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Further, the study showed that this blood flow can help older people with memory issues to improve cognition, which could guide future Alzheimer disease research, according to the study authors.

Facing MBC Together is intended to recognize the prevalence and impact of isolation on the lives of individuals with metastatic breast cancer.

Dapagliflozin is typically used as a second line GLM in T2D and often added to metformin.

A new study found that patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention experience a high prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Diabetes mellitus was an independent predictor of OSA during REM sleep, according to an American Thoracic Society press release.

Inebilizumab-cdon is only the second approved treatment for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, according to the FDA.

The CDC’s update to the Immunization Schedule highlights the new best practices and the efficacy and safety of crucial vaccines for children, according to a session at the virtual National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners 2020 Annual Meeting.

Although COPD often develops as a result of smoking, researchers have long puzzled over why nearly one-third of cases occur in people who never smoked.

Apalutamide in combination with ADT prolonged median OS by 14 months and decreased the risk of death by 22%. Further, median OS was significantly longer, with 73.9 months for patients receiving treatment with apalutamide in combination with ADT compared with 59.9 months for patients receiving placebo in combination with ADT.

Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have launched an effort to evaluate drugs prescribed to treat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in infants, children, and adolescents across the United States.

A new study conducted by researchers at Bar-Ilan University and the University of Haifa has linked coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-based loneliness in older adults with elevated psychiatric symptoms of anxiety, depression, and trauma symptoms that immediately follow exposure to trauma.

Of 400 dialysis patients with the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital as reference in Barcelona, Spain, 21 contracted the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the mortality rate in this center was 24%, according to the opening presentation at the ERA-EDTA Congress conference.

Reducing salt intake to a healthier level appears to be beneficial for the gut microbiome and blood pressure, especially in females with untreated hypertension, according to researchers at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University.

In the new data cut-offs from both studies, the survival advantages for the combination with fulvestrant and combination with an aromatase inhibitor were shown, but major disadvantages were also evident, according to the IQWiG.

Further, although the transmission of influenza and COVID-19 are similar, the incubation period is differentiated, with a range of 1 to 4 days for influenza and a range of 2 to 12 days for COVID-19.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused a disruption in daily routines, including shifts in work and home life and uncertainty for the near future.

“Providing quality of care in a field of cancer risk, genetics, and prevention revolves around 3 essential interdependent components,” said presenter Erin Wysong Hofstatter, MD.

The study contributes to a growing body of research suggesting that fitness has beneficial effects for brain health, applying magnetic resonance spectroscopy to detect and measure brain metabolites, focusing specifically on N-acetyl aspartic acid (NAA).

Osimertinib is a third-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor and is approved in the United States for first-line treatment of patients with metastatic NSCLC with tumors that have EGFR mutations (exon 19 deletions or exon 21 L858R mutations).

The recommended dosage of lemborexant CIV is one 5 mg tablet taken no more than once per night, immediately before going to bed with at least 7 hours remaining before the planned time of awakening.

Daunorubicin and cytarabine liposome for injection is a dual-drug liposomal encapsulation of cytarabine and daunorubicin approved by the FDA and EMA for the treatment of adults with newly diagnosed therapy-related AML or AML with myelodysplasia-related changes.

The researchers looked into the lifestyle habits of 6000 participants and found that individuals who consumed food rich in vitamin E had a decreased risk of a memory-robbing condition.

Officials from the FDA have approved flortaucipir F18 (Tauvid, Eli Lilly) for intravenous injection as the first drug used to help image a distinctive characteristic of Alzheimer disease in the brain called tau pathology.

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Artesunate for injection is on the World Health Organization Model List of Essential Medicines.

The therapy is approved for patients with squamous or non-squamous disease and regardless of programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression.

As the nerve exits the eye, the heightened pressure applies mechanical strain to the optic nerve, causing vision loss and potential blindness.

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According to the study authors, patients with MS who underwent the 4-week mindfulness training not only showed greater improvement in processing speed and regulating negative emotions than those who did not participate in any training, but they also improved compared with those who tried adaptive cognitive training (ACT).

Patients with COVID-19 between the ages of 20 and 59 years who also had asthma needed a ventilator to assist with breathing for 5 days more on average than non-asthmatic patients with COVID-19, according to a press release.

According to an NIH press release, researchers will analyze the medical records of up to 21,000 women to evaluate whether changes to health care delivery that were implemented as a result of the pandemic have led to higher rates of pregnancy-related complications and cesarean delivery.