What Will Happen to NBA Players Who Won’t Get Vaccinated?
The National Basketball Association announced Wednesday that players who haven’t received a COVID-19 vaccine won’t be paid for games that they miss due to local orders that require shots. “Any player who elects not to comply with local vaccination mandates…
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ASCO Recommends Duloxetine as First-Line Therapy for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Duloxetine should be a first-line treatment for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) in adult cancer survivors, according to updated guidelines from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). “The most important messages from the guidelines are…
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Second report on toxins in baby foods finds continuing problems
(HealthDay)—Despite the troubling findings of a congressional report released earlier this year on toxins in baby foods, a new report finds even more manufacturers are selling baby foods that contain potentially unsafe levels of heavy metals. The toxins in question…
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Older adults receiving additional supportive care services experience fewer side effects from chemotherapy
A clinical trial led by researchers at City of Hope, a world-renowned cancer research and treatment organization, showed that patients over 65 receiving chemotherapy experienced significantly fewer treatment-related side effects when a multidisciplinary team of experts analyzed each case and…
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Pruning the dendritic tree for a better understanding of epileptic seizures
Researchers at the University of Bonn have shed light on the function of the enzyme SLK for the development of nerve cells in the brain. If it is missing, the neurons’ branches are less abundant. In addition, it is then…
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Asia Pacific promotes health at reopened schools
Asia Pacific countries, including India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Indonesia, have resolved to turn schools, now reopening after COVID-19 restrictions, into “health-promoting schools.” Concerned that closure of schools owing to COVID-19 negatively impacted children and adolescents’ health, education,…
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Uncontrolled hypertension: Older women, younger men may be at risk
Controlling blood pressure is a major challenge for close to half of all adults in the United States. Researchers say that older women and younger men are more likely to have uncontrolled hypertension, even with blood pressure-lowering medications. Health experts…
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Flu Vaccination, Ending Lockdown, Vaccine Production in Latin America: COVID-19 Global Weekly Highlights
These are the global coronavirus stories you need to know about this week. UK positive COVID-19 tests rose by 12.2% over 7 days as of Monday, at a rate of 350.9 per 100,000 population. However, deaths were down 8.8%, and hospitalisations…
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On the trail of a medical mystery: Scientists zero in on elevated MRSA susceptibility after liver transplants
For decades, recipients of liver transplants have been inexplicably vulnerable to MRSA infection after their lifesaving surgeries, but the molecular mechanisms underlying that risk had remained stubbornly mystifying, at least until now. In the hunt for a culprit at the…
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How blood and immune systems form in developing bone marrow
Researchers have found that in the space of just a few weeks, numerous blood and immune cell types emerge from developing bone marrow, including key white blood cells that protect against bacteria. The first comprehensive analysis of how the blood…
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