Category: 5. Health
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Estrous rhythm found crucial for optimizing breast cancer therapy
Oestrous cycle-dependent proliferation of tumor cells during oestrus stage in MMTV-PyMT tumors. Credit: Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08276-1 … Continue Reading
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Biden Administration’s Access Model Offers Hope For Gene Therapies
WASHINGTON, DC: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure … [+] announced on December 5th that the manufacturers of the sickle cell disease gene therapies, Lyfgenia and Casgevy, have entered into agreements… Continue Reading
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Many crisis pregnancy centers advertise unproven ‘abortion pill reversal,’ study finds
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new research study found the vast majority of crisis pregnancy centers offer social and family support… Continue Reading
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Killer heat hit harder for the young than the elderly
A woman and a girl walk along the shore to cool off during a heat wave on the coast of Veracruz, Mexico, on June 15, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Felix Marquez, File … Continue Reading
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UnitedHealthcare Profits Less About Denials, More About The Pandemic
A general view outside the United Healthcare corporate headquarters on December 4, 2024 in … [+] Minnetonka, Minnesota. United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot dead on the street in New York City before he was to attend the company’s… Continue Reading
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Acknowledging The Needs Of College Students Who Are Performing Athletes
Dance students rehearsing in studio getty As reported by ESPN.com, a national spotlight will shine on collegiate athletics this weekend as the 2024 football season has reached its conference championship schedule. Within the past few years, there… Continue Reading
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How To Assess The Mysterious Outbreak In The DRC
TOPSHOT – A staff member of the Congolese Ministry of Health prepares the sampling equipment to … [+] perform a COVID-19 test at a private residence in Goma, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on March 31, 2020. One positive case of… Continue Reading
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WHO researchers investigating mysterious disease in DRC
Researchers are investigating the mysterious Disease X in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. getty Researchers throughout the world have expressed concern about a mysterious disease that has killed scores of people in the Democratic Republic… Continue Reading
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Proposed time limits on anesthesia may have jeopardized patient safety
Following a public outcry, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield announced December 5 it had walked back plans that would have put time limits on health insurance payments for anesthesia care in certain states. But the brief brouhaha shined a… Continue Reading
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Telehealth Will Die In 3 Weeks Without Congressional Action
WILMINGTON, MA – MARCH 15: Erica Jensen, with her 5-month-old daughter, Charlee Jaques, by her side, … [+] video conferenced with her doctor, Dr. Marie McDonnell, from her mother’s home in Wilmington, Mass. on Tuesday afternoon, March 15, 2016…. Continue Reading