Monthly Archives: September 2023

Cardiovascular

Cumulative exposure to high remnant-cholesterol concentrations increases the risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with hypertension: a prospective cohort study

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21
Sep

Virani SS, Alonso A, Benjamin EJ, Bittencourt MS, Callaway CW, Carson AP, Chamberlain AM, Chang AR, Cheng S, Delling FN, et al. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2020 update: a Report from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2020;141(9):e139–e596. PubMed  Google Scholar  Sheng-Shou HU. Report on cardiovascular health and diseases in China 2021: an updated summary. Biomed […]

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Blood

Climate Disasters Are Worsening a U.S. Blood Shortage

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21
Sep

Empty blood vials sit on a table at a Vitalant blood donation center on Jan. 11, 2022. One of the company’s centers in Texas closed for months after severe flooding in May damaged the building. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Advertisement <div class="article-block article-text" data-behavior="newsletter_promo dfp_article_rendering" data-dfp-adword="Advertisement" data-newsletterpromo_article-text=" Sign up for Scientific American’s free newsletters. ” […]

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Cancer and neoplasms

Biodexa to Present Recruitment and Treatment Update in Phase 1 Study of MTX-110 (MAGIC-G1 Study) in Patients with Recurrent Glioblastoma at 2023 Annual European Association of Neuro-Oncology Meeting (EANO)

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Biodexa Pharmaceuticals PLC(“Biodexa” or the “Company”) Biodexa to Present Recruitment and Treatment Update in Phase 1 Study of MTX-110 (MAGIC-G1 Study) in Patients with Recurrent Glioblastoma at 2023 Annual European Association of Neuro-Oncology Meeting (EANO) Biodexa Pharmaceuticals PLC (Nasdaq: BDRX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing a pipeline of products aimed at primary and metastatic […]

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Congenital disorders

Prevalence and risk factors of disabilities among Egyptian preschool children: a community-based population study

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21
Sep

United Nations, UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities 2006 [Available from: https://www.un.org/disabilities/documents/convention/convoptprot-e.pdf. Developmental disabilities among children younger than 5 years in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Lancet Glob Health 2018;6(10):e1100-e21. National Research C. Institute of Medicine Committee on Integrating the Science […]

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Cancer and neoplasms

Dermoscopy of acute radiation-induced dermatitis in patients with head and neck cancers treated with radiotherapy

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21
Sep

Abstract Head and neck cancer (HNC) was the seventh most common cancer in the world in 2018. Treatment of a patient may include surgery, radiotherapy (RT), chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, or a combination of these methods. Ionizing radiation used during RT covers relatively large volumes of healthy tissue surrounding the tumor. The acute form of […]

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Cancer and neoplasms

Validation of the diagnostic efficacy of O-RADS in adnexal masses

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21
Sep

Abstract The aim of this study was to validate the performance of the Ovarian-Adnexal Reporting and Data Systems (O-RADS) series models proposed by the American College of Radiology (ACR) in the preoperative diagnosis of adnexal masses (AMs). Two experienced sonologists examined 218 patients with AMs and gave the assessment results after the examination. Pathological findings […]

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Congenital disorders

Association between neurodevelopmental outcomes and concomitant presence of NEC and IVH in extremely low birth weight infants

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21
Sep

Abstract Objective To quantify the association between necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and neurodevelopmental disability (NDI) in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants with intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH). Study design ELBW survivors born 2011–2017 and evaluated at 16–26 months corrected age in the Vermont Oxford Network (VON) ELBW Follow-Up Project were included. Logistic regression determined the adjusted relative […]

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Congenital disorders

Monash-led national program to improve treatments for kids with muscle

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21
Sep

You are here: 21 September 2023 A national clinical consortium has joined forces to improve care outcomes for children born with congenital muscle disease, led by Monash University’s Professor Peter Currie.   Enabled by a $2.5million Medical Research Future Fund grant received in 2021, the ‘Australian functional Diagnostics platform for Advancing Personalised Treatment of Congenital Muscle […]

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Blood

New recommendations for blood pressure screenings

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20
Sep

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – A recent study found doctors might be able to better predict who’s at risk for having a cardiac event by also taking a patient’s blood pressure while they’re lying down. Some of the participants who would have normally been considered fine using just a sitting blood pressure reading were found to […]

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Infection

Aeromonas skin infections outbreak linked to Tough Mudder adventure race at Sonoma Raceway

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20
Sep

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The County of Sonoma Department of Health Services has issued a Health Advisory concerning multiple reports of participants in a Tough Mudder race at Sonoma Raceway on Aug. 19 and 20 having developed rash with fever, muscle pain, or nausea/vomiting occurring about 24 hours after the event. Image/David Benbennick Numerous race participants have experienced […]

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