Anxiety associated with the impact of climate change Climate change is one of the most serious threats to global health. Changes in climate have been
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Determining Disease Through White Blood Cells
White cells are the immune cells of the body. Also called leukocytes, they are useful in fighting infections and belong to five types. About 100
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What makes an mRNA vaccine so effective against severe COVID-19?
The first two vaccines created with mRNA vaccine technology — the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines — are arguably two of the most effective COVID
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How does Education Affect Mental Health?
Higher levels of education have been associated with better mental health. Causal relationships are notoriously difficult to establish and are generally multifactorial. Nevertheless, education has
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$7.5 million to study elusive cell type important in aging, cancer, other diseases
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is joining the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) new research network focused on the study of senescent
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Gordon receives Balzan Prize
Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, the Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professor at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is a recipient of
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$6.2 million grant to fund Center for Perioperative Mental Health
The average person will undergo nine surgical procedures in his or her lifetime, and the periods before, during and after surgery are considered high risk
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tenapanor
tenapanor Ardelyx Receives Complete Response Letter from U.S. FDA for New Drug Application for Tenapanor for the Control of Serum Phosphorus in Adult Patients with
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Lung Health and Vaping
Vaping is often marketed as a safer version of tobacco smoking. As regulations became widely introduced across the world to encourage people to stop smoking
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Plant-Derived Vaccines
Vaccines hold a key place in reducing the global burden of infectious diseases. Global vaccination campaigns have been instrumental in eradicating diseases such as smallpox,
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