Cardiology
Patients taking statins experience similar side effects from dummy pills
People taking dummy pills and statins experienced similar side effects in a new study.
Nov 15, 2020
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Vaccination
Safety of HPV vaccines in males
Human papilloma virus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections and cases various cancers in women and men. There are currently three vaccines available, and their efficacy and safely have been thoroughly ...
Nov 4, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer treatment without side effects?
Treating cancer without debilitating side effects has long been the holy grail of oncologists, and researchers at the University of California, Irvine and Switzerland's Lausanne University Hospital may have found it.
Oct 27, 2020
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Health
Vaping epidemic puts adolescents at risk for potentially fatal lung disease
Adolescent use of e-cigarettes and vaping products is at epidemic proportions, yet the adverse health effects are understudied, with almost no data on younger patients. The problem is sizable as children start vaping at a ...
Oct 27, 2020
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Immunology
Medical minds meet to develop novel treatment for one patient's immune system defect
A young woman who had been hospitalized for three months straight due to debilitating, recurrent infections with no apparent underlying cause was finally able to go home thanks to a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) team ...
Oct 23, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Trial shows hydroxychloroquine does not prevent COVID-19 in health care workers
University of Minnesota Medical School physician researchers studied hydroxychloroquine as a treatment to prevent COVID-19 for those with high-risk for exposure to the virus—health care workers.
Oct 22, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Cannabis reduces OCD symptoms by half in the short-term
People with obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, report that the severity of their symptoms was reduced by about half within four hours of smoking cannabis, according to a Washington State University study.
Oct 20, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What you need to know about Regeneron's COVID-19 treatment
President Donald Trump was treated Friday for COVID-19 with a high-dose of the experimental antibody drug developed by the US biotech firm Regeneron.
Oct 3, 2020
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Vaccination
Leading Covid-19 vaccine trial resumes in Japan but not US
Trials on the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University have resumed in Japan but not the United States, where the pharmaceutical giant is working with regulators, a statement released Friday said.
Oct 2, 2020
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Common pelvic pain drug is ineffective, study finds
A drug that is regularly used to treat chronic pelvic pain in women has been found to be no more effective than a placebo, a new study has found.
Sep 24, 2020
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