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NIH launches new collaboration to develop gene-based cures for sickle cell disease and HIV on global scale
The National Institutes of Health plans to invest at least $100 million over the next four years toward an audacious goal: develop affordable, gene...
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Novartis receives FDA approval for Beovu®, offering wet AMD patients vision gains and greater fluid reductions vs aflibercept
In two head-to-head clinical trials, patients on Beovu (brolucizumab) achieved vision gains that were non-inferior to aflibercept at year one with ...
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FDA approves second drug to prevent HIV infection as part of ongoing efforts to end the HIV epidemic
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a second drug for HIV-1 pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as part of ongoing efforts to end th...
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What happens when vaccine scepticism takes over? Look to the Philippines
After a widely-used vaccine was drawn into question, trust in immunizations plummeted. Now the Philippines is in the grip of multiple severe outbreaks
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Type and timing of menopausal hormone therapy and breast cancer risk: individual participant meta-analysis of the worldwide epidemio...
Published findings on breast cancer risk associated with different types of menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) are inconsistent, with limited informa...
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FDA approves new drug for treatment-resistant forms of tuberculosis that affects the lungs
A new era for treatment of deadly, multi drug-resistant tuberculosis, the world’s biggest infectious-disease killer.
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IGAD ON ITS WAY TO ESTABLISHING A REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE
Sept. 16, 2019 (ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia): The Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in collaboration with the Government of the Federal ...
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Statement alerting patients and health care professionals of NDMA found in samples of ranitidine
Valisure, an online pharmacy which tests all batches of drugs before selling them, uncovered a dangerous impurity in Zantac and similar antacids. T...
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FDA Approves First Oral GLP-1 Treatment For Type 2 Diabetes
Rybelsus (semaglutide) is the first pill in a class of drugs called glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) approved for use in the United States.
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Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation S...
Experts offer new recommendations for screening more women for breast cancer. More women may benefit from gene testing for hereditary breast or ...
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