THE MEDICAL NEWS

Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer have unique needs compared with other age groups. Access to palliative care among this age group remains challenging.

For decades, lung cancer has been associated with stigma, anxiety, and loss. Advances in screening, therapeutics, and survivorship have created a new reality; lung cancer is treatable, survivable, and increasingly understood as a chronic disease for many.

A new research paper featured on the cover of Volume 17, Issue 11 of Aging-US was published on October 30, 2025, titled "SAMP-Score: a morphology-based machine learning classification method for screening pro-senescence compounds in p16 positive cancer cells."

Follicular lymphoma (FL) is the second most frequent subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system. Although the disease is typically incurable, many cases progress slowly and do not require immediate treatment.

A programme of smell screening, awareness campaigns and health policies could improve the mental and physical health of millions - according to research led by the University of East Anglia.

A new study from UC San Francisco shows it may be possible to control HIV without long-term antiviral treatment - an advance that points the way toward a possible cure for a disease that affects 40 million people around the world.