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Your Risk of Infection and Hospitalization Increases with Each Year of NAFLD
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Your Risk of Infection and Hospitalization Increases with Each Year of NAFLD

  • Post author:Jessica Lynn
  • Post published:July 24, 2023
  • Post category:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Despite the rising prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), there is still a general lack of understanding as to how the condition affects long-term health. According to a publication…

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Mirikizumab Shows Promise for Ulcerative Colitis Treatment
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Mirikizumab Shows Promise for Ulcerative Colitis Treatment

  • Post author:Jessica Lynn
  • Post published:July 24, 2023
  • Post category:ulcerative Colitis

An estimated 50% of people living with ulcerative colitis, a form of inflammatory bowel disease, experience moderate-to-severe symptoms that available treatments fail to control. An urgent need to defecate, bloody…

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Agent Orange Exposure During Vietnam War Related to Heightened Bladder Cancer Risk
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Agent Orange Exposure During Vietnam War Related to Heightened Bladder Cancer Risk

  • Post author:Jessica Lynn
  • Post published:July 24, 2023
  • Post category:Bladder cancer

During the Vietnam War, the U.S. military sprayed a tactical herbicide called Agent Orange to defoliate forest areas. The goal was not only to destroy crops that could provide nourishment…

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The Dos and Don’ts of Exercising with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
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The Dos and Don’ts of Exercising with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:July 24, 2023
  • Post category:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Exercising with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is complicated. On one hand, you have to do it: exercise is the best treatment people with EDS have for an otherwise untreatable condition. On…

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SNB-101 Nabs Orphan Drug Status for SCLC
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SNB-101 Nabs Orphan Drug Status for SCLC

  • Post author:Jessica Lynn
  • Post published:July 24, 2023
  • Post category:Small cell lung cancer/Timely

According to an article from Akosua Mireku of Pharmaceutical Technology, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently granted Orphan Drug designation to SNB-101, a potential therapy for people living with…

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