Narrative review offers theoretical guidance for early prevention, treatment, and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma.
New Framework Reveals How Inflammation Fuels Liver Cancer
This narrative review provides systematic theoretical guidance for early prevention, precise treatment, and prognosis improvement of hepatoc…
Understanding inflammation helps doctors stop liver cancer before it spreads.
Ultrasound-guided microwave ablation shows volume reduction in small RAS-mutated thyroid nodules in a pilot cohort.
Microwave Energy Shrinks Hard-to-Treat Thyroid Nodules
This retrospective pilot study evaluated ultrasound-guided microwave ablation (MWA) in 23 patients with small RAS-mutated thyroid nodules. A…
You wake up, brush your teeth, and feel it again—the small lump in your neck that won’t go away.
Magrolimab plus docetaxel shows limited efficacy in metastatic lung and urothelial cancers
New Drug Combo Fails to Shrink Tough Lung and Bladder Cancers
This cohort study evaluated magrolimab plus docetaxel in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, small cell lung cancer, and ur…
This study shows that adding a new drug to standard chemotherapy did not help patients with advanced lung or bladder cancer live longer or s…
Machine Learning Algorithms Predict Plastic Bronchitis in Pediatric Mycoplasma Pneumonia Patients
Can a computer spot a deadly lung condition before it starts?
This retrospective cohort study of 307 pediatric patients with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia evaluated machine learning algorithms for pre…
A new computer program can spot a rare, life-threatening lung condition in children much earlier than current methods allow.
mNGS on BALF samples shows higher pathogen detection in pulmonary infections vs. conventional testing
mNGS detects more lung infection pathogens than standard tests
This observational cohort study compared metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) on bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) to conventiona…
In 136 patients, mNGS found lung pathogens more often than conventional tests and better spotted mixed infections, especially in immunocompr…
Whole-genome sequencing clarifies brucellosis outbreak transmission in Shandong, China
Genome tracing maps brucellosis outbreak spread in China
This observational cohort study investigated a 2023 brucellosis outbreak in Shandong, China, involving 26 related cases. Integration of epid…
In a 2023 Shandong outbreak, genome tracing linked 26 human brucellosis cases to infected lambs and local livestock trading networks.
Longitudinal biomarker trajectories differ in burn sepsis survivors and non-survivors
Tracking Burn Sepsis Survival: How Your Body’s Signals Change Over Time
This observational cohort study of 712 adult patients with burn sepsis in a regional burn ICU found that survivor and non-survivor biomarker…
Watching how a patient’s nutrition, immune, and inflammation markers change over time is more powerful than a single measurement for predict…
Risk factors for multidrug-resistant organism infections in neutropenic patients
Doctors Can Now Predict Deadly Infections in Chemo Patients Before They Strike
This observational cohort study in 391 neutropenic patients identified risk factors for multidrug-resistant organism infections. MDRO infect…
This new prediction model could help doctors protect vulnerable patients from life-threatening infections that resist standard treatment.
Molecular survey detects atypical porcine pestivirus in wild boars across European Russia
Wild Boars in Russia Carry New Virus
This observational study surveyed wild boars in European Russia for atypical porcine pestivirus using qRT-PCR on tissue samples. The virus w…
A hunter in western Russia bags a wild boar.
Multiplex diagnostic test distinguishes long COVID patients from recovered controls with moderate diagnostic accuracy
A New Blood Test Helps Explain Why Long COVID Lasts
This observational cohort study compared 46 recovered controls and 113 long COVID patients using a multiplex diagnostic test. Results showed…
Scientists found a way to group Long COVID patients based on their body's reaction to the virus.
Systematic review and meta-analysis of AI/ML models for TB treatment failure prediction
AI models show potential to predict tuberculosis treatment outcomes
This systematic review and meta-analysis of 100,790 patients evaluated AI/ML-based prediction models for tuberculosis treatment failure. The…
Artificial intelligence tools show promise for predicting tuberculosis treatment failure in large patient groups worldwide.
Clinical-immuno-inflammatory signature for Aspergillus–Mucorales co-infection in ICU patients
ICU patients with co-infection show higher but not significant mortality
This single-center observational cohort study of 93 critically ill ICU patients found that a clinical-immuno-inflammatory signature for earl…
Critically ill patients with both Aspergillus and Mucorales infections had higher ICU mortality, but the difference was not statistically si…