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Global Coalition of TB Advocates launches youth-driven movement to strengthen tuberculosis advocacy

GCTA-Y empowers young advocates across multiple countries to lead in the fight against TB through training and collaboration with global health agencies The post Global Coalition of TB Advocates laun

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Manipal Hospitals conducts workshop on Advanced Complex PCI Techniques, led by French cardiologist

Cardiologists gather at Manipal Hospitals, Mukundapur for live demonstrations on latest PCI advancements to address rising cardiac issues in India The post Manipal Hospitals conducts workshop on Adva

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NHS England hopes to save thousands of lives with pill that helps smokers quit

Experts say once-a-day varenicline tablet reduces nicotine cravings and side-effects from cutting out tobaccoHundreds of thousands of smokers will be given a pill that increases people’s chances of

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STAT+: The end of 23andMe’s drug discovery dream

23andMe, the genetics startup that has repeatedly captured the public imagination and then faced nearly fatal business challenges, announced it would lay off 40% of its workforce.

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Alzheimer's Data Withdrawn

(MedPage Today) -- A preprint research letter linking the Alzheimer's drug lecanemab (Leqembi) with excess deaths was withdrawn last week.

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Early Intratracheal Budesonide Didn't Improve Outcomes for Preterm Infants

(MedPage Today) -- In extremely preterm infants receiving surfactant, early intratracheal budesonide had little to no effect on survival free of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), a randomized clinica

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Mpox Cases in Congo's Epicenter, Where New Variant Was Detected, May Be 'Plateauing'

(MedPage Today) -- Cases of mpox in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first detected appear to be "plateauing," the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, even

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Assisted dying bill’s ‘strict’ safeguards to include long jail terms for coercion

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s proposed legislation also includes powers for judges to cross-examine patientsA historic bill to legalise assisted dying will set out hardline safeguards, including length

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Older Men Increasingly Overtreated for Prostate Cancer, Study Suggests

(MedPage Today) -- Overtreatment of older prostate cancer patients with a limited life expectancy has increased over the past two decades among men receiving care in the Veterans Affairs (VA) health

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At the Pandemic’s Start, Americans Began Drinking More. They Still Are.

Excessive drinking persisted in the years after Covid arrived, according to a new data.

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