AP Medical Writer

Carla K. Johnson

The money will support eight teams of researchers around the country working on ways to help surgeons more successfully remove tumors for people facing cancer.

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Biden announces $150 million in research grants as part of his ‘moonshot’ push to fight cancer

August 13, 2024 at 6:45 p.m.

The money will support eight teams of researchers around the country working on ways to help surgeons more successfully remove tumors for people facing cancer.

Specially trained service dogs helped ease PTSD symptoms in U.S. military veterans in a small study that the researchers hope will help expand options for service members. The research was published Tuesday in JAMA Network Open.

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Service dogs helped ease PTSD symptoms in US military veterans, researchers say

June 4, 2024 at 11:25 a.m.

Specially trained service dogs helped ease PTSD symptoms in U.S. military veterans in a small study that the researchers hope will help expand options for service members. The research was...

Millions of people in the U.S. report using marijuana daily or nearly every day, and those people now outnumber those who say they are daily or nearly-daily drinkers of alcohol.

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Daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in the US, a new study says

May 22, 2024 at 4:32 p.m.

Millions of people in the U.S. report using marijuana daily or nearly every day, and those people now outnumber those who say they are daily or nearly-daily drinkers of alcohol.

The effect of police violence on Black Americans is tracked in two new studies, with one tying police-involved deaths to sleep disturbances and the other finding a racial gap in injuries involving police use of Tasers.

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The effect of police violence on Black Americans’ health is documented in 2 new studies

February 5, 2024 at 2:40 p.m.

The effect of police violence on Black Americans is tracked in two new studies, with one tying police-involved deaths to sleep disturbances and the other finding a racial gap in...

Philando Castile was stopped 52 times by police: Was it racial profiling?

August 3, 2019 at 12:15 p.m.

MINNEAPOLIS When Philando Castile saw the flashing lights in his rearview mirror, it wasn't unusual. He had been pulled over at least 52 times in recent years in and around...

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