Sami Yli-Piipari, associate professor in the Mary Frances Early College of Education’s kinesiology department, spoke with Futurity about the ways that exercise habits (or lack thereof) in adolescence can set the stage for long-term physical…
Category: 6. Health
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What to Know About Safety and the Risks
An expert in transfusion medicine explains the reasons why some patients require blood transfusions and how the process works.
Every two seconds, someone in the U.S….
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Novel degraders show promise in preclinical studies
Cancer cells employ a variety of strategies to evade the immune system, and modern immunotherapies aim precisely at these escape mechanisms. However, such therapies are not always successful. A research team led by…
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States with abortion restrictions have worse outcomes for patients using fertility treatment
A research team including fertility experts from OHSU’s Center for Women’s Health investigated the health impacts of abortion restrictions on patients who have undergone fertility treatment. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)
Research from…
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Researchers Create Immune Cell Atlas of Bone Marrow in Patients With Multiple Myeloma
Scientists at several institutions across the country, in partnership with the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF), have helped generate the largest single-cell immune cell atlas of the bone marrow in patients with multiple myeloma….
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Small Study Examines Potential of Artificial Saliva in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer
An artificial saliva in the form of a mouthwash, produced with a protein extracted from sugarcane and modified in a laboratory, may aid in treating hyposalivation among patients with head and neck cancer, a new study has found. Radiotherapy…
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Sustaining HIV, TB, malaria gains amid declining donor support – EnviroNews
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When 32-year-old Grace Choji, who lives in Mpape, a satellite town in the FCT, swallowed her antiretroviral medication, she whispered a quiet prayer that the pills would still be available next month.
Choji, a front desk…
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Maternal whooping cough vaccine shields newborns’ immune system
In 2024, Germany recorded the highest number of whooping cough cases since reporting became mandatory in the year 2013. With almost 122 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, infants under one year of age were the most affected age bracket,…
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Health news round-up: new NICE guidance, ‘online hospital’ and the environmental burden of medicines
The new year has already brought change for the pharmacy sector, with supervision changes taking effect from 7 January 2025. Updates to pharmacy technician training could follow, although employers have raised concerns about increased…
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