This patient, with an unremarkable background history, had several episodes of transient, anterograde amnesia with preserved consciousness and language abilities before a formal diagnosis of TEA was made. The initial diagnosis was difficult and…
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Smoking Tied to Faster Huntington’s Decline – European Medical Journal Smoking Tied to Faster Huntington’s Decline
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HUNTINGTON’S disease is progressive and incurable, so modifiable factors that influence symptom onset and progression are clinically relevant. Using Periodic Dataset 4 from Enroll-HD, investigators…
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Family and Patient Burden in Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis
Panelists discuss how living with atopic dermatitis (AD) deeply affects children and their families, extending beyond the skin to touch every aspect of daily life. Children with AD often struggle with constant itching, visible rashes, and…
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Study finds links to metabolic dysfunction and type 2 diabetes
Air pollution may significantly worsen insulin resistance and metabolic disorders like type 2 diabetes.
Research suggests that PM2.5 exposure impairs brown adipose tissue function, disrupting its ability to regulate metabolism.
The impairment is…
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Global antibiotic resistance reaches alarming levels in 2023
One in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections causing common infections in people worldwide in 2023 were resistant to antibiotic treatments, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report launched today. Between…
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Maldives achieves historic triple elimination of mother-to-child transmission of diseases
In a landmark public health achievement, the World Health Organization (WHO) has validated the Maldives for eliminating mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of hepatitis B, while maintaining its earlier validation (in 2019) for…
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Distinguishing Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Community-Acquired Pneumonia – European Medical Journal Distinguishing Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Community-Acquired Pneumonia
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae accounts for a meaningful proportion of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in younger hospitalized adults. This prospective analysis compared clinical…
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Why brittle bones aren’t just a woman’s problem
Ronald Klein was biking around his neighborhood in North Wales, Pennsylvania, in 2006 and tried to jump a curb. “But I was going too slow — I didn’t have enough momentum,” he recalled.
As the bike toppled, he thrust out his left…
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From Vaccines to AI: How China Is Driving Cervical Cancer Control
Newswise — The WHO strategy calls for 90% of girls fully vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV) by age 15; 70% of women screened with a high-performance test by age 35 and again at 45; and 90% of women with…
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