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Climate change intensifies wildfires and pollution-related deaths

HQ Team October 23, 2024: Rising global temperatures have led to more frequent and severe wildfires in vulnerable ecosystems like those found in

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Alzheimer's disease has an initial silent and slow phase before the second stage of a destructive accumulation of plaques, tangles and other symptoms occurs, a brain-mapping study funded by the National Institutes of Health finds.
Drugs Health Medical

Alzheimer’s disease slowly enters the brain in a stealth mode

Alzheimer's disease has an initial silent and slow phase before the second stage of a destructive accumulation of plaques, tangles and other symptoms

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The US Food and Drug Administration has greenlighted Pfizer Inc.’s respiratory syncytial virus vaccine (RSV) Abrysvo for treating lower respiratory tract disease in people 18-59 years.
Drugs Health Pharma

US drug regulator FDA approves expanded use of Pfizer’s RSV vaccine

The US Food and Drug Administration has greenlighted Pfizer Inc.’s respiratory syncytial virus vaccine (RSV) Abrysvo for treating lower respiratory tract disease in

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Health Medical Pharma

New portable handheld device delivers blood test results in an hour

HQ Team October 22, 2024: A new handheld device can isolate biomarkers for different diseases using sound waves from a single drop of

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Drugs Health Medical

Hearing aids can delay onset, progression of Parkinson’s disease

HQ Team October 22, 2024: Hearing aids have emerged as a potentially significant factor in delaying the onset and progression of Parkinson’s disease

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Danish pharmaceutical company, Novo Nordisk’s oral semaglutide drug to treat type 2 diabetes helped reduce heart diseases by 14% compared to a dummy medicine in a trial, according to a statement.
Drugs Health Pharma

Novo’s type 2 oral diabetic drug cuts heart diseases by 14% in a trial

Danish pharmaceutical company, Novo Nordisk’s oral semaglutide drug to treat type 2 diabetes helped reduce heart diseases by 14% compared to a dummy

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Egypt gets WHO certification for being a malaria-free country
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Egypt gets WHO certification for being a malaria-free country

Malaria, which plagued the ancient pharaohs, has been eliminated in Egypt, according to a World Health Organization-certificate, — the third such in in

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Astellas Pharma Inc.’s therapy to treat a form of gastric cancer got approval from the US drug regulator, according to a company statement.
Drugs Health Pharma

Astellas Pharma gets US regulator’s nod for its gastric cancer drug 

Astellas Pharma Inc.’s therapy to treat a form of gastric cancer got approval from the US drug regulator, according to a company statement.

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Gilead Sciences, Inc. has withdrawn its bladder cancer drug from the US market and stopped its confirmatory clinical trial after it failed to extend the lives of patients who had undergone prior treatments.
Drugs Health Pharma

Gilead’s end-stage confirmatory trials of bladder cancer drug fail

Gilead Sciences, Inc. has withdrawn its bladder cancer drug from the US market and stopped its confirmatory clinical trial after it failed to

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In a small region in India’s technology capital of Bengaluru, social activists, despite initial hesitation from its urban poor, walked into Anjanapura and completed one of the country’s first short-term engagements to impart the skills to fight climate change.
Climate Health Pharma Research

A social project to fight climate change in India begins to yield results

In a small region in India’s technology capital of Bengaluru, social activists, despite initial hesitation from its urban poor, walked into Anjanapura and

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