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Medical Xpress / Tezepelumab helps severe asthma patients reduce oral steroids over 28 weeks
New results from the Phase III SUNRISE clinical trial show that tezepelumab significantly reduced the need for long-term oral corticosteroid use in adults with severe oral corticosteroid-dependent asthma while maintaining ...
Medical Xpress / Q&A: Researcher discusses early-onset breast cancer in East Africa
Most breast cancer patients in Uganda and Ethiopia are diagnosed too late, and many lack access to life-saving treatment. Tove Ekdahl Hjelm defends her thesis "Early-onset breast cancer in East Africa: genetics, tumor characteristics ...
Medical Xpress / There are different types of fitness—exercise expert explains
You probably have at least one "super fit" friend. Maybe they're a marathon runner, a footy player or a keen hiker. To keep themselves healthy, they may stick to a strict exercise regimen and only eat certain foods. But in ...
Medical Xpress / One inhibitor, opposite outcome: How a double-target effect could reshape ferroptosis therapies
Switching off an enzyme that plays an important role in sugar metabolism, glycolysis, would normally be expected to cause serious problems for cells. Surprisingly, the opposite is also true: Cells can become highly resistant ...
Phys.org / A 'supereruption' transformed NZ 350,000 years ago—we now know how it happened
Some 350,000 years ago, the center of New Zealand's North Island appeared much different than the mountainous, scrub-covered landscape it is today. Amid a glacial period, temperatures were colder and conditions harsher. Vast ...
Phys.org / Backlash is often swift when authorities try to plan retreat from the coast: Is there a better way?
Climate change is exacerbating rainfall, flooding and sea-level rises in coastal and low-lying areas. During the past few years, disastrous floods have swept through Lismore in New South Wales, Northern Queensland, and the ...
Medical Xpress / Murray Valley encephalitis can be fatal. With no vaccine, here's how to stay safe
Health authorities in the Northern Territory have issued warnings for residents and visitors to avoid mosquito bites after two people from Alice Springs died from Murray Valley encephalitis.
Phys.org / Study shows supervision and license conditions reduce reoffending among first-time prisoners
New research shows that people released from prison are significantly less likely to reoffend if they are subject to supervision and other license requirements—especially first-time prisoners.
Medical Xpress / New AI approach aims to predict radiation dose before therapy in advanced prostate cancer
A new machine-learning approach for prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) could estimate radiation dose to tumors and healthy organs before therapy ...
Medical Xpress / Calling Doctor GPT: AI responses to health care queries are nearly 76% accurate
Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbots respond to everyday health-related questions from general users with nearly 76% accuracy, which raises concerns about their trustworthiness in real-world client-facing applications, ...
Phys.org / These California wildflowers could save other plants
As wildflowers go, the mountain jewelflower is demure, clever and quietly unbreakable. It has spread across many of California's iconic landscapes, from Sonoma wine country to the oak-dotted foothills, even over the Sierra ...
Phys.org / Blue Origin rocket explosion is bad news for both Bezos and NASA
Space exploration is filled with setbacks, but the spectacular explosion of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket on Thursday night marked a significant blow to not only the company, which was founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, ...
