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The first dosing in a late-stage trial to evaluate an investigational drug for tuberculosis (TB) has started in South Africa, which has one of the highest burdens in the world.
Health

FDA approves expanded use of eculizumab for pediatric myasthenia gravis

HQ Team March 13, 2025: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the expanded use of drug eculizumab (marketed as Soliris)

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Damaged heart cells can be regenerated with lab-grown stems cells:study
Health

Limiting TV time may reduce heart disease risk in people disposed to diabetes 2

HQ Team March 13, 2025: A study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association reveals that limiting TV viewing to no more than

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China’s WuXi Biologics, a clinical research organization, has granted global rights to US-based Candid Therapeutics to use the company’s synthetic antibody to fight cancer for an upfront payment of $925 million.
Pharma

Gilead’s once-yearly lenacapavir shot for HIV prevention shows strong promise

HQ Team March 12, 2025: In a significant development for HIV prevention, Gilead Sciences has unveiled promising data from its Phase 1 study

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Roche and Zealnd pharma go in for a $5.3billion deal for obesity candidate
Pharma

Roche secures Zealand pharma’s obesity drug in $5.3 billion deal

HQ Team March 12, 2025: Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche has entered into an exclusive collaboration and licensing agreement with Denmark’s Zealand Pharma to

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Extreme heat due to climate change, combined with wildfires and desert dust, is having a pernicious effect on air quality, human health and the environment, a WMO report stated.
Climate

India dominates list of world’s most polluted cities with 13 featured in top 20

HQ Team March 11, 2025: A recent World Air Quality Report 2024 by Swiss air quality technology company IQAir, has highlighted that 13

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women exercising in a group for elderly
Health

Exercise reduces falls in elderly women, especially those with polypharmacy

HQ Team March 11, 2025: A recent study conducted by the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital has shown that an

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Intensive diet and lifestyle changes may forestall a cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease and make progress for patients during early stages, a study finds.
Health Research

Parkinson’s Disease cases to hit 25 million worldwide by 2050

HQ Team March 10, 2025: A recent study published in The BMJ forecasts a significant rise in Parkinson’s disease cases globally, with projections

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Seventeen types of cancer are common in US millennials and the incidence rate for some forms is two to three times higher in people born in 1990 than in 1995, a study reveals.
Health Research

Aspirin shows promise in preventing cancer metastasis

HQ Team March 10, 2025: University of Cambridge scientists have uncovered the mechanism behind how aspirin could reduce the spread of certain cancers

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IntraBio Inc, a biotechnology company focused on rare and neurodegenerative diseases, got the US regulator’s nod for a drug to treat a certain type of Niemann-Pick disease in adults and pediatric patients weighing about 15 kilograms.
Health

Primary care clinics can help detect 10% of cancers caused by genes

HQ Team March 10, 2025: Patient screening in primary care settings can detect up to 10% of cancers caused by genes. Easily available

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obesity
Health Research

Over half of adults and a third of children projected to be overweight by 2050

HQ Team March 8, 2025: A study published in The Lancet by the Global Burden of Disease Study BMI Collaborators reveals alarming statistics

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