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It’s more than a sniffle. Your nose gets clogged, stays clogged, and then whistles or hisses when you breathe. Your face aches. You blow through box after box of tissues. It just won’t go away. Chronic congestion is common, says…

Insomnia — difficulty falling or staying asleep — was associated with a 69% greater risk of having a myocardial infarction (MI) than among adults without insomnia, according to new research. Those who slept 5 or fewer hours per night had…

It is almost three years since the World Health Organization characterized the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. Working at breakneck speed, scientists managed to produce effective vaccinations in record time. The subsequent mass production of vaccines and their rollout by…

(Reuters) – Pfizer Inc is in early stage talks to acquire cancer drugmaker Seagen Inc in a potential multi-billion dollar deal, the Wall Street Journal reported, after advanced discussions between Merck and Seagen fell through last year. The report on…

Vascular dementia causes around one in 10 dementia cases in the United States. It is often caused by cerebral small vessel disease, which damages cells lining the blood vessels in the brain. The symptoms are very similar to other forms…

To honor Black History Month in 2023, I decided to spend some time familiarizing myself with the negative impact of cultural myths about Black people on the health care support our systems provide to Black people. I wanted to consider…

The work of a clinician-scientist often feels like two steps forward, one step back. Just ask Professor Eric Morand, Head of the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash University. Professor Morand, an international expert in lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, [SLE]),…

SAN FRANCISCO — For patients with prostate cancer who have unfavorable features and a detectable PSA following a radical prostatectomy, the standard of care is treatment with 6 months of a GnRH agonist with salvage radiation therapy (SRT), as established…

In a recent study published in the eBioMedicine, researchers performed serial tau imaging with 18F-MK6240 to detect tau accumulation in cognitively unimpaired (CU) beta-amyloid negative (Aβ−) Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients as well as those with mild cognitive impairment [MCI] who…

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