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Tape strips detect hidradenitis suppurativa biomarkers, novel study shows
The analysis is believed to be the first of its kind.
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New COVID variant JN.1 could disrupt holiday plans
Nearly 10,000 people were hospitalized for COVID in the U.S. for the week ending Nov. 25, the CDC said, a 10%...
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FDA approves first 2 gene-editing therapies for sickle cell
These expensive “milestone treatments” greenlighted by the FDA are the first gene-based therapies for sickle cell disease.
Conference Coverage
Link between vitamin D deficiency and obesity unclear
“It appears that obesity could predict low vitamin D levels (not necessarily a deficiency). In turn, these low levels could cause obesity,...
From the Journals
Adverse events in childhood alter brain function
“We have certainly learned so much more over the past decade about early adversity and that it does have a profound impact on the brain and...
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Some reasons to get off the fence about COVID booster
“The body of evidence from all these different studies converge on one single reality — that vaccines reduce the risk of long COVID.”
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Antihypertensives show similar long-term mortality rates
Mortality was not significantly different among users of three different antihypertensives over a follow-up of up to 32 years.
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Most stop taking weight loss drugs within 1 year
Those with higher weight loss at 6 months had a higher likelihood of remaining on the weight loss medication at 1 year.
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Excessive TV-watching tied to elevated risk for dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and depression
Sedentary behavior is “associated with biomarkers of low-grade inflammation and changes in inflammation markers that could initiate and or worsen...
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Medication overuse headache a pain to treat
“You can predict [a patient’s response] to some extent from the type of medication they overuse and the type of underlying primary headache.”
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Global measles deaths increased by 43% in 2022
The report also notes an increase in the number of countries experiencing significant measles outbreaks. There were 37 such countries in 2022,...