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Uncertainty clouds future of tibb colleges and hakeems in Pakistan – Pakistan
Hakeems believe they are the only practitioners consistently working in far-flung regions, noting that MBBS doctors, even those from rural backgrounds, rarely practise in their native areas. When Arsalan Ali walks into his classroom, he is no longer sure whether the degree he is working towards will exist by the time he graduates. He’s a trained pharmaceutical chemist with an…
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CT woman’s death raises questions about technology and staffing
Following the death of a 93-year-old woman who died after spending hours in frigid temperatures outside her nursing home Feb. 8, questions remain about staffing at the facility and an alert system that was supposed to keep her safe. Margaret Healey, an Alzheimer’s patient and resident at Bickford Health Care Center in Windsor Locks, was outside for more than three…
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Study explores how reversible RNA editing could transform future cardiovascular medicine
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: Emerging research suggests reversible RNA editing mechanisms may influence heart disease biology while opening new avenues for biomarkers and next-generation cardiovascular therapies. Review: RNA editing in cardiovascular health and disease. Image Credit: sizsus art / Shutterstock…
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Most Side Effects Not Caused by the Drugs, Review Finds
Share on PinterestA major review has found that the majority of statin side effects are not scientifically backed. Image Credit: BSIP/Getty Images Most statin side effects listed on drug packaging are not supported by strong evidence, a new study suggests. Out of 66 potential side effects, researchers only identified four that were linked to statin use. Statins remain broadly safe…
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Higher red meat intake links to greater diabetes odds in large US study
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: Large-scale U.S. population data suggest that red meat consumption patterns may be associated with diabetes prevalence, whereas alternative protein choices may confer metabolic advantages. Study: Association Between Red Meat Intake and Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of…
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Human “biology was never intended to handle” ultraprocessed foods, former FDA head David Kessler warns
Today, an increasing number of Americans across the political spectrum – from Make America Healthy Again activists to everyday shoppers – are voicing concern about the health impact of ultraprocessed foods – those boxed and wrapped in plastic, ready-to-eat items lining grocery store shelves. Leading the charge are two men who disagree on pretty much everything else about public health…
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After stalled health deal, voters want Congress to deliver | News
WASHINGTON — As Congress spent months arguing over COVID-19-era enhanced premium tax credits that many people on the Affordable Care Act used to subsidize their health insurance, a relatively narrow debate over a single policy grew into a much broader and more complicated discussion about how to lower health care costs. Concerns about those costs are a top issue for…
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Alaska to begin soliciting funding ideas as state races to spend $272 million on rural health care
Yukon Kuskokwim Regional Hospital in Bethel on Nov. 1, 2023. (Marc Lester / ADN) The Alaska Department of Health is racing to award $272 million by October through a newly created federal program meant to transform health care delivery in rural parts of the U.S. Alaska received the largest-per-capita award late last year in the first phase of a five-year…
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How Tulah Clinical Wellness Turns One-Week Resets Into a Way of Life
It was a nagging numbness in his left hand that changed everything for Faizal Kottikollon. The Dubai-based businessman had long been a yoga devotee with a penchant for headstands. And that, several concerned doctors eventually concluded, was the problem. Years of overzealous inversions had compressed his vertebrae, damaging his nerves so severely that risky, major surgery appeared to be the…
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Lawrence startups win grants to help get their health and tech innovations to market | News, Sports, Jobs
photo by: Contributed Michael Hageman’s lab at the University of Kansas. He is the Valentino J. Stella distinguished professor of pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of Kansas and director of the Biopharmaceutical Innovation & Optimization Center. Before Yezan Salamoun was a University of Kansas PhD student working to advance a daily oral testosterone therapy, he…
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