Ukraine’s health services have been remarkably resilient in wartime, with technological innovations playing a key role in sustaining the delivery of care. At the 20th European AIDS Conference (EACS 2025) in Paris last week, Tetiana Deshko of…
Category: 6. Health
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Mental exercise can reverse a brain change linked to aging, study finds
Scientists are reporting the first compelling evidence in people that cognitive training can boost levels of a brain chemical that typically declines with age.
A 10-week study of people 65 or older found…
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Hepatitis B reactivation is rare after switching from tenofovir, two European studies show
Two large studies of people switching to tenofovir-sparing regimens presented at the 20th European AIDS Conference (EACS 2025) in Paris show that hepatitis B reactivation is a rare event after the hepatitis B-suppressive drug is removed.
Hepatitis…
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Dyslipidemia May Delay Macular Hole Closure After Surgery
Dyslipidemia may be associated with delayedmacular hole (MH) closure, indicating a possible role of systemic metabolic dysfunction in postoperative retinal recovery.1Idiopathic MH is distinguished by a full-thickness defect with the…
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Abstinence or limiting alcohol intake may lead to clinically meaningful blood pressure reductions
Light-to-moderate alcohol consumption is associated with increases in blood pressure (BP) and stopping drinking – even drinking less – may lead to clinically meaningful BP reductions, according to a study published today…
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Bridging knowledge gaps in prostate cancer screening among northern Sa
Introduction
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer among men worldwide, accounting for approximately 14.2% of new cancer cases in men, according to the Global Cancer Observatory database of the International Agency…
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Cancer-Related Cause of Death and End-of-Life Management in Patients With ALK-Rearranged NSCLC
Patients with ALK-positive (ALK+) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) “frequently die of cancer-related causes, during hospitalization, and under active treatment,” underscoring the need for tailored palliative and end-of-life care approaches…
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COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could unlock the next revolution in cancer treatment – new research
The COVID-19 mRNA-based vaccines that saved 2.5 million lives globally during the pandemic could help spark the immune system to fight cancer. This is the surprising takeaway of a new study that we and our colleagues published in the journal…
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Scientists create pigs resistant to classical swine fever | Gene editing
Pigs that are resistant to a deadly viral disease have been created by scientists at Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute.
The gene-edited animals remained healthy when exposed to classical swine fever (CSF), a highly contagious and often fatal disease….
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