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The oral therapy is intended for adults with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis or progressive pulmonary fibrosis, two fibrotic lung diseases with ...

Microvascular Dysfunction an Important Independent Contributor to Heart Disease

Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) was an important independent component of ischemic heart disease, though it often accompanied epicardial coronary artery ...

Ebola risk raised to ‘very high’ in DR Congo

The head of the UN health agency says the risk in the wider region is "high", but it remains "low" ...

What I Learned When We Treated a Possible Ebola Patient

Long before it was first identified in 1976, Ebola disease, the mysterious illness capable of causing fever, vomiting, and bleeding, ...

‘People can feel lonely in a crowd’

Dawn French discusses loneliness, particularly among older women, on Woman's Hour. Source link : https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cyv25rq7jj0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss Author : Publish date : ...

Chikungunya in Pregnancy Raises Infant Hospital Risk

A cohort study of births in Brazil found increased hospitalization risk through age 3 after maternal chikungunya; results inform global ...

Creeping Gradients After TAVR Linked to Poor Longer-Term Outcomes

Early hemodynamic valve deterioration (HVD) after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR, or TAVI) appeared to have clinical impact by the ...

EMA Backs Breast Cancer SERD After FDA No Vote

The recommendation follows phase 3 data showing longer progression-free survival when patients switched to camizestrant plus a CDK4/6 inhibitor. Medscape ...

Political anger affects the body differently to other forms of anger

The intensity of politically induced anger and disgust may be what spurs people to protestIan Francis/Alamy If the emotional rollercoaster ...

Prostate Cancer Drug Linked to Lower Risk of Cognitive Decline

CHICAGO -- Patients with advanced prostate cancer treated with enzalutamide (Xtandi) had a significantly greater decline in cognitive function compared ...

UK scientists developing new Ebola vaccine that could be ready in months

The rare species of Ebola involved - known as Bundibugyo - kills around a third of those infected and has ...

FRAX Predicts Surgery Benefit in Hyperparathyroidism

The Fracture Risk Assessment Tool predictions suggest patients who don’t meet guideline criteria for parathyroidectomy may nevertheless benefit from the ...

Australia is battling its largest diphtheria outbreak in living memory