A team led by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has discovered a protein that plays critical roles in alerting the body to a bacterial infection and initiating an effective immune response to fight back ...
Jul 26, 2023
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Many girls in low- and middle-income countries struggle to buy products to manage their periods, which can cause them to skip school. So, ensuring they have access to menstrual products is critical.
Jul 25, 2023
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In children with suspected sinusitis, a nasal swab to test for three types of bacteria can tell whether antibiotics are likely to be effective or not, according to a new JAMA study by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh ...
Jul 25, 2023
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Decades after Purdue Pharma began to push physicians to prescribe addictive pain pills, the opioid crisis has been a slow-motion disaster, with overdoses destroying lives and families across the country.
Jul 19, 2023
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A scorpionfish protein could prove a powerful tool for treating multidrug-resistant bacterial infections in people with cystic fibrosis, according to a preliminary study published today in eLife.
Jul 18, 2023
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The mucus in the airways is not as sticky, and inflammation in the lungs is significantly reduced: Triple combination therapy can achieve these positive, lasting effects in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Researchers ...
Jul 7, 2023
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If you've just decided to start using tampons and you're finding it tricky, you're not alone! Lots of young teens and first-time tampon users have told me they experience "tampon trauma"—meaning it hurts, won't go in or ...
Jun 27, 2023
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Our noses perform important functions every day of our lives, but we often only notice when disease changes how they work.
Jun 7, 2023
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When most men think about their prostate, it's to worry about whether they have prostate cancer or not. But another condition is far more common and plenty painful.
May 31, 2023
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In February 2023, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned people against using EzriCare eye drops because bottles of the product had been linked to drug-resistant bacterial infections causing vision ...
May 11, 2023
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