Reflux disease manifests as acid regurgitation and heartburn and is a known risk factor for esophageal cancer. However, a new study published in The BMJ by researchers at Karolinska Institutet now reports that the majority ...
Sep 13, 2023
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Myocarditis is a serious but rare heart condition that impacts 10 to 20 out of every 100,000 Americans. For comparison, coronary artery disease, which is the most common heart disease in the U.S., affects 100 out of every ...
Sep 7, 2023
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Children with Down syndrome often undergo extensive medical tests, including imaging, that may use ionizing radiation. At the same time, genetic disorders like Down syndrome have an established increased risk of certain cancers, ...
Sep 6, 2023
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Preeclampsia is a severe complication of pregnancy, affecting one in 40 pregnant women. Identifying high-risk patients is often difficult and complex because the exact cause of preeclampsia is still unknown.
Aug 29, 2023
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In a large retrospective analysis using measurements of thousands of plasma proteins in primary and secondary event populations, scientists from deCODE genetics and collaborators from U.S., Denmark and Iceland, reported today ...
Aug 22, 2023
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With opioid overdose deaths surging in the United States, many communities are in desperate need of solutions to bring down the body count. Among the most promising is strengthening prison reentry programs for highest-risk ...
Aug 21, 2023
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Spain performs more than half of all egg donation treatments across Europe. The country is the largest provider of donor eggs across the continent. And every year, thousands of international fertility patients travel to Spain ...
Aug 17, 2023
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Researchers at Oxford University's Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences have developed a new tool to predict people's risks of getting esophageal cancer in the next ten years.
Aug 15, 2023
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Winter is mushroom season in Australia. Early in the season, Victoria's Department of Health warned that for inexperienced foragers, it can be deadly—with cases of mushroom poisoning increasing around the world.
Aug 8, 2023
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Significant stroke risk factor disparities exist between Black adults and non-Black adults who have had a stroke. However, after one-year of intensive medical intervention, some of the risk factors that increase the risk ...
Aug 3, 2023
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