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  • End-of-life care metric tracks how time grows more valuable for terminal cancer patients
    on June 13, 2026 at 12:00 pm

    A research team at Lund University in Sweden has studied how patients with advanced cancer seek care during the final stages of their lives. By studying their care patterns, the research team has developed a measurement method that relates health care needs to the changing value of time for patients at the end of life. The less time they have left to live, the more precious time feels. The work is published in the journal Value in Health.

  • Sugar-coated CAR-T cells survive longer and shrink lymphoma tumors in mice
    on June 13, 2026 at 12:00 pm

    Scientists at Florida International University may have found a way to make a powerful cancer treatment work even better. The treatment, called CAR-T therapy, uses a patient’s own immune cells to fight cancer. Doctors remove special immune cells called T-cells from the body, genetically change them in a lab so they can recognize cancer, and then put them back into the patient to attack tumors. The therapy has already helped many people with serious blood cancers such as lymphoma and leukemia.

  • Why women with HIV are still dying early, even when virus is not main cause
    on June 13, 2026 at 9:30 am

    Women with HIV most often die from preventable, trauma-related conditions like substance use and mental illness—not the virus itself. Yet these leading causes are largely missing from official death records, according to new research by UC San Francisco.

  • Long-read DNA test lifts rare disease diagnoses and could replace 15 other tests
    on June 13, 2026 at 8:50 am

    A new test provides a much more complete picture of DNA than current standard diagnostics and leads to a diagnosis more often. The test can replace 15 other tests, making it faster and more efficient. Researchers from Radboud university medical center recommend in the New England Journal of Medicine that this test be adopted everywhere as the first choice for rare genetic disorders.

  • Grandparents are a vital resource in the child mental health crisis, says psychologist
    on June 13, 2026 at 4:10 am

    As more than 40% of American teenagers report persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness, a leading child psychologist says that grandparents and extended family have a vital role to play.