health current events 2020
- Jun- 2023 -9 JuneHealth
Blood biomarkers plus genomics shown to predict common disease risk more accurately than genomic information alone
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Identifying people at high risk of chronic disease means that they can be targeted with prevention…
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Do you use a patient portal? Study finds differences between portal users versus nonusers
Credit: CC0 Public Domain People who sign up for and use their healthcare provider’s online portal differ in some key…
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Gonorrhea and syphilis diagnoses are at their highest in decades—here’s what you need to know about these STIs
The latest data from the UK Health Security Agency shows that diagnoses of gonorrhea and syphilis have surged in the…
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Uncovering cancer-immune system interactions could inform how patients respond to immunotherapy
The researchers described a mechanism in head and neck cancers that promotes high immune infiltration by suppressing ‘keratinisation‘ which usually…
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Breastfeeding linked to higher GCSE results: How to understand the nuance behind the numbers
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Recently published research has found a link between breastfeeding for longer and higher GCSE grades. We…
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Study identifies brain network connections associated with anosognosia
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Anosognosia is a condition in which a patient is unaware of their neurological deficit or psychiatric…
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Treatment decisions in new era of individualized therapy for metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer
Prostate cancer cells. Credit: NIH Image Gallery Oncologists have traditionally prescribed androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) alone for patients with metastatic…
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Novel gene therapy shows promise in sickle cell patient clinical trial
Credit: National Institutes of Health Researchers presenting preliminary data from a clinical trial aimed at discovering a cure for sickle…
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Q&A: Zooming for the socially anxious
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Have you ever squirmed with self-consciousness during a Zoom meeting? Then this might be a relief:…
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CDC raises alarm about meningitis threat to patients visiting Mexican surgical clinics
U.S. health officials are urgently trying to reach people who’ve recently had medical procedures at clinics in Matamoros, Mexico, because…
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