(MedPage Today) — The presence of visceral and hepatic fat went hand in hand with carotid atherosclerosis, researchers found using imaging data.
Higher visceral adipose tissue (VAT) volume correlated with higher MRI-measured carotid wall volume…
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Belly, Liver Fat Translate Into Clogged Carotids
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Magnetic Cosmetics Fly Under the Radar as MRI Risks
(MedPage Today) — SAN ANTONIO — A new challenge for MRI safety is linked to one particular beauty trend: ferromagnetic nail polish.
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Good Cancer Control, Survival With SBRT for Limited Metastatic/Progressive Disease
(MedPage Today) — Patients with limited metastatic/progressive cancers had good rates of local control and favorable survival with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and no systemic therapy, according to a multicenter retrospective study from…
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Radiation-Free Approach Promising for Some Locally Advanced Lung Cancers
(MedPage Today) — In a small phase II trial, radiation-free treatment with pembrolizumab (Keytruda) and platinum-based chemotherapy alone proved promising for patients with unresectable, locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and…
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Biden Cancer Update; What Happened to Florida's Top Doc? Trump's Health Note Debated
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Former President Joe Biden is undergoing radiation therapy for his aggressive prostate cancer. (ABC News)
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A Breast Cancer That's Harder to Detect Is on the Rise
(MedPage Today) — Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) now accounts for one in every 10 breast cancer cases in the U.S. and is increasing at more than triple the rate of other breast cancers, according to a report from the American Cancer Society…
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GLP-1s May Throw Off Some Medical Scans
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Antibody Prevention of RSV in Infants; Medical Imaging and Cancer Risk in Kids
(MedPage Today) — TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center…
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Survival Benefit Evades Pelvic Radiation in Less Aggressive Prostate Cancer
(MedPage Today) — SAN FRANCISCO — Prophylactic whole-pelvic radiation therapy (RT) did not perform as expected for patients with unfavorable intermediate-risk or favorable high-risk prostate cancer, according to interim results from a large…
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RT Matches Catheter Ablation for Refractory Ventricular Tachycardia, and It's Safer
(MedPage Today) — SAN FRANCISCO — Noninvasive stereotactic radiotherapy (RT) for refractory ventricular tachycardia (VT) achieved outcomes similar to catheter ablation with substantially fewer serious adverse events (SAEs), a small retrospective…