Archive: 29/12/2022

Fewer symptoms for mpox infection seen after vaccination

Individuals with mpox infection ≥14 days after receipt of one JYNNEOS vaccine dose have less hospitalization, fever, headache, malaise, myalgia, and chills compared with unvaccinated individuals, according to research published ...

Dec 29, 2022

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FDA approves Sunlenca for treatment-resistant HIV

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Sunlenca (lenacapavir), a new type of antiretroviral medication for adult patients living with HIV-1 whose HIV infection cannot be successfully treated with other available ...

Dec 29, 2022

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Diagnostic accuracy high in emergency departments: Report

Diagnostic accuracy is high in the emergency department, with about 5.7 percent of patients misdiagnosed, according to a report published Dec. 15 by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Dec 29, 2022

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Scientific criteria for assessing the safety of probiotics

In past decades, the safety of many probiotics available to consumers was anchored in knowledge of their long history of safe consumption in humans. However, the range of probiotics is expanding to include non-traditional ...

Dec 29, 2022

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US congressional report slams FDA approval of Alzheimer's drug

The US Food and Drug Administration's approval process for a controversial drug used to treat Alzheimer's was "rife with irregularities," a congressional report said Thursday.

Dec 29, 2022

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Why do some people get Alzheimer's and others don't? How a new tool checks your risk

Why do some people develop Alzheimer's disease and others don't? What makes one person's brain healthier than another's? And what can be done to improve, or at least slow, a brain's deterioration?

Dec 29, 2022

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A resource guide for Alzheimer's caregivers: Tips for home care and nursing homes

Do you know the difference between Medicare and Medicaid? How about, in a pinch, how to find a nursing home and research which ones in your area might be good and others less so?

Dec 29, 2022

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Green lasers reveal you should close the toilet lid before you flush

Engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder have confirmed what the germ-phobic among us have long suspected: The flush of a commercial toilet releases a Vesuvius-like cloud of tiny droplets and aerosol particles that ...

Dec 29, 2022

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Researchers test 'holy grail' tech that could end chemo for some cancer patients

People with colorectal cancer, the fourth most common cancer in the U.S., are often prescribed unnecessary chemotherapy after their cancer is completely gone.

Dec 29, 2022

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US sues top drug firm over opioid distribution

The US Justice Department sued leading drug distributor AmerisourceBergen Thursday, alleging that despite the country's addiction crisis the company has failed to report suspicious pharmacy orders for addictive opioids as ...

Dec 29, 2022

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