steam over the past two years.
Nov. 18, 2017 Good Bugs, Bad Bugs: Exploring the Link between Cancer and Vaginal Bacteria Although one of the top 10 cancer types in the United States, a lot of people haven’t heard of endometrial cancer.
Jan. 23, 2018 Socioeconomic Conditions, Environment and Lifestyle Affect Severity of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Precision medicine uses data on an individual's person’s diet, exercise routine, family history, environment, genetics, and more to tailor treatment and prevention of certain conditions to that person’s unique characteristics.
Feb. 22, 2018 Taking Medications to Heart: Drug-Induced Long QT Syndrome Almost every medication we take comes with some side effects. Thankfully, most of these risks are small and the side effects for common medications are mild.
March 26, 2018 Tracking Down the Roots of Childhood–Onset Epilepsy Epilepsy is the fourth most-common neurological disorder in adults, and the most common neurological condition in children. About 1 in 26 people will develop epilepsy over the course of their lifetime.
May 1, 2018 The All of Us Research Program – Powering the Future of Precision Medicine There is power in numbers. When a researcher is studying the causes of a human disease, the more people involved in the study, the greater the probability that the study will generate useful results.
June 19, 2018 Supercharging the Immune System: The Future of Cancer Care Most people familiar with cancer treatment know of three main options: surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. But a newer option, called immunotherapy, is creating quite a buzz across the cancer community.
July 16, 2018 Advances in Asthma Genetics Will Help Patients Breathe Easier Most commonly, asthma manifests itself as having difficulty breathing, accompanied by any number of other symptoms, including, chest pain or tightness, anxiety, fast heart rate, cough, throat irritation and/or wheezing.
Aug. 13, 2018 A Difficult Conundrum: Genetic Testing for Alzheimer’s Disease Do I really want to know? This is one of the most important questions people ask themselves before genetic testing. And this conundrum is more relevant for conditions like Alzheimer’s disease.