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17-Nov-2025

Clinical trial participants call for more inclusive, patient-centered cancer research

Impact Journals LLC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

BUFFALO, NY – November 17, 2025 – A new research perspective was published in Oncotarget (Volume 16) on November 14, 2025, titled “A personal perspective of patient-centred clinical trials.”

Journal: Oncotarget

17-Nov-2025

Launch of provincial hereditary cancer registry to drive new discoveries and link Ontarians to resources

Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
Reports and Proceedings

The Ontario Hereditary Cancer Research Network (OHCRN) is a first-of-its-kind provincial registry that will collect and leverage critical data on all types of hereditary cancers to drive life-changing cancer innovations and provide support to Ontarians who have a higher chance of getting cancer because of their genetics.

Funder: Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

17-Nov-2025

Reaching the unreachable: New technique opens route to deep lung tumors

The University of Osaka
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at The University of Osaka developed the Balloon-Assisted Bronchoscope Delivery (BDBD) technique and in a first-in-human clinical trial, the team successfully demonstrated that this technique is both safe and effective, enabling access to lesions smaller than 20 mm. By using a small balloon to gently widen airways, it allows endoscopes to reach deep, peripheral lung tumors, promising more accurate cancer diagnosis and new minimally invasive treatment options.

Journal: Thorax
Funder: KANEKA CORPORATION

17-Nov-2025

New 'heart percentile' calculator helps young adults grasp their long-term risk

Northwestern University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new Northwestern Medicine study introduces a first-of-its-kind online calculator that uses percentiles to help younger adults forecast and understand their risk of a heart event over the next 30 years. With rates of obesity, diabetes and hypertension rising among younger Americans, the study authors say identifying long-term risk earlier could help bend the curve on future heart disease, the leading cause of death in the U.S. and worldwide.

Journal: Journal of the American College of Cardiology

17-Nov-2025

Simple test brings clarity and hope for families with inherited neuropathy

University of Rochester Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new low-cost urine test that detects SORD deficiency, a common inherited neuropathy often linked to Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. The test identifies cases some genetic screens miss, offering families, including those in Amish communities where the condition is more prevalent, faster answers and earlier access to emerging treatments.

Journal: Neurology

17-Nov-2025

National Health Advocacy Group offers tips to cut holiday grocery bills in half with plant-based ingredients

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Reports and Proceedings

A Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine/Morning Consult survey shows most U.S. consumers plan to spend about $100 on their main holiday meal this year. As food costs continue to rise, the Physicians Committee, a national nonprofit health advocacy group, has tips for slashing that number in half.

17-Nov-2025

New study reveals high rates of fabricated and inaccurate citations in LLM-generated mental health research

JMIR Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal JMIR Mental Health by JMIR Publications highlights a critical risk in the growing use of Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT-4o by researchers: the frequent fabrication and inaccuracy of bibliographic citations.

Journal: JMIR Mental Health