Children born to mothers who took the antiepileptic drug sodium valproate during pregnancy may have a four to five-fold increased
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A Common Steroid May Reduce the Risk of Death in the Sickest COVID-19 Patients
COVID-19 has been ravaging the world for more than nine months, and in that time multiple medications—namely hydroxychloroquine (which had
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If your partner lacks this quality they may be at an increased risk of dementia says study
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New report guides drug-device combination risk management
Experts from industry and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently joined forces to take a closer look at
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Irregular periods linked to increased risk of early death
A study in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) has suggested that periods may be a marker for general health, with
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Study confirms men have 62% increased risk of COVID associated death, possibly related to higher degree of inflammation
New research presented at this week’s ESCMID Conference on Coronavirus Disease (ECCVID, online 23-25 September) confirms that men with COVID-19
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Older people with early, asymptomatic Alzheimer’s at risk of falls
Falls are the leading cause of fatal injuries in older adults, causing more than 800,000 hospitalizations and about 30,000 deaths
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More than one drink a day may raise high blood pressure risk in adults with type 2 diabetes
Drinking eight or more alcoholic beverages a week may increase the risk of high blood pressure (also called hypertension) among
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Recent diabetes and weight loss tied to pancreatic cancer risk
(HealthDay)—Recent-onset diabetes accompanied by weight loss is associated with a substantially increased risk for developing pancreatic cancer, according to a
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Scientists propose a new approach to assessing platelet activation risk
Researchers from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology together with their colleagues from National Research Center for Hematology have developed
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