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In Reply The calculation of 12 years of life gained with the consumption of 12 hazelnuts daily (and similar calculations with other foods) was an argumentum ad absurdum. The estimation combined several prevalent assumptions and common practices to demonstrate how absurd inferences can arise. These assumptions are that nutritional epidemiology–derived hazard ratios estimate causal effects; and these causal estimates can be extrapolated across the life span. These assumptions may be false, but nevertheless... Читать дальше...

This nonrandomized controlled intervention study compared the effect of matched sibling donor hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) vs standard care comprising transfusions and hydroxyurea on transcranial Doppler velocities, a measure of cerebral vasculopathy, at 1 year in children with sickle cell anemia requiring chronic transfusion.

This meta-analysis estimates the association between use of aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease and the rate of cardiovascular mortality, nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke, and bleeding.

In this randomized clinical trial, a diet low in free sugars reduced hepatic steatosis and liver enzyme levels in Hispanic adolescent boys with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease compared with their usual diet combined with a weekly food stipend.

This JAMA Patient Page describes the diagnosis and treatment of different types and stages of breast cancer.

This narrative review summarizes current evidence-based approaches to local and systemic treatment of hormone receptor positive/ERBB2 negative (HR+/ERBB2−), ERBB2 positive (ERBB2+), and triple-negative breast cancer.

Fexinidazole, the first oral treatment for human African trypanosomiasis—more commonly known as sleeping sickness—has been approved by the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use.

The health effects of climate change aren’t looming off on the horizon; they’re already here. In an international report that describes the impact, researchers called upon health professionals to help the public and policy makers understand the link between climate and human health.

Although measles vaccination has saved more than 21 million lives since 2000, reported measles cases increased worldwide by 31% from 2016 to 2017 in large part because of falling vaccination coverage, according to a recent report on the progress of global measles control from 2000 to 2017.

The Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA) published an article in December saying that paclitaxel-coated balloons and stents manufactured by Boston Scientific and others had an increased risk of death.

A new report released by researchers at Yale University could change the way some HIV patients are treated. The study reveals the role a protein called Apobec3A (A3A) plays in blocking HIV gene expression once it has infected human cells.

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is prevalent in the U.S. and developing countries, but under that name, is largely unknown to the general public. NASH is a liver disease similar to cirrhosis, but which occurs in people who drink little or no alcohol.

As opioid lawsuits continue to wind through the courts, some drugmakers are focused on developing treatments for opioid addiction.

Now that Bristol-Myers Squibb is acquiring Celgene, the company will largely disappear into Bristol-Myers Squibb, but a legacy of bold risk-taking and questionable price hikes remain.

Translate Bio did not provide information as to what questions or concerns the FDA has regarding the planned early-stage trial for mRT5201.

Scientists at DZNE, the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research (HIH) and the University Hospital Tuebingen identified a protein in blood that can precisely track Alzheimer’s disease progression before the first symptoms appear.

UAE based telecoms group, Etisalat, has become the first consumer brand in the Middle East to be valued at over $10 billion, according to a company release.The Etisalat portfolio includes brands such as Mobily…

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International communications enabler, BICS, has announced that 4G/LTE roaming traffic across its international networks grew by 95 per cent in 2018. BICS expects to see strong growth in LTE roaming continue this year and has predicted that LTE roaming traffic will grow by another 50 per cent in 2019…

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Huawei's chairman, Liang Hua, has said that his company would welcome foreign officials to its 5G research and development facilities in China in order to allay any security concerns they may have about the integrity of the Chinese tech giants 5G network architecture…

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UK consumer watchdog, Which?, has released a new report highlighting Britain's worst performing areas for broadband connectivity. Unsurprisingly, rural communities in Scotland and Wales fared particularly badly, with the remote Orkney Islands experiencing the UK's slowest average speed at just 3Mbps…

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GLOBAL - Leading international experts in animal-to-human diseases today announce the launch of the UKRI GCRF One Heath Poultry Hub

UK - Leading research institution the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has announced the launch of the UKRI GCRF One Health Poultry Hub and its involvement in the UKRI GCRF Action Against Stunting Hub

China's pork output fell 0.9 percent in 2018 from the previous year to 54.04 million tonnes, official data showed on Monday (21 January).

New research advises regular PCR testing of semen to ensure safe, PEDv-free insemination.