An HIV-derived nucleoside therapy now treats rare genetic diseases by restoring mitochondrial DNA and improving muscle strength, mobility, and survival.
Category: 5. Health
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How An HIV Drug Is Now Helping People With Genetic Diseases
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The ‘Healthy Drink’ Myth Is Over, According To New U.S. Alcohol Guidelines
Breaking down the new 2025-2030 U.S. Dietary Guidelines: why the alcohol limit is now one drink or less per day and the key research that prompted this shift.
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What Medicare’s New TEAM Hospital Payment Model Will Mean For Seniors
TEAM may encourage hospitals to improve the quality of the care their patients receive after being discharged. But it also risks further burdening family caregivers. I
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Surge In Obamacare Premiums Symptom Of Healthcare System In Need Of Reform
If a political debate takes place this year on the topic of ACA cost containment and the affordability of premiums, it’s hoped that reform initiatives won’t be piecemeal.
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Tumor Bacteria Linked to Immunotherapy Resistance
The gut microbiome has been shown to influence tumor growth and contribute to therapeutic resistance. Scientists have concluded that there are both beneficial and deleterious microbes within the gut that can…
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Biomarker Predicts Therapeutic Outcomes in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the body’s nerves. Immune cells will breakdown the myelin sheath around the nerve fibers that help transport signals…
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Illness is more than just biological – medical sociology shows how social factors get under the skin and cause disease
Health and medicine is more than just biological – societal forces can get under your skin and cause illness. Medical sociologists like me study these forces by treating society itself as our laboratory. Health and illness are our…
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People in Brazil are living past 110 and scientists want to know why
A Viewpoint published on January 6 in Genomic Psychiatry by Dr. Mayana Zatz and colleagues at the Human Genome and Stem Cell Research Center at the University of São Paulo explores why Brazil may be one of the most important yet overlooked…
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Increasing Lab QC Efficiency Using Patient Values
This webinar introduces Patient-Based Real-Time Quality Control (PBRTQC), a powerful complement to traditional QC that leverages moving averages of patient
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This CEO’s $1.7 Billion Health Startup Began With Moms. Now She Wants To Expand To All Women.
Former Flatiron Health exec Marta Bralic Kerns raised $92 million to expand her virtual care model to women at all stages of their lives.
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