For patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD), lebrikizumab has long-term efficacy, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, held from…
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Low pay, high staff turnover and employee burnout took a toll on social service nonprofits during the COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Social service nonprofits had high rates of staff turnover and a hard time filling vacant positions in 2022 as the COVID-19 pandemic was ending. Low salaries,…
Federal government may be paying twice for care of veterans enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain From 2011 to 2020, the Veterans Health Administration spent $78 billion to care for U.S. military veterans enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans, raising questions about federal…
Use of the term ‘postcode lottery’ and its meaning has changed dramatically over time, UK study shows
Credit: Avonne Stalling from Pexels New research shows the idea of the “postcode lottery” was first used in 1997 to express concern about how access to National Health Service (NHS)…
Brain molecule reverses movement deficits of Parkinson’s, offering new therapeutic target
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A research team from the University of California, Irvine is the first to reveal that a molecule in the brain—ophthalmic acid—unexpectedly acts like a neurotransmitter similar…
A new frontier in treating depression and anxiety
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In a Bench to Bedside review published in the journal Brain Medicine, researchers Dr. Xiaoyu Song and Professor Jan-Åke Gustafsson from the University of Houston and…
Water fluoridation found to be less effective now than in past
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The dental health benefits of adding fluoride to drinking water may be smaller now than before fluoride toothpaste was widely available, an updated Cochrane review has…
More than 800 mpox deaths recorded across Africa
Mpox Virus Particle Colorized transmission electron micrograph of an mpox virus particle (yellow and red) found within an infected VERO E6 cell (blue), cultured in the laboratory. Image captured at…
Promising Alzheimer’s drug candidate prevents buildup of tau proteins in lab and fruit fly studies
The brain of a 7-day-old fruit fly with Tau expressed in a neuronal circuit used by the fly in olfactory memory. The green outlines the neurons, which are starting to…
Banning tobacco sales among young people could prevent 1.2 million lung cancer deaths, study suggests
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Creating a generation of people who never smoke could prevent 1.2 million deaths from lung cancer globally, according to a study led by researchers from the…
