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What Is Considered a Dangerous Blood Sugar in Diabetes?

Extreme fluctuations in blood sugar (glucose), whether too high (hyperglycemia) or too low (hypoglycemia), can be dangerous for people with diabetes. The type of diabetes, your medication regimen, your age, the length of time your blood sugar is out of range, and your ability to identify symptoms are some factors that can determine the types […]

Dormant HIV Infections Elicit Small Immune Response, Though Not Significant

Patients with HIV typically carry a reservoir of HIV-infected cells, which were previously thought to be dormant, and can be reactivated if treatment with antiretroviral therapy (ART) is discontinued. However, 2 separate study findings reported that a subset of the dormant cells could spontaneously produce HIV RNA and proteins that impact patients’ HIV-specific immune responses.1 […]

Neurocrine Biosciences Presents Post Hoc Data Analysis in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia at ESPE 2023

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBIX), today announced that it will present a new post hoc analysis of Phase 2 data of the investigational drug crinecerfont in adolescent patients with classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-OHD). The analysis suggests that adolescents with classic CAH who have […]

Answer to the Photo Quiz: Bloodstream infection in a neutropenic patient with severe aplastic anemia | Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Chen S-A, Perfect J, Colombo AL, Cornely OA, Groll AH, Seidel D, Albus K, de Almedia JN, Garcia-Effron G, Gilroy N, Lass-Flörl C, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Pagano L, Papp T, Rautemaa-Richardson R, Salmanton-García J, Spec A, Steinmann J, Arikan-Akdagli S, Arenz DE, Sprute R, Duran-Graeff L, Freiberger T, Girmenia C, Harris M, Kanj SS, Roudbary M, […]

Psoriasis Severity Could Signal Increased Cardiovascular Risk

Stefano Piaserico, MD, PhDCredit: International Psoriasis Council A new study is calling attention to the potential increase in risk for coronary microvascular dysfunction among patients with severe psoriasis. In what investigators call the largest study to date exploring the relationship between severe psoriasis and coronary microvascular dysfunctional results indicate the prevalence of microvascular dysfunction was […]

Texas Health Resources to hold gala benefiting cardiovascular care and veterans and other updates

Allen’s Texas Health Resources invites residents to its Starlight Gala from 7-11 p.m. Nov. 11 at the Marriott Dallas Allen Hotel. The gala will benefit advancements in diagnostic cardiovascular care at Texas Health Allen Hospital and the Texas Health Veteran’s Programs in Collin County. Featured Local Savings

Novel Method Genetically Modifies Individual Cells in Mice

Researchers led by Randall Platt, PhD, professor of biological engineering at the department of biosystems science and engineering at ETH Zurich in Basel, have developed a method to genetically modify individual cells in animals. Their method will enable researchers to study the ramifications of many different gene changes in a single experiment. The findings are […]