Every year in the winter months, there are waves of infection with RSV. In healthy adults and adolescents, the infection is usually harmless. Not so with small children: Around 1% of them who are exposed to the pathogen for ...
Feb 9, 2024
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In 2020, heart failure affected about 6.5 million people in the U.S. and 23 million around the world. Despite recent advances, the five-year survival rate remains approximately 50%, indicating an urgent need for a novel perspective ...
Feb 8, 2024
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The lifting of a two-decade drought in federal funding for firearm injury prevention research was strongly associated with an increase in both clinical trials and publications on gun violence, according to a new report published ...
Feb 8, 2024
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Researchers with McMaster University and Denmark-based pharmaceutical company ALK-Abello A/S have made a groundbreaking discovery: a new cell that remembers allergies.
Feb 7, 2024
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Researchers have identified why some advanced estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancers become resistant to hormone therapy, and have identified drugs currently in development that could keep disease stable for longer ...
Feb 7, 2024
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During pregnancy, a woman's immune system changes dramatically but researchers don't yet understand all the underlying mechanisms. A new study shows how the gut microbiota may play a role.
Feb 7, 2024
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Patient-reported outcomes are important indicators of how cancer drugs impact patients' lives. By assessing the benefits and risks of drugs from a patient's perspective, scientists and physicians can improve the development ...
Feb 6, 2024
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The current standard of care for treating patients with stage 3 colon cancer is to use adjuvant therapy with FOLFOX, a combination of the drugs fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin. Although effective, the use of oxaliplatin ...
Feb 6, 2024
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Early in her career, Johns Hopkins physician-scientist Eileen Scully began to explore ways that viral infections such as HIV, SARS-CoV-2 and tuberculosis manifest differently in individuals. One particular interest: The differences ...
Feb 6, 2024
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The frenzy of demand for new, FDA-approved drugs like Ozempic, used to treat diabetes, has been fueled in part by reports that celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Elon Musk, and various social media influencers have lost significant ...
Feb 6, 2024
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