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Excessive alcohol use is one of the two leading causes of acute pancreatitis, and a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says deaths from alcohol-induced …
Acute pancreatitis and the rise of alcohol-related deaths Read More
Millions of antibiotics are prescribed every year. Although they can be incredibly effective at treating infections, antibiotics usually do not solely target the bacteria that is causing infection. They also …
Taking probiotics alongside prescribed antibiotics could reduce damage to gut microbiome Read More
Clostridioides difficile, often referred to as C. difficile or C. diff, is a bacterium that causes severe intestinal illness and, as its name suggests, can be difficult to study and …
Study shows that antibiotic-resistant microbes in the gut make C. difficile more infectious Read More
Two new studies from researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle reveal how bacteria infiltrate tumors and could be helping tumors progress and spread. The research team also showed …
Two new studies show how bacteria could help tumors progress and resist treatment Read More
Myocarditis is a complication that can occur in cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. Although the adverse event is rare—affecting less than 1% of patients given the immunotherapy—the mortality …
Cardiac antigen identified as mechanism for heart complication with immunotherapy-related myocarditis Read More
The ADHD medication lisdexamfetamine was associated with the lowest risk of hospitalization and death in people with amphetamine addiction, when medications generally used among persons with substance use disorders were …
ADHD medication for amphetamine addiction linked to reduced risk of hospitalization and death Read More
It’s well known that carrying one copy of the APOE4 gene variant increases one’s risk for Alzheimer’s disease threefold and two copies about tenfold, but the fundamental reasons why and …
Alzheimer’s risk gene undermines insulation of brain’s ‘wiring’ Read More