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Statins may protect the heart from chemotherapy treatment of early breast cancer

01/06/2021

Statins, common cholesterol-lowering medications, may protect women’s hearts from damage caused during chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association. “Two types of cancer medications, anthracyclines and trastuzumab, are effective treatments for many women with breast cancer, however, the risk of heart muscle damage has limited their use, particularly […]

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Teen dislike of physical appearance strong predictor of depression in early adulthood

12/08/2020

Teens who are unhappy with their physical appearance are at significantly heightened risk of depression by the time they reach early adulthood, reveals the first UK study of its kind, published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. The size of the increased risk ranges from 50% to 285%, the findings show, with boys more likely to experience […]

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Moderna plans 100 million Covid vaccine doses in early 2021

12/04/2020

Moderna plans to have 100 to 125 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine available in the first quarter of 2021, the vast majority of which will go to the United States, the biotechnology company announced Thursday. Between 85 and 100 million of the doses will be distributed in the United States, with the rest of the world receiving the remaining […]

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Early details of brain damage in COVID-19 patients

11/18/2020

One of the first spectroscopic imaging-based studies of neurological injury in COVID-19 patients has been reported by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in the American Journal of Neuroradiology. Looking at six patients using a specialized magnetic resonance (MR) technique, they found that COVID-19 patients with neurological symptoms show some of the same metabolic disturbances in the brain as other […]

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How do Moderna’s early results compare with Pfizer’s?

11/16/2020

Pfizer provided less detail in its announcement last week on Nov. 9 than Moderna did on Monday, Nov. 16. Pfizer’s outside board of experts analyzed 94 volunteers and estimated that the effectiveness of its vaccine was over 90 percent. They did not specify how many people who got sick had received the vaccine or the placebo. Nevertheless, the estimates for […]

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New Antibody Treatment Approved for Emergency Use Against Early COVID

11/12/2020

TUESDAY, Nov. 10, 2020 — Eli Lilly’s experimental antibody treatment for COVID-19 was given emergency approval by the U.S. and Food Administration on Monday. The promising news came the same day that President-elect Joseph Biden called for all Americans to wear masks and appointed a 12-member task force of experts to craft a national response to the continued spread of […]

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Eli Lilly ends antibody trial early after failed to help in recovery

10/27/2020

Eli Lilly ends paused trial of antibody drug and remdesivir after the NIH found the combo failed to help recovery of hospitalized patients Eli Lilly & Co and the National Institues of Health announced they are ending a clinical trial of antibody drug The study was looking at a combination of the antibody, LY-CoV555, and remdesivir as a treatment for hospitalized coronavirus […]

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For Kids With Hearing Issues, Early Intervention Crucial to School Readiness

09/28/2020

MONDAY, Sept. 28, 2020 — When babies with hearing impairments get help very early in life, they are more likely to be “kindergarten-ready” when the time comes, a new study finds. In the United States, all states have government-funded “early intervention” programs designed to assist parents whose babies are deaf or hard of hearing. Ideally, that intervention starts soon after […]

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Chinese Company Says Its COVID-19 Vaccine Should Be Available in U.S. in Early 2021

09/25/2020

THURSDAY, Sept. 24, 2020 — A Chinese pharmaceutical company claims its COVID-19 vaccine should available by early next year for distribution in the United States and other countries. If it passes its final round of human tests, SinoVac will apply to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell the CoronaVac vaccine, company CEO Yin Weidong said Thursday, the Associated […]

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Common early pregnancy signs often mistaken for something else, according to an OB/GYN

08/06/2020

Pregnancy symptoms are not always obvious — not every mom-to-be heaves up her breakfast, or pines desperately for pickles and ice cream. And if you weren’t observing your cycle timing religiously, there are a number of unexpected symptoms of pregnancy you could easily think mean your period is on the way, or write off as no big deal. In an […]

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