A potential treatment for polycystic kidney disease — a genetic disorder that causes the kidneys to swell with multiple cysts and can eventually lead to
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Commonly used antibiotics may lead to heart problems
Scientists have shown for the first time a link between two types of heart problems and one of the most commonly prescribed classes of antibiotics.
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Protein mapping pinpoints why metastatic melanoma patients do not respond to immunotherapy
Tel Aviv University and Sheba Medical Center researchers say they have discovered why more than half of patients with metastatic melanoma do not respond to
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Researchers move beyond sequencing and create a 3D genome: Read how scientists have used a 3D genome to improve understanding of gene regulation during development and disease
Like pirates on a treasure hunt, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have created the first 3D map of a mouse genome and used it
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Numbers count in the genetics of moles and melanomas
University of Queensland scientists have identified a way to help dermatologists determine a patient’s risk of developing melanoma. UQ Diamantina Institute researcher Associate Professor Rick
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Inherited pancreatic cancer risk mutation identified
Scientists studying a highly cancer-prone family have identified a rare, inherited gene mutation that dramatically raises the lifetime risk of pancreatic and other cancers. The
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More can be done to prevent children from having in-flight medical emergencies
Resources are limited on an airplane during an in-flight emergency and access to care is not always immediate. A new study published in Annals of
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Cholesterol medication could invite diabetes, study suggests: Patient data shows association between statins and type 2 diabetes
A study of thousands of patients’ health records found that those who were prescribed cholesterol-lowering statins had at least double the risk of developing type
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Reforming pharmacy benefit manager practices may lead to drug cost savings
Efforts to control health care costs in the United States often focus on the listed prescription drug prices, but a perspective published by the Journal
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Seven key health measures help predict future risk of heart disease
Seven key measures of heart health may help predict future risk of cardiovascular disease, according to researchers. They added that improving these measures may also
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