Overall cancer mortality in the United States has continued to decline, with more than 4 million cancer deaths averted since 1991, according to the 2024 American Cancer Society (ACS) annual report on cancer trends. The “good news is that we are continuing to see a decline in cancer mortality,” which follows the steady decline we’ve...
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Soccer heading linked to measurable decline in brain function
by Radiological Society of North America Diffusion tensor imaging, an MRI technique, of the brain. Credit: RSNA/Michael L. Lipton, M.D., Ph.D.New research being presented this week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) links soccer heading—where players hit the ball with their head—to a measurable decline in the microstructure and...
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Researchers examine the decline in average body temperature among healthy adults over the past two decades
by Andrea Estrada, University of California – Santa Barbara A Tsimane family in a traditional house with no walls. In the nearly two centuries since German physician Carl Wunderlich established 98.6°F (37 C) as the standard “normal” body temperature, it has been used by parents and doctors alike as the measure by which fevers—and often the...