The treatment of HIV infection with antiretroviral therapy (ART) has evolved greatly since the 1987 FDA approval of zidovudine, a single agent to which the virus rapidly developed resistance. Today, health care providers prescribe multidrug…
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Cannabis Use Is Linked to Epigenetic Changes, Scientists Discovered : ScienceAlert
Cannabis use may leave lasting fingerprints on the human body, a study of over 1,000 adults published in 2023 suggests – not in our DNA code itself, but in how that code is expressed.
US researchers found it may cause changes in the
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Studies increasingly find links between higher concentrations of certain pollutants in the air and the prevalence of dementia. Yet such findings are emerging when the U.S. government is dismantling efforts to continue reducing air pollution by shifting from fossil – facebook.com
- Studies increasingly find links between higher concentrations of certain pollutants in the air and the prevalence of dementia. Yet such findings are emerging when the U.S. government is dismantling efforts to continue reducing air pollution by…
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Ancient viruses inside bacteria may help fight infections
For billions of years, bacteria and viruses have engaged in constant battles. We generally think of bacteria as bad, but viruses as worse.
The truth is more nuanced: some bacteria have ancient viruses inside them – and these bits of old viruses…
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Highlights from Global Cardio-Oncology Summit (GC-OS) 2025 by Maria Sol Andres
The Global Cardio-Oncology Summit (GCOS) is an annual international conference that unites experts in cardiology and oncology to advance the rapidly growing field of cardio-oncology. Organized by the International…
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Why Lung Cancer Screening Remains Underused, And How The USPSTF Meeting Cancellation Could Make It Worse
Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care nurse practitioner Jeanne Millett, left, and pulmonologist Dr. Thomas Smith review lung cancer screening scans at Albany Medical Center Friday Feb. 5, 2016 in Albany, NY. (Photo by John Carl D’Annibale…
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A Hospital Surgeon Falls Victim to Psychiatry
In 2010, I had been a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist for 22 years in Bristol, the 8th largest city in England. I had been the chairman of the medical committee in the hospital, the largest hospital ’trust’ in the…
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