- WAYFINDER trial of tezepelumab monthly injection shows oral steroid reduction for most severe asthma Labmate Online
- Severe asthma can be controlled by a monthly injection, trial finds The Guardian
- Blue puffers linked to rising number of asthma…
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WAYFINDER trial of tezepelumab monthly injection shows oral steroid reduction for most severe asthma – Labmate Online
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Optimised therapy to improve outcomes for heart attack and stroke patients
Over the past six decades, anti-thrombotic drug therapies have undergone a revolution, leading to major improvements in outcomes for cardiovascular disease (CVD) patients. In the UK, for example, CVD death rates have…
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Super-Rare ‘Hybrid’ Blood Type Discovered in Just 3 People : ScienceAlert
An investigation into why blood doesn’t always behave as doctors expect has revealed a super-rare mutation in an extremely uncommon variation of blood.
Testing more than 544,000 blood samples in a hospital in Thailand revealed three people…
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Four hit by E. coli after Aberystwyth’s Big Tribute Festival
Getty ImagesFour confirmed cases were linked to the music festival Four people fell ill with E. coli linked to a music festival held in Aberystwyth during the summer.
Big Tribute Festival confirmed the cases after 5,000 people attended the event,…
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Widespread chronic pain associated with risk of high blood pressure
Nurses and other health professionals must be aware of the risk of high blood pressure in patients with chronic pain, according to researchers.
Adults living with chronic pain may face a higher risk of developing high blood…
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A Doctor in Her 40s Uses 3 Science-Backed Products to Prevent Wrinkles
Dr. Christine Hall grew up in the UK but spent most of her summers in South Korea, which gave her an appreciation of both Western and Korean skincare cultures.
The qualified physician and pharmacist-turned “glass…
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Historical and current spatiotemporal patterns of wild and vaccine-derived poliovirus spread
Epidemiological data and outbreak definition
Institutional ethics approval for this study was granted by the Imperial College Research Governance and Integrity Team (reference no. 21IC6996). Epidemiological data on all AFP cases with paralysis…
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Twenty-year study shows cleaner water slashes cancer and heart disease deaths
A large 20-year investigation following nearly 11,000 adults in Bangladesh found that reducing arsenic in drinking water was tied to as much as a 50 percent drop in deaths from heart disease, cancer and several other chronic illnesses. The…
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Maternal Prebiotics Do Not Prevent Infant Atopic Dermatitis
A MULTICENTRE trial has found that maternal prebiotic supplementation during pregnancy does not prevent atopic dermatitis (AD) in infants at high risk of allergic disease. The findings challenge previous assumptions that optimising the…
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