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Three longtime Philadelphia police officers developed the same rare cancer, and the similarities in their cases were hard to ignore. They all had spent years working in the department’s narcotics unit. They all died of glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, within years of each other. (Lavietes, 7/23)

A single blood sample taken before surgery may one day help doctors identify colorectal cancer patients at greater risk of recurrence or metastasis, according to new research from scientists at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Gangnam Severance Hospital and Asan Medical Center. The study found that as colorectal cancer progresses, it reshapes the body's metabolism in ways that can be detected in the blood. (Azzurra Volpe, 7/22)

A hormone that naturally declines as we grow older may play a key role in the chronic inflammation linked to cancer and other age-related diseases, according to new research in mice. The hormone, called thymulin, is produced by the thymus, a small organ behind the breastbone that helps train the body's immune system. (Azzurra Volpe, 7/22)

Of nearly 192,000 accidental or undetermined-intent drug overdose deaths in the United States from 2022 to 2024, 76% occurred when the decedent was alone, highlighting the need for targeted messaging and wider distribution of opioid antagonist medications, according to a Public Health Alert today. (Van Beusekom, 7/22)

Larry Mitchell never thought much about the dreams he wasn’t having. For years, while he regularly smoked cannabis, his dreams seemed to disappear. Then, last summer, he quit. Soon afterward, his nights became populated by a vivid nocturnal world unlike anything he had experienced before. (Cha, 7/23)

More than a year after a man killed a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband and shot another lawmaker and the legislator’s wife, he was expected to be sentenced to life in prison on Thursday. The attacks, described by prosecutors as targeted political assassinations, set off an urgent manhunt across the state and left Minnesotans in terror. The attacker went to the homes of Democratic lawmakers in the middle of the night, disguised as a law enforcement officer. (Londoño, 7/23)

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø News: A Death Revives Concerns About Police Brutality Six Years After National Reckoning 

Not everyone at Lloyd Gilmore’s funeral knew him well. One woman, who had ironed her clothes two days in advance, said she just wanted to be there for his family. School-age children, guided by their parents, approached his open casket in the sanctuary of Cornerstone Baptist Church and peeked inside. Other people looked away. (Anthony, 7/23)