Elyse Stevens had a reputation for taking on complex medical cases. People who’d been battling addiction for decades. Chronic pain patients on high doses of opioids. Sex workers and people living on the street.
Category: 8. Health
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Inside the battle for the future of addiction medicine
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Clinicians use intraocular pressure as continuous risk factor for glaucoma management
Clinicians seem to generally use intraocular pressure (IOP) as a continuous risk factor in their treatment patterns in patients with glaucoma, according to a study published online Jan. 8 in JAMA Ophthalmology.
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Gut bacteria protect mice with influenza A from bacterial pneumonia, study finds
Select gut bacteria protect mice against post-influenza virus secondary bacterial pneumonia, according to a study published by researchers in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University.
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Many head and neck cancer trials end early. Why?
Head and neck cancer trials are frequently derailed before they can deliver answers. A new analysis suggests that the most common reasons are sponsor decisions related to safety or effectiveness and poor patient recruitment.
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Autologous T cell therapy targeting multiple antigens shows promise in treating pancreatic cancer
A recent publication in Nature Medicine describes a novel immunotherapy targeting pancreatic cancer that has shown promising results in a first in-human phase 1/2 trial.
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Frozen tater tots recalled over plastic contamination
Thousands of cases of frozen tater tots are being recalled amid concerns they may contain pieces of hard plastic, federal health officials say.
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Two wrongs make a right: How two damaging disease variants can restore health
Scientists at Pacific Northwest Research Institute (PNRI) have overturned a long-held belief in genetics: that inheriting two harmful variants of the same gene always worsens disease. Instead, the team found that in many cases, two harmful…
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New model improves prediction of prostate cancer death risk
A new long-term prediction tool estimates the risk of dying from prostate cancer, offering a more accurate way to interpret prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test results compared to existing models. The tool, tested on over 200,000 men,…
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How Brain Waves Shape Your Sense of Self
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How do humans know where the self ends and the world begins?
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AI helps fuel new era of medical self-testing
Beyond smart watches and rings, artificial intelligence is being used to make self-testing for major diseases more readily available—from headsets that detect early signs of Alzheimer’s to an iris-scanning app that helps spot cancer.
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