Category: 6. Health

  • AI identifies promising CDK9 inhibitors for cancer treatment

    AI identifies promising CDK9 inhibitors for cancer treatment

    A new and important discovery comes from the field of oncological research thanks to the joint work of researchers from the Sbarro Institute in Philadelphia, the National Cancer Institute – Pascale Foundation, and the University…

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  • Cervical Cancer Prevention: Leveraging the SEM Framework to Develop Targeted Interventions

    Cervical Cancer Prevention: Leveraging the SEM Framework to Develop Targeted Interventions

    Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable malignancies, yet gaps in prevention persist across patient populations and health systems. A recent scoping review mapped the application of the social ecological model (SEM) in cervical cancer…

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  • Association of Glycated Hemoglobin (HbA1c) with Functional Outcomes af

    Association of Glycated Hemoglobin (HbA1c) with Functional Outcomes af

    1Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215004, People’s Republic of China; 2Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215004, People’s Republic of China

    Background: The impact of chronic glycemic control,…

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  • Clinical Outcomes of Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair with Mitraclip®

    Clinical Outcomes of Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair with Mitraclip®

    Introduction

    Mitral insufficiency (MI) is a heart disease in which the mitral valve does not close properly, resulting in backflow of blood or regurgitation from the left ventricle into the left atrium during ventricular contraction.1 Mitral…

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  • COVID-19 Booster Messaging in Emergency Departments Shows Limited Impact

    COVID-19 Booster Messaging in Emergency Departments Shows Limited Impact

    A three-arm cluster randomized clinical trial examining tailored messaging interventions for updated COVID-19 vaccines in emergency departments (EDs) showed that neither messaging nor simple inquiry about vaccine acceptance significantly…

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  • A vaccine to prevent colon cancer shows promising results | Health

    A vaccine to prevent colon cancer shows promising results | Health

    Eduardo Vilar-Sánchez has spent more than 10 years pursuing a goal that seemed very distant, but which he now sees as a little closer: to develop a preventive vaccine against cancer.

    The physician and researcher is leading a study that presented…

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  • Experts issue strong call for overhaul of UK dementia prevention strategy

    Experts issue strong call for overhaul of UK dementia prevention strategy

    A national panel of experts has issued the strongest call yet for the Department of Health and Social Care to overhaul how it approaches dementia prevention, pointing to vital evidence that dementia risk can be reduced and providing…

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  • Evaluating Arrhythmia Risk in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmon

    Evaluating Arrhythmia Risk in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmon

    Introduction

    Inhaled bronchodilators, including long-acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMAs) and long-acting β2-agonists (LABA), are recommended in international treatment guidelines for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease…

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