When I arrived late to pre-drinks during my first year at university, it seemed important to catch up to others’ level of inebriation before braving the cold of the line outside the club and the exorbitant alcohol prices charged inside it. So I…
Category: 6. Health
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Patient-centred gestational diabetes care: Preference elicitation meth
Introduction
In recent years, the evaluation of healthcare services has been considered a crucial component for achieving high-quality care and limiting illnesses and deaths across individuals.1 This is highly relevant to clinical conditions that…
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Global trends and future predictions of psoriasis burden: Insights fro
Introduction
Psoriasis is an immune-mediated, chronic relapsing inflammatory skin disease characterized primarily by scaly red plaques. It can affect the joints and is often associated with other multi-system diseases such as cardiovascular…
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Scientists find a weak spot in deadly fungus that shut down hospital intensive care units
Scientists have identified a genetic mechanism that could point to new ways of treating a rare but deadly fungal infection that has forced multiple hospital intensive care units to shut down. The finding offers early hope against a pathogen that…
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Dental News Pakistan goes digital, launches App with Dental Drugs Index
Dental News Pakistan enters a new digital era with its official mobile App
KARACHI: Dental News Pakistan, has officially gone fully digital with the launch of its mobile application for Android and iOS, marking a major milestone in how dental…
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New research aims to make FDA-approved drugs safer for the brain
Life-saving HIV and cancer drugs can carry serious neurological risks, and new funding will help UMBC researchers discover how these medicines damage the brain – which could help to inform safer treatments.
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Mapping Cancer’s Telomere Weaknesses – EMJ
Scientists have created the most comprehensive map to date of telomere biology across hundreds of cancer cell lines, opening new possibilities for therapies that target one of cancer’s defining features: limitless replication.
Researchers…
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Can eating high fat cheese and cream reduce dementia risk, as a new study suggests?
A large Swedish study reported a lower risk of dementia among middle-aged and older adults who consumed higher amounts of full-fat cheese and cream. The findings may sound like welcome news but they need careful interpretation.
The study…
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Prostate Cancer Testing Via Polygenic Risk Score Outperforms Standard Approaches
A polygenic risk score (PRS) using germline DNA extracted from saliva identified a higher proportion of individuals with clinically significant prostate cancer warranting treatment compared with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing or MRI,…
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The COVID-19 vaccine protects against adverse outcomes
THE COVID-19 vaccination offers protective maternal and newborn health benefits for patients who develop SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy, a population-based surveillance study has found. Being vaccinated against COVID-19 was associated with…
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