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Glaxo buys Canadian cough drug maker for $2 bn
British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline on Tuesday announced the purchase of Canadian chronic cough treatment specialist Bellus for US$2 billion.
Apr 18, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Depression found to affect the care and survival of patients with breast cancer
In a recent study, having depression before or after a breast cancer diagnosis was associated with a lower likelihood of survival. The findings are published in the journal Cancer.
Apr 17, 2023
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Immunology
Air pollution is linked to lower COVID-19 vaccine responses
People exposed to higher levels of air pollution before the pandemic had lower antibody responses to COVID-19 vaccines, according to a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), in collaboration with ...
Apr 5, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Associations between obesity and prenatal exposure to environmental pollutants vary depending on nutritional status
Prenatal exposure to persistent organic pollutants may contribute to the development of childhood obesity and metabolic disorders. However, the results of a study coordinated by ISGlobal, a research center supported by the ...
Mar 22, 2023
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HIV & AIDS
Identifying where HIV sleeps in the brain
The human immunodeficiency virus HIV-1 is able to infect various tissues in humans. Once inside the cells, the virus integrates its genome into the cellular genome and establishes persistent infections. The role of the structure ...
Mar 16, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 vaccine may lessen severity and duration of long COVID
Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, may lessen the severity and duration of long COVID in those with persistent symptoms after infection, suggests a study that closely imitates a randomized ...
Mar 1, 2023
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Study identifies four distinct pain trajectories in nursing home residents
Despite awareness that pain is common in nursing home residents, there has been minimal attention focused on how this pain changes over time. A new study from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Nursing ...
Feb 27, 2023
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Medical research
Long COVID data tracks fatigue, symptoms by variant
The latest published study from INSPIRE provides important new insight into how lingering symptoms differ by virus variant and more specific data about persistent fatigue—the symptom most associated with what has become ...
Feb 20, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Organ damage for 59% of patients with long COVID continues a year after initial symptoms
A new comprehensive study of organ impairment in long COVID patients over 12 months shows organ damage persisted in 59% of patients a year after initial symptoms, even in those not severely affected when first diagnosed with ...
Feb 14, 2023
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Health
The pollutants in our diet that could accelerate aging
Pollutants are, by definition, harmful. But not all of them are equally harmful. Of the multitude of synthetic chemical compounds that pollute our environment, those that set off the loudest alarm bells are persistent organic ...
Feb 9, 2023
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