Starting a highly effective treatment for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) soon after diagnosis is superior to starting an older, first-line agent and then escalating treatment, new research suggests. An examination of data from two national registries showed that, compared with treatment escalation, initiation of a highly effective agent was associated with a 29% reduction in rate of 24-week confirmed disability […]
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s health ministry said on Thursday that its COVID-19 vaccine regimen of China’s Sinovac followed by British-developed AstraZeneca was safe and successfully boosted immunity among its first 1.5 million recipients. Thailand in July became the first country in the world to mix a Chinese vaccine and a Western-developed vaccine as cases and deaths in the country surged […]
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Most instances of stent misdeployment in cases of endoscopic ultrasound–guided gastroenterostomy (EUS-GE) can be managed endoscopically, based on data from 16 tertiary care centers in the United States and Europe. EUS-GE provides a viable alternative to traditional surgical gastroenterostomy and stent placement for patients with gastric outlet obstruction (GOO), but the potential for stent misdeployment has limited adoption of the […]
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FILE PHOTO: Vials with AstraZeneca and Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will ship more than 1.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to four African countries through the global COVAX distribution program on Friday, a White House official said. The shipments include 250,320 […]
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Many people viewed the Tokyo Olympics as the pinnacle of human physical achievement. However, Paralympic performances often receive less attention despite amazing feats of strength, speed and endurance. We’ve seen this with powerlifting, generic propecia canada which is our area of interest. We’re working with para-athletes to learn more about how some can lift heavier weights than athletes without disabilities. […]
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My colleagues and I recently found that we were able to train mice to voluntarily increase the size and frequency of seemingly random dopamine impulses in their brains. Conventional wisdom in neuroscience has held that dopamine levels change solely in response to cues from the world outside of the brain. Our new research shows that increases in dopamine can also […]
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Free movement is the concept of moving without rules. It doesn’t sound groundbreaking but it could be the antidote to our well-planned world. Our lives are extraordinarily routine. Our work days are meticulously planned, our workouts follow a programme or are guided by a teacher at the front of the class. Even our social lives lack spontaneity, with our calendars […]
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One in every 10 kids under the age of 14 live with a chronic health condition. These conditions—which can include heart disease, diabetes and asthma—affect many areas of a child’s life and, in some cases, can lead to hospitalisations that last days, weeks or even months. A big data study from UNSW Sydney and University of Sydney has used data […]
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A number of new studies have been rolled-out to analyse the durability of vaccine responses, low responses linked with health conditions and the effect of booster shots. The studies will research a wide range of people including individuals with a weakened immune system, people who are obese, healthcare workers and people with a weak vaccine response. WHY IT MATTERS These […]
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Achieving 'remission' for people with type 2 diabetes through dietary approaches and weight loss should be the primary treatment goal of GPs and healthcare practitioners, concludes a large-scale review of clinical evidence led by researchers at UCL and Aston University. Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is a serious condition caused when the body resists the insulin produced in the pancreas, and […]
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