The UK has recently seen a resurgence of meningococcal B (MenB) disease, with a cluster of cases in Kent described as “unprecedented” by the health secretary, Wes Streeting. As attention turns from the current MenB outbreak to how to prevent…
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The meningitis vaccine now sits at the center of two health crises
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Aldo Vidinha on Pharma’s Steepest Patent Cliff
Between 2025 and 2030, the pharmaceutical industry faces its most dramatic patent cliff in history, with up to $300 billion in branded drug revenues exposed to generic competition. The upheaval will reshape healthcare economics, force strategic…
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Water utility announces it’s ditching fluoride—then reveals it did so years ago
“This is the same board that promised transparency. The same leadership that said they would run this utility the right way. And now they can’t even follow a basic notification statute before stripping a public health…
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Switching to integrase inhibitors from protease inhibitors is associated with new diabetes risk in people with HIV
Diabetes mellitus affects more than 10% of people with HIV, and its incidence is rising as the population ages, according to the National Institutes of Health. Antiretroviral therapies that treat HIV by blocking specific enzymes the virus uses to…
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Triglyceride-lowering drug does not affect plaque in arteries at one year in patients with elevated triglycerides: Study
Despite experiencing significant reductions in triglycerides, patients with triglycerides over 150 mg/dL and a high risk of atherosclerosis did not experience any significant change in the amount of non-calcified plaque in their coronary arteries…
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AI Doesn’t Fix Systems — It Exposes Them
A nuclear power plant and transmission lines at sunset. The grid, not the reactor, is the real story.
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The real transformation was not the nuclear reactor. It was the grid.
Most comparisons between artificial intelligence and nuclear power…
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Switching from dulaglutide to tirzepatide boosts patient-reported well-being for people with type 2 diabetes: Analysis
An analysis of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) from the SURPASS-SWITCH trial found that adults with type 2 diabetes who switched from dulaglutide to tirzepatide not only saw stronger improvements in blood sugar and weight but also reported…
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Q&A: Should you trust trending peptide injections?
If you could inject yourself with a substance that purports to make you tanner, fitter, and healthier, would you? Many people are saying “yes.” Online, social media influencers tout vials of substances with names like BPC-157 or Sermorelin,…
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Dual imaging identifies cause of heart attack in patients without blocked arteries
When Ashley Perlow felt a sharp pain shoot across her chest and into both wrists, she didn’t think it could be a heart attack. She was 36, a new mom, and otherwise healthy. At the hospital, blood tests showed signs of a heart attack, but her…
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Fatigue highly prevalent in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease
Fatigue is highly prevalent in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a study published in the January issue of Crohn’s and Colitis 360.
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