Indigenous people in Australia experience three times more vision loss than non-Indigenous people, creating a concerning gap for vision.
Apr 19, 2022
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(HealthDay)—A single preoperative dose of dexamethasone reduces rates of postoperative hypocalcemia and voice dysfunction in patients undergoing thyroidectomy, according to a study published online Sept. 2 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head ...
Sep 20, 2021
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A specific gene that helps form memories from traumatic events can be manipulated—and in doing so may actually help prevent post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new study led NYU Langone Medical Center ...
Feb 13, 2017
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(Medical Xpress) -- A three-drug combination treatment for the blood cancer multiple myeloma compares favorably to the best established therapy for newly diagnosed patients, according to a multi-center study led by Andrzej ...
Dec 8, 2011
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Friday endorsed use of the steroid dexamethasone to treat oxygen-starved patients of COVID-19.
Sep 18, 2020
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South African pharmaceutical giant Aspen Pharmacare has said that it is ready to scale up production of a generic anti-inflammatory drug that could help save the lives of critically ill coronavirus patients.
Jun 19, 2020
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There is a steadily growing arsenal of drugs for COVID-19. Researchers from Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) and Freie Universität (FU) Berlin have studied the mechanisms ...
Apr 13, 2022
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For HIV-positive adults with tuberculous meningitis, adjunctive dexamethasone does not confer a benefit with respect to survival, according to a study published in the Oct. 12 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Oct 12, 2023
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Premature infants exposed after birth to drugs known as glucocorticoids are at increased risk for having impaired growth of the cerebellum, according to findings from a new UCSF-led study. The cerebellum is a region of the ...
Oct 19, 2011
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(HealthDay)—For patients with multiple myeloma in whom treatment with lenalidomide and a proteasome inhibitor has failed, progression-free survival (PFS) is longer in those receiving the immunostimulatory monoclonal antibody ...
Nov 8, 2018
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