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The USFDA has approved Calliditas Therapeutics’ oral drug to treat loss of kidney function in adults with primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) and at risk of disease progression.
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Sweden’s Calliditas gets FDA nod for oral drug to treat kidney loss function

HQ Team December 21, 2023: Sweden’s Calliditas Therapeutics has got the USFDA green light for its oral drug to treat loss of kidney.

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The US drug regulator has termed its Class I recall of Philips magnetic resonance systems as the “most serious” type.
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Recall of Philips imaging devices ‘most serious’: USFDA says

HQ Team December 21, 2023: The US drug regulator has termed its Class I recall of Philips magnetic resonance systems as the “most.

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Pfizer’s last-stage experimental trials for treating multi-drug-resistant bacteria have yielded positive results, the US-based company announced.
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Alarming impact of antimicrobial resistance on mortality in Africa

HQ Team December 20, 2023: Researchers from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington’s School of Medicine.

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Patients who brush their teeth may be saving themselves from hospital-acquired pneumonia and other outcomes, according to a study by US researchers.
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Toothbrushing in ICU may save you from hospital-acquired pneumonia

HQ Team December 20, 2023: Patients who brush their teeth may be saving themselves from hospital-acquired pneumonia and other outcomes, according to a.

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The receptor of Oxytocin, a hormone considered essential to forming social bonds, may not play the role that scientists have assigned it for the past 30 years, according to US scientists.
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Opinion: Sickle Cell Disease and gene therapy

By K. Leelamoni December 19, 2023: Recent reports about the FDA’s approval of gene therapy to treat Sickle Cell Anemia mark a major.

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The European Union has announced a 1.23 billion euro initiative to prevent mental health issues and find affordable treatments for its 84 million patients in the bloc.
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KarXT by Karuna Therapeutics offers hope for improved schizophrenia management

HQ Team, December 18, 2023: For individuals grappling with schizophrenia, the road to treatment is often marked by a lifelong commitment to antipsychotic.

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Patients with burnt-out diabetes found to have underdiagnosed hyperglycemia: Study

HQ Team December 18, 2023: Investigative results from a pilot study showed that those with burnt-out diabetes and end-stage kidney disease experienced a.

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Teenagers are using e-cigarettes at a rate higher than adults, and in England, the numbers have tripled in the past three years, according to the World Health Organization.
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Teenagers smoking e-cigarettes at a faster rate than adults: WHO

HQ Team December 15, 2023: Teenagers are using e-cigarettes at a rate higher than adults, and in England, the numbers have tripled in.

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Merck announced it has got USFDA approval for its belzutifan drug, branded as Welireg, to treat an advanced form of kidney cancer.
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USFDA green lights Merck’s drug to treat advanced kidney cancer 

HQ Team December 15, 2023: Merck announced it got USFDA approval for its belzutifan drug, branded as Welireg, to treat an advanced form.

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A new vaccine to aid the human body's white cells to fight HIV infection may hold the key to protect people from acquiring the virus, according to a National Institute of Allergic and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) study.
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New HIV vaccine must aid human white cells to ward off virus: NIAID

HQ Team December 15, 2023: A new vaccine to aid the human body’s white cells to fight HIV infection may hold the key.

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