Medicine & Biotech · North America

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STAT+: Eli Lilly’s GLP-1 pill Foundayo helped alleviate sleep apnea in studies

Eli Lilly’s GLP-1 pill Foundayo helped alleviate sleep apnea in two late-stage studies, but it doesn’t appear as effective as Lilly’s injectable drug Zepbound. In a one-year trial of patients who weren’t receiving PAP therapy, a form of ventilation, those on Foundayo saw a reduction of 17.8…

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Is metformin use associated with cognitive, physical and cardiovascular outcomes in older adults with type 2 diabetes? A secondary analysis of the SCOPE multicentre prospective cohort study

STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS OF THIS STUDY This study included community-dwelling adults aged 75 years and older with type 2 diabetes from a large multicentre European cohort. The analyses accounted for kidney function and multiple clinical confounders relevant to metformin prescribing in older…

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Menopause & Skin: 8 Takeaways from the Menopause Society Meeting

Maria Korneeva/Getty Images There are still several excellent sessions from the annual Menopause Society meeting that I want to share, and just because it happened in October doesn’t make the information any less valuable today. We had two dermatological talks, one on hair, which I already reported…

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Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of Nov 6 – Nov 12

Academic health systems have outgrown the word ‘hospital’ – Dr. Cristy Page (Becker’s Hospital Review) Flu-related deaths on the rise in North Carolina – Dr. David Weber (Fox 8) Researchers search household dust for clues to childhood food allergies – Dr. Julia Rager, Dr. Johanna Smeekens, Dr…

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An Army Vet’s New Mission: Living with ALS

Editor’s Note: This Veteran’s Day, Patient Worthy is honored to bring you this submission by John H. The U.S. military was our family business. It was expected of the men in a specific order: turn 18, leave the house, enter the service. While my father and brothers were in the Air Force, after I…

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Rady Tower Signage Unveiled Atop Hospital at Scripps La Jolla

Ernest and Evelyn Rady committed $75 million to hospital tower Doctors, donors and community leaders gathered today for the unveiling of naming signage that identifies the Rady Tower as the newest hospital building on the Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla campus. Earlier this year, Scripps…

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What a brewery can teach the chemical industry

What do you do when the chemical you want to make is toxic to the microbe making it? It is a problem that limits efforts to replace oil-based manufacturing with biology, and one that researchers in the Sustainable Commodity Chemicals through Enzyme Engineering and Design project project are…

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Thumb Joint Replacement Surgery Services

Thumb Joint Replacement Surgery Services abernotas Wed, 11/11/2026 - 14:54 Thumb Joint Replace­ment Surgery Services If pain from thumb joint arthritis is getting in the way of your daily life, innovative thumb joint replacement surgery at Rush can get you back to the things you love. The Rush…

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Kratom Bans Come With Risks

By Pat Anson As federal, state and local governments move to restrict or ban sales of kratom, a public policy think tank is warning that excessive regulation could have unintended consequences. Kratom comes from the leaves of a tree that grows in Southeast Asia, where it has been used for centuries…

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UT San Antonio honors the courage of those who served, on Veterans Day and beyond

Written by Erika Howlett UT San Antonio and the Military Health Institute hosted a ceremony Wednesday, Nov. 11 to honor members of the university community who have served, in commemoration of Veterans Day. Speakers honored the sacrifice of veterans and their families, while highlighting the city’s…

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חזר מחו"ל עם צינון: גבר בן 47 שלא התחסן מת מסיבוך של שפעת

אחרי כשבוע בטיפול נמרץ פנימי בסורוקה, מצב ריאותיו של החולה המשיך להידרדר למרות הטיפול האינטנסיבי והוא חובר למכשיר אקמו, אך הצוותים לא הצליחו להציל אותו. בימים האחרונים חוברה לאקמו גם אישה בת 61 במאיר בכפר סבא. מנהל המכון למחלות זיהומיות בסורוקה: "המקרה ממחיש את הסיכון שבסיבוכי מחלת השפעת, גם בקרב…

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GLP-1 Drugs Linked to Improved Survival After Liver Transplant

(MedPage Today) -- Liver transplant patients who took a GLP-1 receptor agonist had a lower risk of death than those who weren't on a GLP-1 drug, according to a retrospective three-center cohort study. Among 2,402 patients, those on GLP-1 receptor...

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Meet Suki: UNC Hospitals’ First Facility Dog

She has four legs, wears pearls to work and spends her days putting smiles on faces at UNC Hospitals. Meet Suki, the hospital’s first facility dog. She is trained to bring comfort and calm to patients, families and care teams. Watch this ABC11 story to see the special connection Suki has formed…

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Anticoagulants Reign Supreme in VTE Prevention After Joint Replacement

(MedPage Today) -- Aspirin didn't prevent venous thromboembolism (VTE) as well as anticoagulants did for patients undergoing elective hip or knee replacements, the randomized PEPPER trial showed. For the primary composite endpoint of death from...

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Last Batch of New Residency Spots Doled Out by CMS

(MedPage Today) -- As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) doled out the final 200 of an additional 1,000 residency positions created by Congress 5 years ago, medical groups called for more federally funded spots to mitigate workforce...

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ما أفضل وقت لتناول مكملات المغنيسيوم؟

يعتمد أفضل وقت لتناول مكملات المغنيسيوم على الغرض من استخدامها، سواء لتحسين النوم أو تخفيف التوتر أو دعم العضلات أو علاج الإمساك.

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Political science’s Kathryn Lavelle named finalist for Arthur Ross Book Prize

Political science’s Kathryn Lavelle named finalist for Arthur Ross Book Prize Hero Type Image Juliene Jones Wed, 11/11/2026 - 13:10 Awards Editorial Staff November 11, 2026 The New York Council on Foreign Relations named Reluctant Conquest, American Wealth, Power, and Science in the Arctic by…

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AU research explores mental health impacts of criminal legal system on youth

A new study from Augusta University researchers examined how contact with the criminal legal system may affect the mental health of adolescents and young adults, with some effects continuing up to a year after an initial encounter. Raquel V. Oliveira , PhD, associate professor of criminal justice…

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PhD candidate receives IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Pre-Doctoral Grant Award

PhD candidate receives IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Pre-Doctoral Grant Award Getty Images Hero Type Image Juliene Jones Wed, 11/11/2026 - 12:58 Awards Editorial Staff November 11, 2026 Mehran Moghadam, a PhD candidate in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering (ECSE) at…

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Biden says he didn't hide cancer diagnosis while president

Former President Biden said in an interview published Wednesday he did not hide his aggressive stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis while he was in the White House, adding he would not have sought a second term had he been diagnosed early. People magazine released an interview with the 46th president…

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Ibuprofen and Kidney Injury: Study Reveals Who Is Most at Risk

(MedPage Today) -- Use of ibuprofen was associated with higher rates of acute kidney injury (AKI) among hospitalized adults, but the excess risk was concentrated almost entirely in certain patients, according to a retrospective active-comparator...

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Wellcome awards £11.4m to continue clinical academic training across the region

The University of Exeter has helped secure a multimillion-pound award supporting a programme for doctoral fellows to undertake world-class research training across the South West of England and South Wales. A regional consortium led by Cardiff University and comprising fellow GW4 universities Bath…

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