Gestational diabetes rose every single year in the U.S. from 2016 through 2024, according to a new Northwestern Medicine analysis of more than 12 million U.S. births. The condition, which raises health risks for both mother and…
Category: 6. Health
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HK mass screening in pipeline to combat hepatitis
Christy Lam Yu-yuk (left), assistant commissioner for primary healthcare of the Health Bureau, Bonnie Wong Chun-Kwan (middle), a consultant on special preventive programs at the Public Health Services Branch of the Centre for Health Protection;… Continue Reading
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Epigenetic plasticity in germinal center B cells may help explain lymphoma origins
Immune cells called B cells make antibodies that fight off invading bacteria, viruses and other foreign substances. During their preparation for this battle, B cells transiently revert to a more flexible, or plastic, stem-cell-like…
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National trends in the unmet healthcare needs among patients with hypertension or type 2 diabetes mellitus in Korea from 2009 to 2023
Chen, Y. et al. Impact of hypertension prevalence trend on mortality and burdens of dementia and disability in England and Wales to 2060: a simulation modelling study. Lancet Healthy Longev. 4, e470–e477.
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Reduced peanut OIT dose offers safer, accessible treatment for children
Children with peanut allergies may not need large doses of peanut oral immunotherapy (OIT) to build protection to peanut, finds a new study led by The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and Montreal Children’s…
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Inflammation and immune suppression fuel aggressive SCLC behavior and spread
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is one of the most aggressive forms of lung cancer, with a five-year survival rate of only five percent. Despite this poor prognosis, SCLC is initially highly responsive to chemotherapy. However,…
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Scientists capture real-time action of antiviral drugs on herpes
Harvard Medical School researchers have uncovered crucial insights into how an emerging class of antiviral drugs works.
The discovery sheds light on an important tool for fighting drug-resistant strains of herpes simplex virus, or…
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Risk factors and nomogram-based prediction of the risk of postherpetic
Introduction
Herpes zoster (HZ) is an acute viral infectious disease that arises from the varicella zoster virus (VZV). The initial infection of the varicella-zoster virus is more commonly acquired during childhood and can lead to either…
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