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Cancer patients and survivors who drink alcohol make their treatment less effective and raise their chances of the disease returning — an exigency often ignored by caretakers.
Drugs Health Medical

High alcohol intake linked to elevated risk of developing peripheral artery disease

HQ Team April 27, 2024: A study by the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, has found a link between alcohol consumption and Peripheral artery disease

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Remember that Covid-19 is still with us, continuously evolving and forming new lineages and we still need to stay ahead of it. Maintaining a cautious vigilance rather than undue panic is the need of the day.
Drugs Health Medical

Neomycin may treat viral respiratory infections, says study

HQ Team April 27, 2024: Viral infections are commonly treated with antivirals. The recent Covid-19 pandemic saw the SARS CoV-2 virus being treated

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Researchers have reworked DNA and proteins, the essential building blocks of life, to create cells that look and act like cells from the body — a discovery that may aid regenerative medicine, drug delivery systems, and diagnostic tools.
Drugs Health Pharma

UNC researchers close gap between synthetic and living human cells

HQ Team April 26, 2024: Researchers have reworked DNA and proteins, the essential building blocks of life, to create cells that look and

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The UNICEF and the private-public partnership Gavi Vaccine Alliance will roll out its malaria vaccine for the first time in nine African countries to fight one of the deadliest diseases in the continent, according to the WHO.
Drugs Health Pharma

Nigeria first to introduce new 5-strain protective meningitis vaccine

HQ Team April 25, 2024: Nigeria has become the first African nation to introduce the latest cutting-edge meningitis vaccine with protection against five

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About 16.2 bits of microplastic are inhaled by humans every hour — that constitutes a credit card for an entire week, according to research published by the American Institute of Physics.
Climate Health Pharma

56 major companies responsible for 50% of world’s plastic waste: Study

HQ Team April 25, 2024: Plastic pollution is a global phenomenon with plastic nanoparticles and associated chemicals contaminating every corner of the earth,

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The US health regulator has approved a drug of Utility Therapeutics to treat adult women, 18 years or older, with “uncomplicated” urinary tract infections.
Drugs Health Pharma

Utility Therapeutics gets FDA nod for drug to fight urinary tract infections

HQ Team April 25, 2024: The US health regulator has approved a drug of Utility Therapeutics to treat adult women, 18 years or

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After screening 12 million commercially available compounds using AI, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered a drug candidate to terminate a potentially fatal skin bacteria.
Drugs Health Medical

Research finds skin wounds can impact gut health, unveiling a skin-gut axis

HQ team April 24, 2024: A study conducted by dermatologists from the University of California San Diego has revealed a connection between skin

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endometriosis
Drugs Health Medical

Ketamine abuse leads to severe, irreversible bladder issues

HQ Team April 24, 2024: Recreational use of Ketamine is on the rise as it is easily accessible and affordable. However, a concerning

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Almost a year after rejecting approval for ImmunityBio’s combination therapy to treat a type of bladder cancer the USFDA has given the green light to the company’s Anktiva treatment.
Drugs Health Pharma

USFDA grants approval for ImmunityBio’s bladder cancer drug

HQ Team April 23, 2024: Almost a year after rejecting approval for ImmunityBio’s combination therapy to treat a type of bladder cancer the

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The European Commission has granted Pfizer Inc., marketing authorisation for a drug to treat adult patients with intra-abdominal infections, hospital-acquired pneumonia and complex urinary tract infections.
Drugs Health Pharma

EC marketing nod for Pfizer drug to fight antimicrobial resistance

HQ Team April 22, 2024: The European Commission has granted Pfizer Inc., marketing authorisation for a drug to treat adult patients with intra-abdominal

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