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Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and Parkinson's Disease - PubMed
The etiology of Parkinson's disease (PD) is multifactorial, with genetics, aging, and environmental agents all a part of the PD pathogenesis. Widespread aggregation of the α-synuclein protein in the form of Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites, and degeneration of substantia nigra dopamine neurons are the …
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The (Second) Most Deadliest Virus on Earth
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Why Smoking ANYTHING Is a Terrible Idea...
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Doctors in Eastern Europe have been using viruses to treat superbug infections since the 1930s.
Bacteriophages have been a mainstay in medical centers abroad for some time now. Georgia’s Eliava Institute has been active since the 1930s. Yet countries including the U.S. and U.K. grant access almost exclusively under compassionate use. That means bacteriophages have been languishing for decades as a last-ditch option.
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Many Vital Drugs Are Now Impossible to Find. Here's Why.
Past public ire over high drug prices has recently taken a back seat to a more insidious problem – no drugs at any price.
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More Than a Million Americans "Missing" as US Endures a Crisis of Early Death
If the United States of America had the same mortality rates as other wealthy countries, more than 1 million people would have avoided death in 2021, a new study found.
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Going home: Conjoined twins released from Texas Children’s Hospital after successfully separated in complex surgery
Conjoined twins are finally going home after the pair was safely separated during a complex surgery at Texas Children’s Hospital in June.
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Transcranial Pulse Stimulation with Ultrasound in Alzheimer's Disease—A New Navigated Focal Brain Therapy
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‘Safe and effective’: first malaria vaccine to be rolled out in 12 African countries
A long-awaited vaccine for malaria has been announced for rollout across 12 African countries over the next two years, potentially saving tens of thousands of lives. An initial 18m doses of the world’s first malaria vaccine have been assigned to the countries where the risk of children falling ill and dying from malaria is highest, according to a statement from the global vaccine alliance Gavi, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Unicef.
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90% of patients respond to new blood cancer treatment in trial
Anew cancer therapy developed at Jerusalem’s Hadassah-University Medical Center had a 90% response rate in a new clinical trial, with over half of patients going into total remission. The CAR-T therapy — which arms the body’s own immune cells to fight cancer — was able to send multiple myeloma, an extremely deadly cancer that impacts the immune system, into remission.
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Scientists successfully unfroze rat organs and transplanted them — a ‘historic’ step that could someday transform transplant medicine
In an ‘historic’ first, scientists freeze, thaw, and transplant rat organs — bringing transplant medicine one step closer to sci-fi dreams of stopping biological time.
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Insulin grown in lettuce can be taken orally
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have found a way to harvest insulin grown in lettuce — and unlike today’s synthetic insulin, this kind wouldn’t require any painful injections. The challenge: Our bodies use the hormone insulin to convert sugar in our blood into energy. People with type 1 diabetes make little to no insulin naturally, so they have to inject synthetic insulin, and some people with type 2 need insulin shots, as well.
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US doctors forced to ration as cancer drug shortages hit nationwide
Toni Dezomits, a 55-year-old retired law enforcement officer, is fighting a recurrence of her stage 4 ovarian cancer. She had already undergone several rounds of chemotherapy when her doctor told her she had some more bad news. Just a day before her third round of treatment last month, Ms Dezomits was told there was a nationwide shortage of the generic chemotherapy drug, carboplatin - one of three medications she was meant to receive.
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High-tech pen paints healing gel right into wounds
Most wound dressings simply cover the injury and perhaps also kill harmful bacteria. The PAINT system goes much further, as it incorporates a pen that could one day allow doctors to paint a gelatinous healing ink right into wounds. Its name an acronym for "portable bioactive ink for tissue healing," the PAINT technology is being developed by scientists from China's Nanjing University.
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Zig-Zag Cuts Heal Differently to Straight Incisions, And Now We Know Why
Not all surgical incisions are the same.
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Thousands taking antidepressants for pain despite insufficient evidence they work, say experts
Hundreds of thousands of Britons are taking antidepressants for chronic pain without enough evidence they work, according to a large study. Researchers looked at drugs commonly prescribed by the NHS including amitriptyline, duloxetine, fluoxetine (Prozac), citalopram, paroxetine (Seroxat) and sertraline.
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Reversing dementia with diet- a 2021 update - Dr Paul Mason
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Seres to start selling 'poop pill' in June at $17,500 per course
Price gouging much?
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Legal use of medicinal cannabis on the rise
New research from the University of Sydney's Lambert Initiative finds most Australians are still medicating with illicit cannabis, although numbers accessing prescription products have risen dramatically.
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India: Doctor plans womb transplant for trans woman to carry children
A doctor in India is planning to transplant a womb into a transgender woman, possibly enabling her to carry children, a report says. New Delhi-based surgeon Dr Narendra Kaushik plans to perform the surgery at his clinic using a donated organ from a living or dead donor, according to The Mirror. "Every transgender woman wants to be as female as possible," Kaushik told the paper.
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