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JULY 1, 2024

Study results are expected for a pair of closely watched obesity drugs, while key tests await for a high-priced AbbVie acquisition and one of 2023’s largest IPOs.

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JANUARY 14, 2025

The company said it overestimated demand of its obesity and diabetes drugs in the fourth quarter, but projected a further ramp-up in sales this year.

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MARCH 10, 2025

MONDAY, March 10, 2025 -- Thirty-one million people, or 12 percent of the U.S. adult population, borrowed $74 million last year to help pay medical costs for themselves or a family member, according to the results of a survey conducted by West.

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JANUARY 28, 2025

The study helps explain why 2023 and early 2024 saw unprecedented ocean temperatures.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Nowak Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry , 2024 [link] Proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are hetero-bifunctional molecules that remove disease-causing proteins through the means of targeted protein degradation (TPD). Geiger, Radosław P.

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AUGUST 29, 2024

Far fewer venture funding rounds were closed by cell and gene therapy developers over the first six months of 2024 than in prior years. Experts say there are several factors.

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APRIL 26, 2024

FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) is a leading cause of illness and death, especially for frail and hospitalized Americans. Now, a new study suggests that the leading antibiotic used to fight it, vancomycin, may be.

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MAY 20, 2024

MONDAY, May 20, 2024 -- New, real-world research confirms that the blockbuster weight-loss drugs that millions of Americans have been taking to shed pounds can trigger stomach paralysis in some patients.“Although Although these drugs do work and should be.

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MARCH 6, 2024

WEDNESDAY, March 6, 2024 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a health advisory Wednesday warning consumers that six brands of ground cinnamon are tainted with lead. The FDA urged folks to throw away and not buy the following brands of.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2024

18, 2024 -- Drugs already taken by millions of diabetes patients appear to also help slash asthma attacks by up to 70%, new British research shows.The two drugs are metformin, one of the most widely used diabetes medications, and the. MONDAY, Nov.

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MAY 16, 2024

THURSDAY, May 16, 2024 -- Following a vegetarian or vegan diet might just buy you a longer, healthier life, a new review finds.Staying away from meat was tied to a reduced risk of heart disease, cancer and early death, researchers reported in a.

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OCTOBER 7, 2024

7, 2024 -- A pair of American scientists have won the 2024 Nobel Prize in medicine for their discovery of microRNA, tiny genetic molecules that play a crucial role in how genes shape the body. MONDAY, Oct. The research of Victor Ambros and Gary.

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JANUARY 21, 2025

They found that 66 percent of the colonies were bleached by February 2024 and 80 per cent by April. Marine scientists highlights the complex interplay between heat stress, disease onset and coral mortality.

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OCTOBER 25, 2024

25, 2024 -- Some Americans should get more than one shot of the updated COVID vaccines because their age or certain health conditions make them more vulnerable to severe infections, U.S. FRIDAY, Oct. health officials advised this week.Six months.

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DECEMBER 23, 2024

December 23, 2024 -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first generic referencing Victoza (liraglutide injection) 18 milligram/3 milliliter, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist indicated to improve glycemic.

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JUNE 28, 2024

FRIDAY, June 28, 2024 -- As a summer wave of COVID infections rolls across the country, U.S. health officials have recommended that all Americans over the age of 6 months get one of the updated COVID vaccines when they become available this.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

24, 2024 -- Food sold in shrink wrap, on cardboard trays or in paper containers might contain any of nearly 200 chemicals linked to breast cancer, a new study warns.Commonly used food packaging materials contain 189 chemicals that. TUESDAY, Sept.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

New drug triggers rapid cell death in cancer models By Karen Zusi-Tran October 29, 2024 Breadcrumb Home New drug triggers rapid cell death in cancer models BRD-810 inhibits the MCL1 protein and reactivates apoptosis in tumor cells, displaying therapeutic potential in animal models. Online August 23, 2024. Paper cited Rauh U, et al.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

3, 2024 -- The booming popularity of the weight-loss drug semaglutide has prompted increasing concerns about potential side effects from taking Ozempic or Wegovy.But a new study rules out one possible problem -- using semaglutide. TUESDAY, Sept.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

7, 2024 -- More than a year after its advisory panel unanimously declared the drug phenylephrine to be useless against nasal congestion, the U.S. THURSDAY, Nov. Food and Drug Administration is proposing that it be removed from common.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

16, 2024 -- Tiny puffs from asthma inhalers could be causing big climate problems for Mother Earth, a new study warns.Each inhaler dose contains some of the most potent greenhouse gases known, and they are adding up, researchers. MONDAY, Sept.

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AUGUST 30, 2024

30, 2024 -- New trials are showing how the blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss meds Ozempic and Wegovy can boost health in even more ways.These two injected drugs are versions of semaglutide. FRIDAY, Aug.30, In multiple new data analyses, the drugs.

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AUGUST 16, 2024

16, 2024 -- As syphilis cases surge throughout the United States, the U.S. FRIDAY, Aug. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first diagnostic at-home test to spot the bacterial disease."This This is the first at-home, over-the-counter.

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AUGUST 23, 2024

23, 2024 -- Research has already proven that the blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy (semaglutide) can slash a person's odds for heart attacks and strokes, and now more data from the same trial suggests that's even true for very ill. FRIDAY, Aug.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

11, 2024 -- Widespread and easy access to guns is the reason behind the shockingly high rate of firearm deaths in the United States, and not any rise in mental health problems suffered by perpetrators, a new study shows.The United. WEDNESDAY, Sept.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

16, 2024 -- Fatty liver disease linked to diabetes and obesity can easily progress to liver cirrhosis, but new research suggests that GLP-1 medicines like Ozempic can help stop that. MONDAY, Sept. In a new decades-long study, veterans with diabetes.

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DECEMBER 26, 2024

26, 2024 -- Migraine patients often suffer a long time before docs zero in on the best dosage for drugs designed to prevent their terrible symptoms. THURSDAY, Dec. But a recently approved daily migraine pill called Qulipta (atogepant) appears to be.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2024

20, 2024 -- Rates of postpartum depression have more than doubled in little over a decade among American women, a new analysis shows. WEDNESDAY, Nov. While about 1 in every 10 new moms (9.4%) suffered postpartum depression in 2010, that number rose.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

6, 2024 -- An epidemic of high blood pressure is occurring in young adults and children in the United States, a pair of new studies show.Nearly a quarter of people ages 18 to 39 have high blood pressure, with readings above the. FRIDAY, Sept.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

12, 2024 -- It could be a real breakthrough for people at risk for HIV infection: A shot given every six months that reduces their risk by a whopping 96%.That's THURSDAY, Sept. That's according to new trial results released Thursday by Gilead Sciences.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Merve Demir,*, Laura Koepping, Ya Li, Lynn Fujimoto, Andrey Bobkov, Jianhua Zhao, Taro Hitosugi, Eduard Sergienko Structure, 2024 [link] Mitochondrial creatine kinases (MtCKs) are key players in maintaining energy homeostasis in cells that work with cytosolic creatine kinases for energy transport from mitochondria to cytoplasm.

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AUGUST 21, 2024

21, 2024 -- The first mpox vaccine doses from the United States are set to arrive next week in the Congo, the epicenter of an ongoing mpox outbreak in Africa.The doses come not a moment too soon: Just last week, the World Health. WEDNESDAY, Aug.

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OCTOBER 30, 2024

Archon Biosciences, co-founded by the winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, emerged from stealth Wednesday with $20 million in seed capital.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

11, 2024 -- The weight-loss drug liraglutide helped obese children lower their BMI and reach a healthier weight, researchers report.The findings, published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented. WEDNESDAY, Sept.

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AUGUST 30, 2024

30, 2024 -- Senior residential homes are breeding grounds for antibiotic-resistant bacteria, due to overprescription of antibiotics, a new study says.Stool samples provided by Australian senior home residents contained bacteria with a. FRIDAY, Aug.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2024

15, 2024 -- Waning vaccine coverage has fueled a 20% spike in measles cases worldwide, with 10.3 FRIDAY, Nov. million people struck by the preventable illness in 2023, health officials reported Wednesday."Inadequate Inadequate immunization coverage globally.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

13, 2024 -- The blockbuster GLP-1 drug semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) could curb drinking for people battling alcohol use disorder, helping them to avoid crises that require hospitalization, new research shows. WEDNESDAY, Nov. Numerous studies had.

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