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Antibiotic pretreatment reduces liver ischemia/reperfusion injury
Therapies that target macrophage metabolism could serve as potential treatment options.
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Antiamyloids linked to accelerated brain atrophy
It is possible that the finding is not detrimental, but the usual interpretation of this finding is that volume changes are a surrogate for...
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Statins don’t worsen muscle injury from moderately intense exercise
Statin users need not limit exercise out of concern that the drugs will worsen normal muscle pain or fatigue, a controlled study suggests.
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Vedolizumab appears effective for inducing remission in chronic pouchitis
Treatment could be a “game changer” for patients with pouchitis after severe ulcerative colitis with colectomy.
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Semaglutide doesn’t improve fibrosis in NASH-related cirrhosis
However, semaglutide was successful in improving other clinically important parameters.
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Clozapine may curb schizophrenia’s ‘most dreaded outcome’
Clozapine has a “greater antidepressant effect than other neuroleptics, while also potentially decreasing aggression and impulsivity.”
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Low-dose olanzapine improves appetite in chemotherapy patients
About half of patients who took olanzapine consumed more than 75% of recommended daily calories.
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SGLT2 inhibitors: Real-world data show benefits outweigh risks
“The importance of our paper is that it quantifies the absolute rate of events among routine care patients and may be used to inform shared...
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Nasal COVID treatment shows early promise against multiple variants
Unlike a COVID vaccine that boosts a person’s immune system as protection, the antiviral nasal spray works more directly by blocking the virus,...
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High-dose prophylactic anticoagulation benefits patients with COVID-19 pneumonia
Previous studies of anticoagulation strategies for noncritically ill and critically ill patients with COVID-19 pneumonia have shown contrasting...