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FDA Clears Sickle Cell Drug to Treat Another Blood Disorder

Casgevy, a groundbreaking treatment that was approved to treat sickle cell disease in December, was given the U.S. Food and Drug Administration s blessing on Tu

American Air Is Getting Cleaner, But Benefits Aren't Reaching All

An American s income and ethnicity could play a role in how clean the air is that they breathe, a new study finds.Air pollution emissions have fallen more in we

Vertex Announces US FDA Approval of Casgevy (exagamglogene autotemcel) for the Treatment of Transfusion-Dependent Beta Thalassemia

Cannabis Does Not Impact Nonmedical Opioid Use in Opioid Use Disorder

For patients receiving pharmacotherapies for opioid use disorder (OUD), cannabis use is not associated with nonmedical opioid use, according to a systematic rev

Liraglutide Exerts Weight Loss-Independent, GLP-1R-Dependent Effects

Use of the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonist liraglutide exerts weight loss-independent, GLP-1R-dependent effects on insulin sensitivity, accord

Updated Guidelines Issued for Assessing Prosthetic Heart Valves

In guidelines issued by the American Society of Echocardiography and published online in the January issue of the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiog

Does More Outdoor Light at Night Help Cause Macular Degeneration?

also seemed to strengthen the link between outdoor light at night and AMD.For his part, Gorski stressed that the study does not show any causality. It doesn t s

Higher Premiums for Employer-Sponsored Insurance Keep Wages Low: Study

Ever glance at your paycheck and wonder why your take-home pay is so much less than you d expect The rising cost of employer-sponsored health insurance is a maj

Delays in Diabetes Diagnoses Seen for Children During Pandemic

For children, disruptions to care during the first 30 months of the pandemic were associated with delays in the diagnosis of diabetes, according to a study publ

Cognitive Therapy or Trazodone Not Effective for Insomnia in Hemodialysis

For patients undergoing hemodialysis with chronic insomnia, the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) or trazodone does not differ