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Autoimmune disorder drugs top list of meds linked to headache
Antivirals and pulmonary arterial vasodilators are also troublesome, database suggests.
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Artificial intelligence: The Netflix of cancer treatment
Plus: Criminals paid for their debt to society, jet lag can decide the NBA championship, and decisions made on an empty stomach.
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Biden moves to limit nicotine levels in cigarettes
“There is no other single action our country can take that would prevent more young people from becoming addicted to tobacco.”
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To predict mortality, you need a leg to stand on
It’s riskier for survival to not complete the 10-second one-leg standing test than to have been diagnosed as having CAD, being hypertensive, or...
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Microbiome’s new happy place: The beer gut
Plus: Loss of quantum consciousness, something fishy about your middle ear, and something insecty about a robot’s ear.
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FDA OKs first systemic treatment for alopecia areata
The decision came after review of the results from two randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials.
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Current monkeypox outbreak marked by unconventional spread, clinical features
Dermatologists may be the first point of contact for a person infected with the monkeypox virus.
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‘My malpractice insurance doubled!’ Why, when fewer patients are suing?
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Parkinson’s disease could be hiding behind those nightmares
Plus: The price of fake COVID testing, the ugly side of sleep deprivation, and the illusion of perceived light.
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TNF placental transfer makes little difference in offspring infections
“Our data are reassuring as we saw no strong signal, which suggests that there is no need to switch the mother’s drugs.”
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‘Encouraging’ results of baricitinib in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Phase 3 trial results of baricitinib in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) show the JAK inhibitor increases time to flare and reduces frequency...