Q. I have been taking losartan for 25 years to control blood pressure. Recently, I developed a hand tremor, so my doctor prescribed a beta blocker to help with the tremor. Could long-term use of losartan have led to the tremor?
A. Prescribing…
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Yan Leyfman: Adipose Manipulation Transplantation as a New Cancer Therapy Platform
Yan Leyfman, Medical Oncologist, Co-Founder and Executive Director of MedNews Week, shared a post on LinkedIn about a recent article by Nadav Ahituv et al, adding:
“What if we could starve tumors—by design?
Tumors are…
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What Happens When You Eat Sugar & Have Diabetes
- Diabetes affects the body’s ability to move sugar out of the bloodstream and into cells.
- Eating too much sugar when you have diabetes increases blood sugar and may cause headaches, blurred vision and more.
- If you’re managing diabetes, be…
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Flu vaccine will protect the vulnerable
Julia GregoryChannel Islands
Yui Mok/PA WirePatients are advised to rest if they succumb to flu and avoid spreading it Flu can be “seriously bad news” for the vulnerable and can see them hospitalised, a Jersey GP has said.
Dr Ed Klaber, from Health…
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2025 FDA Lung Cancer Approvals: Precision Medicine and Immunotherapy Advances | Targeted Oncology
The year 2025 has been a pivotal period for thoracic oncology, characterized by a series of landmark approvals from the FDA that further segment the treatment landscape of non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC)….
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Over 50% of Heart Attacks in Younger Women Aren’t From Clogged Arteries : ScienceAlert
Traditionally, most heart attacks have been blamed on clogged arteries causing atherothrombosis – where blood clots block flow to the heart.
But research suggests we may be underestimating the role of other causes, particularly in younger…
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NeurologyLive® Brain Games: December 28, 2025 | NeurologyLive
Welcome to NeurologyLive® Brain Games! This weekly quiz series, which goes live every Sunday morning, will feature questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics, written by physicians, clinicians, and experts in the fields…
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Development and implementation of explainable AI-based machine learning models for predicting hospital stay and treatment costs in cardiovascular patients
Tran, D. T., Palfrey, D. & Welsh, R. The healthcare cost burden in adults with high risk for cardiovascular disease. PharmacoEconomics Open. 5 (3), 425–435 (2021).
Roth, G. A. et al. Global…
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New Prostate Cancer Biomarkers Show Diagnostic Promise
A NOVEL study has identified two genes, Apolipoprotein C1 (APOC1) and Nucleolar Protein 16 (NOP16), as potential early diagnostic markers for prostate cancer, offering a possible advance in detection strategies for this common…
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