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New Evidence Against Use of Fluoroquinolones in Aortic Disease
Patients with aortic dissection (AD) or aortic aneurysm (AA) should not be given fluoroquinolones unless no other treatment options are available, the authors of a…
Designing better antibody drugs with artificial intelligence
Antibodies are not only produced by our immune cells to fight viruses and other pathogens in the body. For a few decades now, medicine has…
Paracetamol: Can you take the painkiller after getting your Covid vaccine? Latest advice
Vaccine: Expert confirms over-45s can book When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations…
COVID-19 reduces access to opioid dependency treatment for new patients
COVID-19 has been associated with increases in opioid overdose deaths, which may be in part because the pandemic limited access to buprenorphine, a treatment used…
New diagnostics technique detects ‘undetectable’ genetic defects
Detecting hidden genetic defects by applying an existing method to an existing datasets. Researchers at Radboud university medical center have succeeded: they showed that the…
Pregnancy increases the risk of first-time symptomatic kidney stone
Though researchers have long known that several physiological and anatomical changes occur during pregnancy that can contribute to kidney stone formation, evidence of the link…
How changing income assistance payment schedules impact drug use and related harm
A study published this week in The Lancet Public Health examines how we can use our income assistance systems to address drug use and drug-related…
Social media ‘likes’ change the way we feel about our memories, new research shows
Memories are often considered very personal and private. Yet, in the past few years, people have got used to notifications from social media or phone…
Protein linked to ALS/ataxia could play key role in other neurodegenerative disorders
Neurological disorders are the number one cause of disability in the world, leading to seven million deaths each year. Yet few treatments exist for these…