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Relieve Caregiver Burden, Improve Neurodegenerative Clinical Trials

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For neurodegenerative disease research, the care partner, or caregiver, is equally important as the person with dementia. The care partners are the decision-makers for their loved ones with neurodegenerative disorders, handling everything from daily routines and medication management to doctor visits.

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Copy of 1 in 3 Americans Prescribed Inappropriate Drugs

The Pharma Data

In fact, these patients are prescribed twice as many drugs as needed and are nearly twice as likely to be hospitalized or wind up in the emergency department. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the researchers found that 34% were prescribed at least one potentially inappropriate drug. THURSDAY, Oct.

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Grifols begins clinical trial of a new treatment that would provide immediate immunity against COVID-19

The Pharma Data

The treatment could be administered in primary care centers to people who test positive for COVID-19, avoiding hospitalization due to the progression of the disease and complementing the vaccine in the early phase after vaccination. BARCELONA, Spain , Jan. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Grifols (MCE: GRF, MCE: GRF.P,

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After Heart Attack, Pot Smoking Raises Post-Op Dangers

The Pharma Data

Pot smokers who’ve had a heart attack or needed clogged arteries reopened also are at a greater risk of subsequent heart problems, according to a second study based on national hospital data. hospitalization records, to see how pot users treated for heart problems tended to fare. Both studies are scheduled to be presented Nov.

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1 in 3 Americans Prescribed Inappropriate Drugs

The Pharma Data

In fact, these patients are prescribed twice as many drugs as needed and are nearly twice as likely to be hospitalized or wind up in the emergency department. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the researchers found that 34% were prescribed at least one potentially inappropriate drug. THURSDAY, Oct.

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Hives Urticaria & Angioedema Treatment Protocol | Cure & Relief

The Pharma Data

For years, I took great pride in running my own clinic, as well as teaching and supervising resident doctors at a facility at Loma Linda Univ School of Medicine. Your doctor may be putting on a brave face, but the truth is many allergists and physicians are just as frustrated as you are (If they take your condition seriously…).

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Who are the AACR Scientific Achievement Award winners?

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He is being recognised for his revolutionary contributions to developing the first gene-edited cell-based therapy for cancer that involves the genetic re-engineering of a patient’s own T cells to combat their disease, and for demonstrating that adoptive T-cell therapy can induce remission and in some cases cure patients with advanced cancer.