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You're Far Less Likely to Get an Opioid Now After Surgery

Drugs.com

doctors had already cut the amount of opioids they gave patients after surgery by 2022 to just a third of the amount given in 2016, new research shows.Much of the. MONDAY, Dec. 11, 2023 -- In response to the ongoing crisis of opioid misuse, U.S.

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David Liu receives Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

Broad Institute

Base editing, which Lius team developed in 2016, is a gene editing technique that directly converts an individual DNA base pair into a different base pair. During his doctoral research at University of California Berkeley, Liu initiated the first general effort to expand the genetic code in living cells.

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‘Repeat After Me’ for Better Diabetes Care

The Pharma Data

Doctors already learn the technique in medical school, noted Dr. Scott Isaacs, spokesman for the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology and medical director for Atlanta Endocrine Associates. Data came from the 2011-2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey administered by the U.S. So why don’t more doctors use this approach?

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AHA News: New Mom Faces Life-Threatening Heart Attack Days After Giving Birth

The Pharma Data

Despite a high-risk pregnancy and a massive amount of fluid weight Chanel gained during the final two months, doctors assured her all would be fine after the delivery. Then, 11 days after Braxton’s birth in May 2016, Chanel and Benji were preparing to take Braxton to a pediatrician appointment when Chanel began feeling ill.

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Microbiotica: transforming medicine with microbiome magic

Drug Target Review

Microbiotica was spun-out of Trevor Lawley’s lab at the Sanger Institute in late 2016. How did Microbiotica leverage its founding advances from the Sanger Institute to address barriers in translating the human microbiome, and what is its ultimate goal in the field of microbiome therapeutics? difficile and C. albicans.

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Facebook Posts Big Drivers in Vaccine Resistance, Study Finds

The Pharma Data

It found that nearly 40% of 6,500 HPV vaccine-related posts from 2006 to 2016 amplified a perceived risk. Luisi recommended consulting with doctors to make an informed decision. The study included more than 10 years of public Facebook posts on the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. The data suggest the posts had momentum over time.

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Telemedicine Out of Reach for Those Who Can’t Get Online

The Pharma Data

However, while telemedicine seemed to make it easy to check in with a primary care doctor, a new study suggests that wasn’t the case for everyone. To come to that conclusion, the researchers used 2016-2017 data on more than 910,000 participants in a national questionnaire from the U.S. WEDNESDAY, Nov.

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