What you need to know about 'walking pneumonia'
Do you have a runny nose and nagging cough that has persisted for weeks but you've still managed to drag yourself to work and school?
Nov 1, 2024
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Organic Chemicals: News and Research on Lactones
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Scientists can reverse brain aging in fruit flies by preventing buildup of a common protein
Humans aren't the only ones who grow forgetful as they age—fruit flies do, too. But because fruit flies have a lifespan of only about two months, they can be a useful model for understanding the cognitive decline that comes ...
Oct 28, 2024
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Repurposing mifepristone: New hope for anti-aging treatments
New research from biologists at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences reveals that mifepristone, a drug best known for its use for ending early pregnancies, might also extend lifespan. The findings could ...
Oct 24, 2024
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When medicines don't work: Eliminating neglected tropical diseases will reduce drug resistance—a win for all
A major health challenge of our time is when drugs no longer work to treat infections. This happens when the agents that cause infections—they may be bacteria, viruses or fungi—become resistant to the drugs.
Oct 8, 2024
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Researchers discover mechanism driving immune perturbations after severe infections
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have discovered a mechanism that drives the long-term decline in immune response that is observed after tuberculosis (TB) has been successfully treated. ...
Sep 30, 2024
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Spinal cord organoids could unlock safer treatment for pregnant women with epilepsy
University of Queensland researchers have made a significant step towards enabling women with epilepsy safer access to a common and highly effective anti-seizure medication.
Sep 30, 2024
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Belzutifan improves progression-free survival in advanced renal cell cancer
Belzutifan, a hypoxia-inducible factor 2α (HIF-2α) inhibitor, improves progression-free survival and objective responses over everolimus among patients with advanced clear-cell renal cell carcinoma, according to a study published ...
Aug 23, 2024
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Giving an antibiotic to all children under 5 in Africa would save lives, researchers say
When UC San Francisco research showed that routinely treating children in Sub-Saharan Africa with a common antibiotic could reduce deaths in children under five, the World Health Organization (WHO) moved quickly to recommend ...
Aug 21, 2024
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Dissolvable microneedle patch enables periodontal tissue regeneration
Periodontitis is initiated by dysbiosis of the oral microbiome. Pathogenic bacteria elicit ineffective immune responses, which damage surrounding tissues and lead to chronic inflammation. Although current treatments typically ...
Aug 8, 2024
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Recurrent wheezing in children linked to 'silent' viral infections
Nearly a quarter of children with recurrent wheezing have "silent" lung infections that would be better treated with antiviral medications than commonly prescribed steroids that can carry lifelong side effects, new research ...
Aug 6, 2024
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