Month: March 2023

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN  —  The weather is slowly changing on Jupiter and Uranus, according to our galaxy’s own interplanetary meteorologist. The NASA Hubble Space Telescope captured Earth’s outer planetary neighbors in images from 2014 to 2022, documenting
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NEW ORLEANS — Limited treatment options exist for brittle nail syndrome, a heterogeneous abnormality characterized by increased nail plate fragility, with nails that split, flake, crumble, and become soft and lose elasticity. “The mainstay of treatment is irritant avoidance and moisturization,” Shari R. Lipner, MD, PhD, associate professor of clinical dermatology and director of the nail division at
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Ozempic and Muscle Loss — Do You Need to Worry? – Diabetes Daily Learning Center Learning Center: LearningCenter Diabetes Daily does not provide medical advice,diagnosis or treatment.Get additional information.© 2005 – 2023 Everyday Health, Inc., a Ziff Davis company. Everyday Health is among the federally registered trademarks of Everyday Health, Inc. and may not be
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TARRYTOWN, N.Y., and SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) and Sonoma Biotherapeutics, Inc. today announced a collaboration to apply their scientific and clinical expertise and respective technology platforms to the discovery, development and commercialization of novel regulatory T cell (Treg) therapies for autoimmune diseases. The collaboration
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In a recent study published in the BMC Medicine journal, researchers in Sweden explored the association between above-optimal maternal gestational weight gain (GWG) and the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders such as intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in offspring. Rates of maternal weight gain over the course of pregnancy and offspring
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Frank Yiannas, former deputy commissioner of the office of food policy and response at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), speaks during a House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee hearing in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. Ting Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. supply of infant formula industry is still vulnerable to
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Biosimilar Hyrimoz® (adalimumab-adaz) high-concentration formulation (HCF) approved for seven indications of reference medicine Humira®* With this approval, Sandoz adalimumab HCF biosimilar will offer US patients reduced injection volume in citrate-free formulation Sandoz continues to expand patient access to much-needed medications, increase healthcare savings and fuel innovation through increased competition Basel, March 21, 2023 – Sandoz,
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Isotretinoin, for severe, nodular acne, comes with complex safety requirements, and today, two US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committees began a 2-day meeting examining how to relieve some of those burdens for patients, pharmacies, and prescribers. Isotretinoin, previously called Accutane, is marketed as Absorica, Absorica LD, Claravis, Amnesteem, Myorisan, and Zenatane. In a joint
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Humankind is in an ongoing struggle against infectious invaders. New diseases are spreading around the globe and diseases that were once considered eradicated are now making a comeback. What’s driving the resurgence? Where do these bugs come from? How do they spread? In this seminar researchers explain how they are developing ways to track, control
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The World Health Organization (WHO) announced new vaccination guidance as the world continues to grapple with Omicron and its subvariants. In a news release Tuesday, the WHO said its Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) revised the roadmap for prioritizing the use of the vaccines to reflect the impact of omicron alongside the
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Lord Simon Stevens Today, Cancer Research UK announced the appointment of Lord Simon Stevens as Chair of Council of Trustees with effect from October 2023. Lord Stevens will take over from Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, who will step down later this year after almost seven years in the role. Sir Leszek Borysiewicz was appointed as
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FDA Clears Freestyle Libre 2 and 3 for Use With Automated Insulin Delivery – Diabetes Daily Learning Center Learning Center: LearningCenter Diabetes Daily does not provide medical advice,diagnosis or treatment.Get additional information.© 2005 – 2023 Everyday Health, Inc., a Ziff Davis company. Everyday Health is among the federally registered trademarks of Everyday Health, Inc. and
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Some adults who take prescription medication for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are required to have their urine tested for drugs several times a year. Others never are tested. Such screenings are designed to check if ADHD patients are safely taking their pills, such as Adderall, and not selling them, taking too many, or using other drugs. Several
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Increasing use of genetic testing means people may discover they have a gene variant associated with some types of cardiovascular disease (CVD). A new scientific statement, published today in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, aims to help individuals and health care professionals understand what to do when a variant is
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A Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) 642E centrifuge sits in a Community Clinic Inc. health center in Silver Spring, Maryland. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Laboratory Corporation of America will pay the U.S. $2.1 million to settle allegations that it overbilled the Department of Defense for genetic tests that involved children and
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Recently, the Utah House of Representatives passed a bill that would have allowed pregnant women to use the high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane. The Utah Senate rejected this bill. HOV lanes are intended to reduce traffic congestion and help the environment. They have no further ambition. Bills like this are really attempts to imbue a fetus
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FDA Approves Joenja (leniolisib) for the Treatment of Activated Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Delta Syndrome (APDS) LEIDEN, The Netherlands, March 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Pharming Group N.V. (“Pharming” or “the Company”) (EURONEXT Amsterdam: PHARM/Nasdaq: PHAR) announces that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Joenja® (leniolisib) for the treatment of activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta (PI3Kδ)
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