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Mail in screening tests for colorectal cancer seem effective, Elizabeth Tracey reports Oct 13, 2025

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Most people should start screening for colorectal cancer at age 45, due to increasing rates of the disease in younger people. Now a new study examines the most effective way to get people to be screened. Kimmel Cancer Center director …

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How should we interpret rising cases of colorectal cancer in younger people? Elizabeth Tracey reports Oct 06, 2025

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Colorectal cancer is occurring more frequently in those in the forty to forty nine year old age group, leading to recommendations for screening earlier. Now there’s a rise in cases seen in the last several years, but William Nelson, director …

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Can taking a supplement help you avoid recurrence of some skin cancers? Elizabeth Tracey reports Oct 06, 2025

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Nicotinamide is one of a group of vitamins known as B vitamins, and it’s available over the counter. A new study shows that in people who’ve had either a basal cell or squamous cell cancer, common types of skin cancer, …

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Why do certain microorganisms colonize your body? Elizabeth Tracey reports Oct 06, 2025

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Your microbiome, the host of organisms that live on and in you, are unique to you, with a new study showing that some types of bacteria and fungi may increase your risk for pancreas cancer. Kimmel Cancer Center director William …

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Will you soon be asked to give a specimen to assess your microbiome? Elizabeth Tracey reports Oct 06, 2025

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Certain bacteria resident on people’s bodies do confer an increased risk for pancreas cancer, a new study finds. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says assessing this type of risk requires analysis of bacteria resident …

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What might your microbiome have to do with your cancer risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports Oct 06, 2025

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Your microbiome is the collection of microorganisms that live on you and in you, with a new study pointing to certain bacteria as increasing one’s risk of pancreas cancer. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson says many new …

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A new study shows shunting works for normal pressure hydrocephalus, Elizabeth Tracey reports Sep 29, 2025

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As people age, many will develop problems with walking, cognition, and urination. Yet while some may point to dementia as the cause, a build up of fluid in the brain known as normal pressure hydrocephalus, which can be treated by …

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Fluid buildup in the brain treated with a shunt improves symptoms, Elizabeth Tracey reports Sep 29, 2025

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Problems walking, urinary issues, cognitive impairment…these are all symptoms of normal pressure hydrocephalus, where fluid builds up in the brain, and is fairly common with aging. Now a study by neurosurgeon Mark Luciano at Johns Hopkins and colleagues has shown …

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Shunts do work for a condition where fluid builds up in the brain, Elizabeth Tracey reports Sep 29, 2025

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Normal pressure hydrocephalus, where fluid called CSF builds up in the brain, is fairly common with aging, and has been treated with something called a shunt that diverts the excess fluid to the abdomen. Now a study by Mark Luciano, …

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Fluid in the brain known as hydrocephalus is fairly common with aging, Elizabeth Tracey reports Sep 29, 2025

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The singer Billy Joel recently announced he has normal pressure hydrocephalus, or NPH, a condition where fluid builds up in the brain and may cause a host of problems. Mark Luciano, a neurosurgeon and head of the CSF disorders group …

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