New surgical knife detects cancer from smoke
A London team reports a smart surgical knife that analyzes cautery smoke with a mass spectrometer to signal if tissue is cancerous or healthy. The device speeds in‑oper anesthesia to confirm tumor removal, potentially cutting extra surgeries and guiding treatment decisions.
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London
Zoltan Takats
Imperial College London
Emma King
Cancer Research U
James Kinross
St. Mary’s Hospital
Pfizer arthritis pill Xeljanz gains approvals in five countries
Pfizer says Xeljanz, a twice daily rheumatoid arthritis medicine, has been approved for patients not helped by existing treatments in Russia Argentina Kuwait UAE and Switzerland. Europe has not cleared full approval due to cancer risk concerns. Wholesale monthly price around 2055 dollars.
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Pfizer Inc
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Memory decline may signal earliest dementia signs
Researchers report that self perceived memory problems long before age related decline may mark early Alzheimer’s. Doctors often dismiss such concerns as mild lapses, but experts warn that real, unrecoverable memory loss could precede broader dementia by years and show on brain scans.
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Boston
Maria Carrillo
Alzheimer’s Association
Dorene Rentz
Massachusetts General Hospital
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