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Chimerix to Submit Dordaviprone for Accelerated Approval to U.S. FDA for Patients with Recurrent H3 K27M-Mutant Diffuse Glioma Before Year-End

Chimerix (NASDAQ CMRX), a biopharmaceutical company whose mission it is to develop medicines that meaningfully improve and extend the lives of patients facing d

Novavax Initiates Phase 3 Trial for COVID-19-Influenza Combination and Stand-Alone Influenza

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Dec. 10, 2024. Novavax, Inc., a global company advancing protein-based vaccines with its Matrix-M adjuvant, today announced that the first pa

Opioid Abuse Can Change the Brain

This is your brain on drugs, the old anti-drug admonition says, and now a new study has found there s something to that chestnut. Opioid addicts experienced str

More Women Are Being Diagnosed With Breast Cancer at Later Stages

More breast cancers are being detected later in women, giving the tumors a chance to spread and become life-threatening, a new study finds. This increase in lat

Ultra-processed Foods May Raise Colon Cancer Risk

Fatty, salty and sugary ultra-processed foods could be increasing people s risk of colon cancer by spurring chronic inflammation in the gut. In a new study, col

Metformin Beneficial in Lung Cancer Patients With Overweight, Obesity

In non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with overweight or obesity, metformin may improve lung cancer-specific clinical outcomes, according to a study pu

Vitamin D Supplementation Does Not Reduce Risk for T2DM in Healthy Seniors

Vitamin D3 supplementation does not significantly reduce the risk for developing diabetes among older adults who are not at high risk for diabetes, according to

Women Report Less Poststroke Medication Adherence Than Men

Poststroke medication nonadherence is more prevalent among U.S. women than men, according to a study published online Dec. 4 in the Journal of the American Hear

A Number of Older Adults Report Loneliness, Social Isolation

More than one-third of U.S. older adults report loneliness and social isolation, according to a research letter published online Dec. 9 in the Journal of the Am

Infertility Without Treatment Linked to Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease After Childbirth

For women who give birth, infertility without fertility treatment is associated with an increased risk for incident systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease (SARD)

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