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August 25, 2017
Pegfilgrastim is a product of the National Program on High Technology Development by 2020, one of the large-scale science & technology programs implemented by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MST).
August 25, 2017
Doctors sometimes prescribe a steroid for patients with bronchitis or other troublesome chest infections, but a new British study says the approach isn't warranted.
August 24, 2017
Playing contact sports like football or ice hockey can alter the structure and function of the brain, Canadian researchers report.
August 24, 2017
Men, and especially male smokers, appear to be more likely to develop lung cancer if they take high doses of vitamins B6 and B12, new research suggests.
August 23, 2017
More U.S. kids and teens are likely to be diagnosed and treated for high blood pressure because of new guidelines released Monday from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
August 23, 2017
Despite receiving medical attention for an overdose, patients in Pennsylvania Medicaid continued to have persistently high prescription opioid use, with only slight increases in use of medication-assisted treatment, according to a study published by JAMA.
August 23, 2017
The recent discovery of E. coli carrying mcr-1 and ndm-5 - genes that make the bacterium immune to last-resort antibiotics - has left clinicians without an effective means of treatment for the superbug.
August 23, 2017
A new in-vitro study by University of California, Davis, researchers indicates that quaternary ammonium compounds, or "quats," used as antimicrobial agents in common household products inhibit mitochondria, the powerhouses of the cell, as well as estrogenic functions in cells.
August 22, 2017
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen exceeded 530,000 and the death toll stood at 2,000 since the outbreak started in April.
August 22, 2017
After listening to the patient's symptoms, "he" provides checklists for the patient and medical advice based on the results.
August 22, 2017
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) restated the warning on conjunctivitis, also known as Pink Red Eye, outbreaks that today affect several countries of the region.
August 21, 2017
Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a novel method of tracking HIV infection, allowing the behavior of individual virions - infectious particles - to be connected to infectivity.