The treatment landscape for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) has long centered on restoring blood flow through intravenous thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy. However, these approaches fail to address the underlying neuronal injury that occurs…
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‘A whole-body disease’: Why endometriosis is so difficult to diagnose and treat
Hugh Taylor has long studied the endometrium, or lining of the uterus. But it was his patients who got him interested in better understanding endometriosis specifically.
Endometriosis is a disease in which tissue similar to the endometrium grows…
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Quick Take: Respiratory Syncytial Virus – Medscape
- Quick Take: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Medscape
- Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) resources American Medical Association
- RSV infection: What you need to know to protect your family European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
- As RSV Season…
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Family support helped adults in rural China to reduce blood pressure levels
New research found family support helped adults in rural China reduce their blood pressure. Participants in a six-month, family-based program that included regular blood pressure monitoring, the use of low-sodium salt substitutes…
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Study supports wider use of watchful waiting for kids’ ear infections
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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Pakistani study finds high levels of drug-resistant bacteria in raw milk samples
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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Sugar isn’t the only enemy, 5 hidden triggers that fuel insulin resistance
Clinical studies link NAFLD, visceral adiposity and inflammation with insulin resistance. Studies show that chronic low-grade inflammation, often originating from excess visceral fat or fatty liver (NAFLD), interferes with insulin signaling…
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Local anesthetic lidocaine may mitigate pancreatic cancer metastasis
Pinned between the stomach and spine, the pancreas supervises both digestion and blood sugar in the body. It’s also the site of an aggressive cancer called pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, or PDAC.
PDAC is the most common type…
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Ethiopia investigates possible outbreak of new viral hemorrhagic fever after 8 people are infected
NAIROBI, Kenya — African health authorities on Thursday confirmed a possible outbreak of an unidentified viral hemorrhagic fever in southern Ethiopia that is under investigation after eight suspected cases were reported.
Ethiopia’s Health…
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Scientists invent new method for manufacturing platelet-producing cells from stem cells
Platelets are small, disc-shaped cell fragments in the blood that are essential to stop bleeding and to initiate blood clotting after injury. Platelet transfusions in patients with severe trauma or medical conditions, including bone…
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