Researchers led by scientists at UCL have discovered a protein that appears to set off diabetic retinopathy, a common eye disease caused by high blood sugar damaging the retina’s blood vessels. The condition is one of the leading causes of vision…
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AAAAI: Omalizumab as effective as multifood oral immunotherapy for individuals with food allergy
Individuals with one to three allergenic foods are able to introduce and continue eating allergenic foods at 12 months after multifood oral immunotherapy (mOIT) or omalizumab, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American…
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Trump administration’s FDA vaccine chief Vinay Prasad is leaving for the second time : NPR
In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Vinay Prasad smiles for a portrait.
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Feeling stressed? These immune cells might be key to understanding why
There are many ways that the human body responds to stress, from the adrenaline rush of the “fight-or-flight” instinct to more subtle, complex changes that may not be immediately recognizable to us.
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Boosting a key brain protein could help treat Rett syndrome
Researchers at Texas Children’s Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI) and Baylor College of Medicine have reported a promising experimental strategy that could eventually help treat Rett syndrome. Their findings, published in Science…
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AAOS: GLP-1 receptor agonist use increases five-year risk for osteoporosis
Treatment with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) for type 2 diabetes and obesity is independently associated with a significantly increased five-year risk for osteoporosis, gout, and osteomalacia compared with nonuse,…
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Greater quality of life, higher satisfaction seen with robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty
Robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty (raTKA) is associated with higher satisfaction and greater improvement in quality of life (QOL) than conventional TKA (cTKA), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of…
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The risk of osteoporosis in COPD: An analysis of sex differences and mediating effects based on NHANES
Organization, W. H. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), <https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-(copd)> (2024).
Adeloye, D. et al. Global, regional, and national prevalence of, and risk…
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Parental reporting of activities relevant for young children’s soil/dust ingestion
U.S. EPA C for EAN. Update for Chap. 5 of the Exposure factors handbook soil and dust ingestion. (2017).
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Specific gut microbes are associated with the incidence of cardiometabolic disease in the HELIUS cohort
Witkowski, M., Weeks, T. L. & Hazen, S. L. Gut microbiota and cardiovascular disease. Circ. Res. 127, 553–570 (2020).
Kootte, R. S. et al. Improvement of insulin sensitivity after lean donor…
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