Month: September 2022

BA.4.6 is an offshoot of the BA.4 subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant. Only a couple of mutations separate it from its predecessor, but it is slowly gaining ground in the United States, even against BA.5, which continues to dominate transmission. BA.4.6 is now causing an estimated 7% to 10% of new Covid-19 infections, according
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Dr Sapna Patel Paris — “It’s not just what you give, it’s when you give it,” said the investigator reporting “that the same treatment for resectable melanoma given in a different sequence can generate lower rates of melanoma recurrence.” Sapna Patel, MD, associate professor of melanoma medical oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson
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Researchers published the study covered in this summary on medsrxiv.org as a preprint that has not yet been peer reviewed. Key Takeaways Added sugar as a proportion of total energy intake averaged 13.9% for both adults with prediabetes and those with normoglycemia.   Neither total nor percent-of-diet intake of added sugar was significantly linked with
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Chlamydia, the leading cause of sexually transmitted bacterial infections, evades detection and elimination inside human cells by use of a cloaking device. But Duke University researchers have grasped the hem of that invisibility cloak and now hope they can pull it apart. To enter the cell and peacefully reproduce, many pathogenic bacteria, including Chlamydia, cloak
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Diabetes & Smoking: What You Need to Know – Diabetes Daily Learning Center Learning Center: LearningCenter Diabetes Daily does not provide medical advice,diagnosis or treatment.Get additional information.© 2005 – 2022 Everyday Health, Inc. Everyday Health is among the federally registered trademarks of Everyday Health, Inc. and may not be used by third parties without explicit
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In a recent study published in JAMA Pediatrics, researchers performed epidemiologic modeling to update coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated caregiver and parent loss estimates. Study: Orphanhood and Caregiver Loss Among Children Based on New Global Excess COVID-19 Death Estimates. Image Credit: fizkes/Shutterstock Background Related Stories COVID-19–associated deaths have left millions of children bereaved of their caregivers
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SAN DIEGO — Standard practice has changed since a major trial revealed earlier this year that treating mild hypertension in pregnant women helps them without hurting their children. Nevertheless, questions about the particulars of this approach arose during a discussion at the annual Hypertension meeting hosted by the American Heart Association. In April 2022, the
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CNN  —  The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has this month greenlit the rollout of updated Covid-19 vaccine boosters, following the US Food and Drug Administration’s authorization. These shots will replace the boosters previously offered in the US such that, for people 12 and older, being “up-to-date” with vaccines means having the new
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PARIS — Desmoid tumors are rare, locally aggressive, soft-tissue tumors for which there is no approved systemic therapy — but a novel drug may become the first. Nirogacestat, under development by Connecticut-based SpringWorks Therapeutics, is an oral, selective, small-molecule gamma secretase inhibitor (GSI) that targets the Notch signaling pathway, which is involved in cell differentiation.
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A team of researchers from the IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) has designed in silico “molecular probes” able to track the progress of a protein that misbehaves in different neurodegenerative diseases, such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Fronto-Temporal Dementia (FTD). The probes can be used to study the behavior of the
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Type 1 Diabetes, Pregnancy, and Optimizing Blood Sugar to Avoid Infant Complications – Diabetes Daily Learning Center Learning Center: LearningCenter Diabetes Daily does not provide medical advice,diagnosis or treatment.Get additional information.© 2005 – 2022 Everyday Health, Inc. Everyday Health is among the federally registered trademarks of Everyday Health, Inc. and may not be used by
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A recent study on the acceptance of insect food products published in Food and Quality Preference found that certain types of insect products were better liked by Danish children. Study: Acceptance of Insect Foods Among Danish Children: Effects of Information Provision, Food Neophobia, Disgust Sensitivity, and Species on Willingness to Try. Image Credit: Charoen Krung Photography/Shutterstock Background
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The friend introduced him to Kailee Lingo, her sorority sister at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. Kailee remembers that when she and Cade met, it was “a connection at first sight.” A month after college graduation, Kailee and Cade married in Marble Falls, Texas. They’re both proud to be native Texans: Kailee’s family has
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