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Novartis global survey uncovers profound and often under-reported effects on sickle cell disease patients
More than 300 UCLA health care providers treat the homeless at Care Harbor free clinic
Medicine and Life Sciences - Pharmacology
Chemotherapy drugs have been used to treat cancer since the 1950s. While the drugs are often lifesaving for cancer patients, they are also linked to reproductive problems, breast cancer and other health issues in the medical staff who work with the medications.
A study led by UCLA researchers found that adding ribociclib, a targeted therapy drug, to standard hormone therapy significantly improves overall survival in postmenopausal women with advanced hormone-receptor positive/HER2- breast cancer, one of the most common types of the disease.
Every organ in the body is capable, to some extent, of repairing itself after an injury. As part of this process, scar tissue forms and then recedes to make room for normal tissue when healing is complete.
Such a high degree of potentially unnecessary prescribing has important implications for antibiotic stewardship - efforts to reduce antibiotic use in response to the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance.
A new study by Yale researchers shows that considering hearing and mobility improves doctors' ability to accurately predict six-month mortality for older heart attack patients.
For as many as one in three people, life events or situations that pose no real danger can spark a disabling fear, a hallmark of anxiety and stress-related disorders.
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Fachgruppenleitung Naturstoffchemie und Phytopharmazie (50 - 70 %) ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Zürich
Fachgruppenleitung Naturstoffchemie und Phytopharmazie (50 - 70 %) Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Zürich
Postdoctoral Research Associate - Community Practice University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Postdoctoral Research Associate
News in Brief
Novartis global survey uncovers profound and often under-reported effects on sickle cell disease patients
More than 300 UCLA health care providers treat the homeless at Care Harbor free clinic