Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children significantly affects more Black and Latino children

Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) significantly affected more Black and Latino children than white children, with Black children at the highest risk, according to a new observational study of 124 pediatric patients treated at Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C. Researchers also found cardiac complications, including systolic myocardial dysfunction and valvular regurgitation, were more common in MIS-C patients who […]

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Newly identified biomarker could predict response to immune checkpoint inhibitors

A team of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers has identified a new biomarker that could predict response to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) shortly after patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) initiate therapy. This discovery, published today in the journal Nature Communications, is not only an important step forward in lung cancer treatment, but also has implications for other […]

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Commonly used sweeteners may promote antibiotic resistance

Researchers in Australia have conducted a study showing that commonly used nonnutritive sweeteners can promote the spread of antibiotic-resistant genes in the intestine. The study found that the sweeteners saccharine, sucralose, aspartame, and acesulfame potassium all promoted horizontal transfer of the genes between bacteria in both environmental and clinical settings. The sweeteners accelerated the exchange of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) […]

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Biofeedback Therapy for Headaches

Skip to: What is Biofeedback Therapy? Does Biofeedback Therapy Work for Headaches? What is Biofeedback Therapy? Biofeedback, or biofeedback therapy, is a technique in which patients learn to voluntarily control certain bodily processes. Traditionally, biofeedback makes use of sensory electrical equipment that is able to convert physiological output signals into visual and auditory cues. Biofeedback therapy involves  a specialist practitioner […]

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Perindo Combi

NOTICE: This Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is intended for persons living in Australia. PERINDO® COMBI 4/1.25 perindopril (pronounced per-in-do-pril) and indapamide (pronounced in-dap-a-mide) Consumer Medicine Information WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET This leaflet answers some common questions about PERINDO COMBI 4/1.25. It does not contain all the available information about this medicine. Reading this leaflet does not take the place […]

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Aranesp for chemotherapy induced anaemia

NOTICE: This Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is intended for persons living in Australia. ARANESP® darbepoetin alfa Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) WARNING FOR CANCER PATIENTS: Your doctor can use Aranesp to treat anaemia if you are receiving chemotherapy for cancer and your doctor decides that blood transfusion is not an option for you. In some clinical studies, the use of Aranesp […]

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Galcanezumab can cut frequency of cluster headache attacks

Galcanezumab can reduce the frequency of episodic cluster headache attacks, according to a study published in the July 11 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Peter J. Goadsby, M.D., Ph.D., from King’s College London, and colleagues enrolled patients who had at least one attack every other day, a total of at least four attacks, or no more than […]

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Woman is only able to hear female voices due to a rare condition

Woman is unable to hear the voices of MEN – including her own boyfriend – and can only pick up the higher frequency tones of other females The woman, from China, went to sleep with nausea and ringing in her ears The next day she went straight to hospital with sudden hearing loss  A specialist said stress had given her […]

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