Ultra-processed foods (UPF), such as fast food, sugary snacks, and packaged convenience items, make up more than half of the calories consumed in the US. Their health risks, such as increased rates of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and other chronic…
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Webinar will discuss pill formulations of GLP-1s
Endocrine Society experts will discuss the next evolution of anti-obesity medications, including the first pill formulations of GLP-1s, during a Virtual Science Writers Conference on December 10.
What: The Virtual Science…
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Flashpoint Therapeutics Announces Publication Demonstrating Superior Pre-Clinical Anti-Leukemia Efficacy with its Structural Nanomedicine Platform – Business Wire
- Flashpoint Therapeutics Announces Publication Demonstrating Superior Pre-Clinical Anti-Leukemia Efficacy with its Structural Nanomedicine Platform Business Wire
- Q&A: Postdoc Taokun Luo explains new nanomedicine that eradicates leukemia in mice 64…
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Topical and Systemic Tools Expand Options for Hair Loss, Pigmentary Disorders, and Hand Eczema
Garcia-Albea, who serves as director of the nurse practitioner (NP) training program in dermatology, assistant director of the Hair Loss Center for Excellence, and lead NP of the Hansen’s Disease Program at Lahey Clinic in Burlington,…
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High-resolution genomic and molecular characterization of vancomycin-resistant enterococci from hospitalized patients in a tertiary care center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
This study provides genomic and phenotypic characterization of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) and Enterococcus faecalis (VREfs) isolates from a tertiary care center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Our findings reveal a high burden of…
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Researchers link ultraprocessed foods to precancerous polyps — Harvard Gazette
Colorectal cancer diagnoses have become increasingly common in adults 50 or younger in recent years, particularly in high-income countries like the U.S. The drivers of the trend are unclear, but a new study led by Harvard and Mass General…
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Sahar Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn-Khosrovani: Flipping the Script on De-escalation Trials in Oncology
Sahar Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn-Khosrovani/LinkedIn and Bishal Gyawali/oncologybg.com
Sahar Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn-Khosrovani, Associate Professor of Medical Oncology…
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Prasugrel May Be Better Than Ticagrelor After PCI for Diabetes Patients With MVD
In TUXEDO-2, ticagrelor failed to meet the bar for noninferiority, with most outcomes hinting at an advantage for prasugrel.
NEW ORLEANS, LA—Ticagrelor did not prove to be noninferior to prasugrel as part of dual antiplatelet therapy…
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With 42 news measles cases, US total tops 1,700
Photo: Sabin Vaccine Institute Eight suspected cases of viral hemorrhagic fever of unidentified cause in Ethiopia have prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to dispatch a team of responders and deliver medical supplies to the southern…
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