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Diabetes drugs used in weight-loss therapies may come with a risk of stomach paralysis, pancreatitis and bowel obstruction, a study by the University of British Columbia found.
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Study finds unexpected link between weight loss and cancer risk

HQ Team March 4, 2024: Obesity is widely recognized as a risk factor for cancer, and a recent study sheds light on an

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US-based Akero Therapeutics, Inc., announced its mid-trial of a drug to treat fatty liver disease met its primary goals of efficacy and safety in patients, according to a company statement.
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Akero Therapeutics says mid-stage trials on drug for fatty liver disease positive

HQ Team March 4, 2024: US-based Akero Therapeutics, Inc., announced its mid-trial of a drug to treat fatty liver disease met its primary

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The jury is still out on which virus causes chronic fatigue syndrome, its diagnosis, the treatment options, and even its very terminology. Molecular biologists at the Cornell University revisited the syndrome, which is also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and found it may be triggered by viral infections.
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Nocturnal awakening and prostate cancer: What you need to know

Waking up in the middle of the night is called nocturnal awakening. Studies have found nearly 35% of people wake up in the

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Bayer AG, a German multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, has bought the marketing rights in Europe for a heart drug for $310 million to expand its cardiology portfolio.
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Bayer acquires marketing rights for heart drug in Europe for $310 million

HQ Team March 4, 2024: Bayer AG, a German multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, has bought the marketing rights in Europe for a

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A third consecutive year of record low sea ice levels in the Antarctic sea is “shocking” geologists and glaciologists say, even though a rapid loss of ice has been observed since the seventies.
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Divergent scientific views emerge on “shocking” record low ice in Antarctica

HQ Team March 3, 2024: A third consecutive year of record low sea ice levels in the Antarctic sea is “shocking” geologists and

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Antibodies to target a hard-to-spot region or the “dark side” of the influenza virus were discovered by researchers, and may pave new vaccines and therapies to fight the disease.
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Antibody discovery may aid new vaccines, therapies to fight influenza

HQ Team March 3, 2024: Antibodies to target a hard-to-spot region or the “dark side” of the influenza virus were discovered by researchers,

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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Control has revised its Covid-19 isolation recommendations by suggesting patients return to normal activities if they are free of fever for at least 24 hours.
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CDC revises isolation guidance for Covid-19 patients in the US

HQ Team March 2, 2024: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Control has revised its Covid-19 isolation recommendations by suggesting patients

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The sad truth remains that every day patients suffer morbidity and mortality due to lack of availability of tissue or an organ transplant. 
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Opinion: Organ donation is the gift of life to another human being

By K. Leelamoni March 2, 2024: A few days ago, I read in the newspaper about the family of a 62-year-old lady, who

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Pfizer Inc., a US pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation, announced its single dose of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine would maintain protection from the disease through to a second season.
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Pfizer says RSV vaccine can ensure protection into second season

HQ Team March 1, 2024: Pfizer Inc., a US pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation, announced its single dose of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine

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More than one billion people worldwide are living with obesity and the disease has quadrupled among children and adolescents between five and 19 years of age, according to the World Health Organization.
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One billion people globally are suffering from obesity, says  WHO

HQ Team March 1, 2024: More than one billion people worldwide are living with obesity and the disease has quadrupled among children and

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