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Shaun Ryder was left with no eyelashes from a health condition
Hair loss: Dr Ranj discusses causes of male pattern baldness Musical frontman Shaun Ryder revealed the health reason he had to keep his sunglasses on in the dark during the first episode in the new series of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here. The Happy Mondays singer was seen sporting his shades even as […]
Omicron outbreak had lower mortality rates compared to previous strains of COVID-19, finds study
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Disability rights groups sue to overturn California’s physician-assisted death law
Disability rights advocates sued Tuesday to overturn California’s physician-assisted death law, arguing that recent changes make it too easy for people with terminal diseases whose deaths aren't imminent to kill themselves with drugs prescribed by a doctor. California's original law allowing terminally ill adults to obtain prescriptions for life-ending drugs was passed in 2016. Advocates […]
Bioengineering a better adeno-associated virus vector for gene therapy
A new study characterizes a bioengineered adeno-associated virus (AAV)3B capsid variant that demonstrates improved transduction to human liver cells. Another advantage of the AAV3B-V04 capsid was its significantly reduced seroreactivity to human serum samples, as reported in the study published in the peer-reviewed journal Human Gene Therapy. Moanaro Biswas, from Indiana University School of Medicine, […]
Reduced access to TAVR to treat aortic stenosis in Canada compared to the US may affect mortality risk
A new study has found substantial regional differences in access to transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and patient outcomes between Ontario and New York State. New York residents had improved access to TAVR and improved outcomes compared to Ontario. Statistical modeling also indicated that the same New York residents would have had worse outcomes had […]
Alzheimer’s: Sleeping pill suvorexant may reduce toxic protein buildup
About 32 million people around the world have Alzheimer’s disease. Most scientists believe Alzheimer’s disease is caused by a buildup of amyloid and tau proteins in the brain. Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found people in a small study who took an insomnia medication experienced a drop in […]
Foghorn Therapeutics Pauses Enrollment in Cancer Drug Study
(Reuters) – Drug developer Foghorn Therapeutics Inc said on Monday it has paused enrollment in an early-stage study of the company’s experimental drug for a rare form of cancer due to safety concerns. The company said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has also placed the study on partial hold in the United States, while […]
Photodynamic treatment of acute vascular occlusion using iron–nitrosyl complex
Blood flowing through the blood vessels carries oxygen, nutrients and waste around the body. Obstruction of a blood vessel in our body can cause severe organ damage. In particular, retinal vascular occlusion (RVO) is a common cause of visual impairment. Although several conventional vasodilators and thrombolytic agents have previously been considered as treatment, their clinical […]
Mozambique cholera cases surge tenfold after cyclone
Cholera cases in Mozambique have increased tenfold to 28,000 since the start of February, UNICEF said Tuesday, as the country reels from the impact of cyclone Freddy. “More than 28,000 cases of cholera have now been recorded in Mozambique,” Guy Taylor, spokesman for the UN children’s agency in Mozambique, told a media briefing in Geneva. […]