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Study of the Week: Bacteria of the Neisseria Genus Can Worsen Bronchiectasis
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Study of the Week: Bacteria of the Neisseria Genus Can Worsen Bronchiectasis

  • Post author:James Moore
  • Post published:October 24, 2022
  • Post category:Bronchiectasis/Bronchiectasis oligospermia

Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…

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Scientists Have Created an Atlas Connecting Fungi to Thirty-Five Cancers
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Scientists Have Created an Atlas Connecting Fungi to Thirty-Five Cancers

  • Post author:Rose Duesterwald
  • Post published:October 24, 2022
  • Post category:Cancer

  A team of researchers at Israel’s Weizmann Science Institute and California University in San Diego linked fungi to approximately 35 cancers. They created a pan-cancer mycobiome atlas exposing new…

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Vegzelma Approved for Six Cancer Types
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Vegzelma Approved for Six Cancer Types

  • Post author:Jessica Lynn
  • Post published:October 24, 2022
  • Post category:Cervical Cancer/Colorectal cancer/Renal Cell Carcinoma

  In late September 2022, Healio reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved bevacizumab-adcd (Vegzelma), a biosimilar of Genentech’s bevacizumab (Avastin). The approval of biosimilars such as…

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ICYMI: Flooding Linked to Cholera Deaths in Yobe State
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ICYMI: Flooding Linked to Cholera Deaths in Yobe State

  • Post author:Jessica Lynn
  • Post published:October 24, 2022
  • Post category:Cholera

  Each year, an estimated 2.9 million cases of cholera are reported across the globe. Caused by Vibrio cholerae (V. cholerae) bacteria, cholera can cause shock, dehydration, and even death.…

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Children with Bell’s Palsy May Recover Without Treatment, Study Shares
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Children with Bell’s Palsy May Recover Without Treatment, Study Shares

  • Post author:Jessica Lynn
  • Post published:October 24, 2022
  • Post category:Bell's Palsy

  Oral corticosteroid drugs can help treat Bell’s palsy, a condition which causes temporary facial weakness or paralysis, if the muscles remain paralyzed over time. According to News Medical, researchers…

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