A Washington state resident is believed to be the first person to die from a rare strain of bird flu, but state health officials said Friday the risk to the public is low.
The person, an older adult with underlying health conditions, was being…
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A Narrative Review of New Emerging Urological Interventions for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: HoLEP, Rezum, and Aquablation – Cureus
- A Narrative Review of New Emerging Urological Interventions for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: HoLEP, Rezum, and Aquablation Cureus
- Texas Health Alliance now employs robot-assisted technology for new prostate procedure Community Impact | News
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6-Minute Walk Test Score Identifies High-Risk Patients
A NEW analysis of two major idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis trials has produced a practical 6-minute walk test prediction score that more accurately identifies patients at risk of death or respiratory hospitalisation.
A Pragmatic Approach to…
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Type 1 Diabetes Cured in Mice Given Experimental Hybrid Treatment : ScienceAlert
A specially devised hybrid treatment has shown tremendous potential for treating type 1 diabetes in mice, scoring full marks at preventing the condition in prediabetic animals and at reversing the condition in animals with fully developed
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Since September, an average of over 100 new hepatitis A cases have been reported per week
In a follow-up on the hepatitis A outbreak in the Czech Republic, there were 2,597 cases of hepatitis A detected in the Czech Republic this year through November 16, which is four times more than last year and the most since 1989, according to…
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The psychological effects of preterm birth on postnatal mothers: a scoping review | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Perinatal mental health [Internet]. [cited 2025 Jun 12]. Available from: https://www.who.int/teams/mental-health-and-substance-use/promotion-prevention/maternal-mental-health
Misund AR, Nerdrum P, Diseth TH. Mental health in women experiencing…
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New signaling molecule drives development of tissue resident memory T cells
We owe a lot to tissue resident memory T cells (TRM). These specialized immune cells are among the body’s first responders to disease.
Rather than coursing through the bloodstream-as many T cells do-our TRM cells specialize in…
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Exploring vasopressin use in septic shock: a retrospective cohort study from Türkiye (VASCO-TURK) | BMC Anesthesiology
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Vasopressin is a peptide hormone and often added to reduce catecholamine dose and side effects according to recent guidelines. Despite increasing global interest in vasopressin use in septic shock, real-world data from low- to…
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‘Fish pedicures’ are viral on TikTok. Dermatologists beg: Don’t do it.
“Fish are friends, not food,” animated sharks famously declare in 2003’s “Finding Nemo.” But are they pedicurists, too?
On TikTok, videos have gone viral of people getting so-called “fish pedicures,” often while traveling outside of the U.S. In…
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