Lung cancer is the leading cause of death from cancer globally.
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National patient safety alert – harm from incorrect recording of penicillin allergy as penicillamine allergy | NHS England
National patient safety alert – harm from incorrect recording of penicillin allergy as penicillamine allergy
A joint National Patient Safety Alert has been issued by the NHS England National Patient Safety team, in collaboration with the…
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Combined Auricular Acupoint Pressing and Intradermal Acupuncture for I
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In recent years, with the rapid economic development in China, the prevalence of high – fat and high – carbohydrate diets has increased. Currently, China has the largest number of diabetes patients globally.1 Type 2 diabetes is a…
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Coordinated efforts underway to avert cross-border Marburg spread: Africa CDC-Xinhua
ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) — Coordinated efforts are currently underway to avert possible cross-border spread of the Marburg virus disease outbreak in southern Ethiopia, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)…
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Clinical perspectives of new insights and tools to minimize the hypoglycaemia burden connected with type 2 diabetes pharmacotherapy | Cardiovascular Diabetology
Amiel SA. The consequences of hypoglycaemia. Diabetologia. 2021;64(5):963–70. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-020-05366-3.
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Blood stem cell and islet cell transplant combo reverses type 1 diabetes
Stanford researchers have cured Type 1 diabetes in mice using a combination of blood stem cell and pancreatic islet cell transplants.
Researchers at Stanford Medicine have successfully prevented or cured Type 1 diabetes in mice…
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Off-label use of COVID-19 vaccines was once discouraged but has become common amid new guidelines
Following the federal government’s changes to COVID-19 vaccine eligibility and recommendations in 2025, many people are wondering whether they can get COVID-19 vaccines for themselves or their children.
In May 2025, the U.S. Food and…
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Cancer stole her voice. She used AI, curse words, and kids’ books to get it back.
When doctors told her they had to remove her tongue and voice box to save her life from the cancer that had invaded her mouth, Sonya Sotinsky sat down with a microphone to record herself saying the things she would never again be…
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Indonesia announces closure of polio outbreak
Arif Fadillah holds his daughter, Khanza, while Nunuk, a midwife from Puskesmas (Public Health Centre) Ingin Jaya administers polio vaccine during a home visit in Aceh Besar, Aceh, Indonesia. © WHO/Fauzan… Continue Reading
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The Danish Studies Undermining the CDC’s New Vaccine Information – Bloomberg.com
- The Danish Studies Undermining the CDC’s New Vaccine Information Bloomberg.com
- CDC’s New Autism Webpage Distorts Science and Rejects Decades of Evidence on Vaccine Safety Autism Science Foundation
- CDC 1946-2025: R.I.P. Paul Offit | Substack
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