In 2019, the WHO positioned chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) third in the global ranking of causes of death. However, some mechanisms of this debilitating chronic respiratory disease are yet to be identified. ...
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Can you eat your way out of a kidney disease? Perhaps you can—according to a new study from Aarhus University.
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(HealthDay)—The risk of hospitalized bacterial infections in older rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients is similar for rituximab or abatacept compared to etanercept, although it is higher for infliximab, according to a study ...
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You're a little feverish, but you feel good enough to get your shopping done and a quick workout at the gym.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has cast a spotlight on ventilators—but few know much about what they do or how they work.
Jun 4, 2020
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Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), often called 'fatty liver hepatitis,' can lead to serious liver damage and liver cancer. A team of researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has discovered that this condition ...
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TU/e spin-off NC Biomatrix BV is developing a biomaterial that will help to treat intervertebral disc degeneration in a non-invasive way. The new biomaterial (a cell-derived matrix gel) can be injected directly into the spinal ...
Jun 13, 2019
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Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, working with collaborators in five countries, have revealed that the capacity to resist or recover from infections and other sources of inflammatory ...
Jun 13, 2023
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Healthcare workers are likely to be in contact with many COVID-19 patients every day. Being in contact with more people with the disease means that, in theory, they will be exposed to higher doses of the coronavirus over ...
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In one of the largest prevalence studies to date, researchers from the U.K. provide national, regional, and global genotype prevalence estimates for the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Findings published in Hepatology, a journal ...
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