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• 37 Percent Diagnosed With Type 1 Diabetes After Age 30

  25-09-2023 23:50 via drugs.com
  
  MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 -- Diagnosis of type 1 diabetes often occurs after age 30 years, more so in men and racial/ethnic minorities, according to a research letter published online Sept. 26 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
  Michael Fang, Ph.D.,...
  
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• Nirmatrelvir, Molnupiravir Use Lowers Risks for Omicron-Infected

  25-09-2023 23:47 via drugs.com
  
  MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 -- For patients infected with omicron at high risk for progression to severe disease, treatment with nirmatrelvir or molnupiravir is associated with reductions in mortality and hospitalization, according to a study published...
  
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• Family History Influences Penetrance of Hereditary Cancers

  25-09-2023 23:43 via drugs.com
  
  MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 -- For individuals with a pathogenic variant in the major genes responsible for hereditary breast cancer or Lynch syndrome, having a first-degree family history is associated with increased cancer risk, according to a study...
  
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• Surgeons Perform Transplant of Gene-Tweaked Pig Heart Into Second Patient

  25-09-2023 23:40 via drugs.com
  
  MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 -- A second human patient has received a genetically altered pig heart as he battles the ravages of end-stage heart disease. The 58-year-old man, Lawrence Faucette, received the pig organ at the University of Maryland Medical...
  
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• Heat-Related Deaths Could Break Records This Year in Phoenix, America's Hottest City

  25-09-2023 23:36 via drugs.com
  
  MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 -- Phoenix, already the hottest major city in the nation, experienced its most scorching summer on record this year, new data show. And that will likely prompt the highest number of heat-associated deaths ever reported in the...
  
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• Gene-Tweaked Pig Heart Transplant Into Second Patient

  25-09-2023 23:09 via drugs.com
  
  MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 -- A second human patient has received a genetically altered pig heart as he battles the ravages of end-stage heart disease. The 58-year-old man, Lawrence Faucette, received the pig organ at the University of Maryland Medical...
  
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• Many Receiving Alpelisib for Metastatic Breast Cancer Have Hyperglycemia

  25-09-2023 18:06 via drugs.com
  
  MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 -- For patients with metastatic breast cancer receiving the PI3K inhibitor alpelisib, hyperglycemia often occurs, with a median time to onset of 16 days, according to a study published online Sept. 25 in Cancer.
  Sherry Shen,...
  
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• Cardiac Rehab Barriers Vary Globally According to Region

  25-09-2023 18:02 via drugs.com
  
  MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 -- Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) barriers vary globally according to region, according to a study published online Sept. 24 in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology.
  Gabriela Lima de Melo Ghisi, P.T., Ph.D., from the University of...
  
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• Exercise Intervention Has Biological Effect in Lynch Syndrome

  25-09-2023 17:59 via drugs.com
  
  MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 -- An exercise intervention has biological effects on the immune system among patients with Lynch syndrome (LS), according to a study published online Sept. 19 in Clinical Cancer Research.
  Nan Deng, from The University of...
  
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• Waist-to-Hip Ratio Has Strongest Link With All-Cause Mortality

  25-09-2023 17:56 via drugs.com
  
  MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 -- Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) has a strong, consistent association with all-cause mortality, regardless of body mass index (BMI), according to a study published online Sept. 20 in JAMA Network Open.
  Irfan Khan, from the David...
  
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• Benefit of ICD Attenuated in CKD Patients Receiving Cardiac Resynchronization

  25-09-2023 17:52 via drugs.com
  
  MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 -- For patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), the benefit of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) may be attenuated, according to a study published...
  
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• Novel Model Aids Prediction of Survival in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction

  25-09-2023 17:47 via drugs.com
  
  MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 -- For individuals with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), a new model facilitates prediction of lifelong overall and heart failure hospitalization-free survival and treatment benefit, according to a study...
  
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• Short-Term Survival Worse for Single-Ventricle Congenital Heart Disease Patients

  25-09-2023 17:44 via drugs.com
  
  MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 -- Single-ventricle congenital heart disease (CHD) patients undergoing heart transplant have worse short-term survival, according to a study published online in the Sept. 19 issue of the Journal of the American College of...
  
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• Increased Exposure to PFAS, Phenols Linked to Prior Cancer Diagnosis

  25-09-2023 17:41 via drugs.com
  
  MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 -- Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), phenols, and parabens are associated with a previous cancer diagnosis, according to a study published online Sept. 18 in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental...
  
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• Combo Immunotherapy With Durvalumab Effective for NSCLC

  25-09-2023 17:37 via drugs.com
  
  MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 -- For patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), combination immunotherapy with the anti-programmed death-ligand 1 monoclonal antibody durvalumab and other novel agents outperforms durvalumab alone in the...
  
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• Machine Algorithm IDs Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysms That Get Missed

  25-09-2023 17:32 via drugs.com
  
  MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 -- Unruptured cerebral aneurysms (UCAs) of sizes that warrant attention and possibly treatment that are missed in routine care can be identified by a machine learning algorithm, according to a study published online Sept. 13...
  
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• COVID-19 could be key in identifying viruses with pandemic potential

  25-09-2023 13:54
  
  Researchers analysed major variants of concern, including the Omicron subvariants
  
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• Novo Nordisk Foundation commits €127m for new cell therapy facility

  25-09-2023 13:53
  
  The new facility will help accelerate treatments for people living with chronic diseases
  
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• Alzheimer’s Research UK launches ‘Change The Ending’ campaign

  25-09-2023 13:53
  
  A survey revealed that 22% of 2,162 people didn’t know dementia affected a person
  
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