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Heart Disease Still America's Top Killer, Although the Death Rate Has Declined

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24, 2024 -- Heart disease remains the United States’ top cause of death, but progress is being made and more lives are being saved, a new report finds.There were 931,578 heart-related deaths in 2021, an increase of less than 3,000. WEDNESDAY, Jan.

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Almost 10 Million Americans Have Diabetes-Linked Eye Disease

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In 2021, an estimated 9.6 MONDAY, June 19, 2023 -- Nearly 10 million Americans are at risk for blindness from diabetic retinopathy, a new study finds. million people in the United States — 26% of those with diabetes — had the eye illness and.

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With new IPO pitch, Artiva touts ‘natural killer’ cell therapy for autoimmune disease

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Like many of its cell therapy peers, Artiva, which originally sought an IPO in 2021, has shifted its strategy in hopes of riding a recent wave of investor interest in autoimmune disease research.

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About 1 in 10 U.S. Adults Have High Cholesterol

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The data, from 2021 through 2023. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 2024 -- Nearly 1 in every 10 American adults is living with high levels of cholesterol in their arteries, according to the latest report from the U.S.

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Christina Applegate Opens Up About the Agony of Fighting MS

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TUESDAY, March 12, 2024 -- Actress Christina Applegate, who has been battling multiple sclerosis (MS) since 2021, shared her struggles with the debilitating disease on Monday.“I I live kind of in hell. I’m not out a lot, so this is a little.

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A transatlantic collaboration is uncovering the role of key genetic variants in common diseases like type 2 diabetes and obesity

Broad Institute

By Lucy Mutz November 4, 2024 Credit: Juliana Sohn Kasper Lage is managing director of the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Genomic Mechanisms of Disease. The overall goal is to translate genetic findings into biological mechanisms underlying disease that could be targeted with new medicines.

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THE LANCET HAEMATOLOGY: Global, regional, and national prevalence and mortality burden of sickle cell disease, 2000–2021

SCIENMAG: Medicine & Health

Credit: The Lancet Journal The Lancet Haematology Article Title Global, regional, and national prevalence and mortality burden of sickle cell disease, 2000–2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 Article Publication Date 15-Jun-2023

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