Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For oral medications that prevent new HIV infection to be effective, the patient must take certain actions, including attending doctor’s visits every three months and—most importantly—consistency.…
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Higher sweet beverage tax shows null result in lowing Philadelphia youth obesity
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found no significant changes in pediatric…
No ‘one size fits all’ treatment for type 1 diabetes, study finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Factors beyond carbohydrates have a substantial influence on blood glucose levels meaning current automated insulin delivery systems miss vital information required for glucose regulation, a new…
Early-stage trial finds stem cell therapy for retinitis pigmentosa is safe
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A team of UC Davis Health researchers has shown that CD34+ stem cells can be safely administered into retinitis pigmentosa (RP) patients’ eyes and may offer…
Trauma care and mental health interventions training can help family physicians prepare for times of war
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In wars and conflict, family physicians are frequently called on to serve in expanded roles and are witnesses to the enormous mental and physical suffering of…
A robust tool for complex time-to-event data analysis in the context of myeloproliferative neoplasms
MPNs are a group of chronic diseases of the hematopoietic stem cell resulting in overproduction of myeloid progenitor cells, including white blood cells, red blood cells or platelets in the…
Risk perception and antibiotic resistance: Bridging knowledge and action
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest health threats of our time. With microbes increasingly evading the effects of the drugs designed to combat them, we…
Clinical microbiologist explains why you should never kiss a baby
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain There is a cognitive bias called “the curse of knowledge” (sometimes also called “the curse of expertise”). It happens when you incorrectly assume that everyone knows…
