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Strongest relationship seen for air pollution and language
Read More »Air Pollution Exposure Negatively Impacts Some Domains of Cognitive Performance
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Pfizer Ends Testing of Obesity Pill After Possible Liver Injury
By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, April 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer has stopped developing a once-daily pill to treat obesity after a person in a clinical trial showed signs of a possible liver injury.The company said the injury went away after the person stopped taking the drug, called danuglipron, …
Read More »Pig Kidney Removed After Historic Transplant in Alabama Woman
By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, April 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Doctors have removed a genetically modified pig’s kidney from an Alabama woman after her body rejected the organ, NYU Langone Health reported.Towana Looney, 53, had the transplanted organ for 130 days — the longest anyone has ever tolerated an …
Read More »93,022 Firearm Injury Emergency Visits Seen From January 2018 to August 2023
Rate of firearm injury emergency department visits was 73.9 per 100,000 visits; highest rates were seen between 2:30 and 3:00 a.m.
Read More »Breast, Colorectal Cancer Screening Higher Than Lung Cancer Screening
Among individuals eligible for lung cancer screening, use of BCS and CCS is much higher than use of LCS
Read More »FDA Approves Combo of Opdivo Plus Yervoy for Advanced Liver Cancer
The CheckMate-9DW trial showed significant overall survival benefit versus lenvatinib or sorafenib
Read More »Tirzepatide Dispensations Increased Rapidly After Approval
By December 2023, 12.3 percent of all glucose-lowering medication dispensations were tirzepatide among adults with T2DM
Read More »Incidence of Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infections in U.S. 15.7 Per 100,000 Births in 2019
Incidence rate highest in the South and in infants born to Black birth parents
Read More »C-Reactive Protein Increases During Menstrual Cycle in Females With Sickle Cell Disease
CRP levels significantly higher during follicular versus luteal phase, which may contribute to pattern of painful vaso-occlusive events
Read More »Adverse Events From Semaglutide Seen in the ED Usually GI-Related
Most common gastrointestinal issues seen are nausea/vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea
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