Increased antibiotic use can lead, seemingly paradoxically, to more problematic infections, as the bacteria evolve to resist the treatment. The answer to this antimicrobial resistance, which the Centers for Disease Control ...
Mar 18, 2025
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Why do medications that are supposed to help patients with chronic inflammatory diseases sometimes lead to blood clots?
Mar 17, 2025
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Getting a headache and feeling sick are common side-effects for many medicines. Indulging in risky sexual behavior or pathological gambling—not so common.
Mar 17, 2025
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Patients who have been treated for heart failure and experience an improvement in their pump function are still at higher risk of heart-related death or hospitalization if they stop taking heart failure medications. This ...
Mar 17, 2025
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A study in the journal Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics (DTT) concludes that inhaled technosphere insulin (TI-Afrezza) should be considered as an option for individuals with type 1 diabetes who want an alternative to using ...
Mar 21, 2025
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Houston Methodist nurses are using an adapted screening tool at the bedside to assess whether patients have true penicillin allergies, thus enabling their care teams to offer them the most appropriate antibiotics without ...
Mar 20, 2025
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Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors are an important treatment option for people with chronic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. Since their approval, the indications ...
Mar 17, 2025
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Drug-resistant infections are linked to more than a million deaths a year in India. A health crisis compounded by the country's health care inequalities. Dr. Gautham and her team are working with rural health care providers ...
Mar 17, 2025
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