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This new brain-mapping device could make neurosurgery safer

NPR June 13, 2024
NPR covers new brain mapping technology that enables neurosurgeons to precisely remove diseased brain tissue while preserving functions important to individual patients in real time during surgery. Ahmed Raslan, M.D., says, “If somebody is a mathematician, we’ll give them a math formula. If somebody is a painter, we’ll give them what’s called a visual cognition task.”

Big Breakthrough in Cancer Detection

BottomLine Inc. June 11, 2024
Nima Nabavizadeh, M.D., provides expert commentary on multi-cancer early detection, or MCED, tests that are designed to screen for more than 50 types of cancer via a blood test.

Osilodrostat improves comorbid hypertension, diabetes for adults with Cushing’s disease

Healio Endocrine Today June 11, 2024
Healio interviews Maria Fleseriu, M.D., regarding a clinical trial involving a new therapy for people with Cushing’s disease, diabetes and hypertension. She says, “This study highlights the need to adjust medications for comorbidities such as hypertension and diabetes after treatment for Cushing’s disease as improvement is expected in most but not all patients.”
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