New research to be presented at this year's Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD; Madrid, 9–13 September) shows that a child is almost twice as likely to d...
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Boar's Head announced Friday that it was recalling all of its liverwurst products because they could be tainted with dangerous Listeria monocytogenes bacteria.
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Most prostate cancer outcomes do not differ significantly between transgender women (TGW) and cisgender (CG) men, including prostate cancer-specific mortality, according to a study published onli...
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In November 2021, Northwestern University researchers introduced an injectable new therapy, which harnessed fast-moving "dancing molecules," to repair tissues and reverse paralysis after severe s...
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A study from China has reported that Cordyceps sinensis (CS), a traditional Chinese medicinal fungus, can ameliorate idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in mice by inhibiting mitochondrion-mediat...
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A combination of two drugs was capable of suppressing tumors in a non-conventional manner. Instead of inhibiting tumor cell division, as the most widely used medications do, the strategy consiste...
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Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is a commonly used curative therapy for individuals with inborn errors of immunity (IEI). HCT involves introducing stem cells from a compatible...
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Children with special health care needs (CSHCN) often face significant disruptions in their education due to extended hospitalizations. A recent study published online in Disability and Rehabilit...
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For adults, increased substance use (ISU) is seen in populations with direct, indirect, and media exposure to mass terrorism, according to a study published online July 24 in JAMA Network Open.
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Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare but highly aggressive form of skin cancer known for its rapid growth and tendency to metastasize. Despite the promise of immune checkpoint blockade therapy, which ...
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Earlier this year, Department of Genetics professor Joel Sax, along with Christopher McFarland, assistant professor at the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, and Bryan Carroll, associate...
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As wildfires throughout the West rage on, Oregon Health & Science University researchers have continued to investigate poor air quality's effects on health, and have discovered potential impacts ...
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New research from New Mexico State University shows depression can reduce survival rates among American women diagnosed with breast cancer.
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A new research paper was published in Oncotarget entitled, "Prognostic and therapeutic insights into MIF, DDT, and CD74 in melanoma."
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New research from the Center for Integration of Science and Industry at Bentley University shows that differences between the financial structures of large pharmaceutical producers and smaller, e...
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In patients with diabetes and established diabetic retinopathy (DR), treatment with glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP1RAs) is associated with increased risks of DR progression compar...
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A study from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy reveals that CEO salaries for nonprofit hospitals and health care systems increased significantly from 2012 to 2019. The study, "T...
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According to a new study, antidepressants may reduce the risk of relapse in people with alcohol use disorder—but only if the antidepressants are effective in reducing their depression symptoms....
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Researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have discovered the source of dysfunction in the process whereby cells in the eye's retina remove waste.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-07-potential-therapeutic-degenerative-eye-disease.html
Hydroxychloroquine appears to be a safe and effective treatment option for anogenital lichen sclerosus that only has mild adverse effects, according to a study published online July 19 in the Int...
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In recent years, the intense pressure professional athletes endure has come under scrutiny, highlighted by incidents like gymnast Simone Biles withdrawing from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and tennis ...
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Tasmanian scientists are a step closer to developing a computer test that can detect dementia, decades before any memory symptoms emerge, recent research has found.
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Doctors and others who take care of hospitalized patients may want to sit down for this piece of news. A new study suggests that getting at a patient's eye level when talking with them about thei...
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The first-ever deaths from the Oropouche virus, a little-known disease spread by the bites of infected midges and mosquitoes, have been recorded in Brazil.
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If you have ever wondered how you manage to keep track of the immense amount of information coming to you each day, you might want to thank the positional tagging system in your mind.
UC San Francisco scientists have found that SARS-CoV-2 can linger in the body for years and could be driving a global epidemic in long COVID.
Women who are diagnosed with breast cancer in one breast, even in the early stages, sometimes opt for a double mastectomy, due to the fear that the cancer will migrate to the other breast.
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Researchers at UCLA Health uncovered new information about the role inflammation plays in mitigating liver fibrosis, which is associated with metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), one...
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Scientists in America have developed a nasal spray that can remove proteins in the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease—at least, in mice.
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The brain contains many cell types, from the prominent neurons to the lesser-known microglia. The latter are integral to the brain's immune system and play a crucial role as the brain's cleanup c...
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