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An advance in the breakthrough cancer treatment known as CAR T-cell therapy appears to eliminate its severe side effects, making the treatment safer and potentially available in outpatient settings, a new USC study shows. “This is a major improvement,” said Si-Yi Chen of the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the […]
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The gang’s all here! Jessica Simpson shared a sweet photo of her family — including daughter Birdie May, 4 weeks — dressed up in their Easter finest on Sunday. In the adorable image, the proud mama, 38, cradles her newborn daughter in her arms, while standing beside her and husband Eric Johnson‘s eldest child, daughter Maxwell “Maxi” Drew, who turns […]
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Vincent Cassel is a father for third time. The French Black Swan actor, 52, and his wife, 22-year-old French model Tina Kunakey, are the proud parents of a new baby girl, he announced Friday. Sharing the news on Instagram, Cassel posted a photo of a rainforest waterfall alongside the phrase, “Amazonie est née ❤️ (Amazonie is born).” The child’s name […]
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Andy Cohen is clearing the air over one special (and pricey) item in his 10-week-old son Benjamin Allen‘s wardrobe. The Watch What Happens Live host stopped by Live with Kelly and Ryan on Monday to chat with Kelly Ripa about all things new fatherhood, where he addressed a photo he posted earlier this month of Ripa’s husband Mark Consuelos cuddling his baby boy […]
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(HealthDay)—There is a small association between conception by in vitro fertilization (IVF) and childhood cancer, particularly hepatic tumors, according to a study published online April 1 in JAMA Pediatrics. Logan G. Spector, Ph.D., from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and colleagues used data from the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinical Outcomes Reporting System on IVF cycles that resulted […]
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Fantastic Four actress and businesswoman Jessica Alba has that amazing glow on her face that makes everybody wonder about her health secrets. But unlike some others, she is not a fan of the currently trending celery juice as she says it’s not good in taste. The film star recently opened up about maintaining wellness along with playing the role of […]
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Each year, women in the U.S. rely on some 20 million home pregnancy tests to learn potentially life-altering news. Despite marketing claims that such tests are 99 percent accurate, research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis over the past decade has shown that up to 5 percent of pregnancy tests return results indicating a woman is not […]
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New research sheds light on how a hepatitis B viral protein stimulates the expansion of immune cells that impair antiviral responses, according to a study published April 18 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Haitao Guo of the Indiana University School of Medicine, Bin Wang and Jiming Zhang of Fudan University, and colleagues. The findings potentially explain how the […]
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Researchers have designed a new type of adhesive patch that can be placed directly on the heart and may one day help to reduce the stretching of heart muscle that often occurs after a heart attack. The patch, made from a water-based hydrogel material, was developed using computer simulations of heart function in order to fine tune the material’s mechanical […]
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About one in eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. The vast majority of these cancers rely on the hormone estrogen to grow. Estrogen-receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer tumors are frequently treated with the drug tamoxifen, which blocks the hormone’s effect on the tumor. However, many tumors eventually become resistant to tamoxifen, allowing cancer […]
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