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American Academy of Ophthalmology: One in nine patients with wet age-related macular degeneration skip follow-up

06/10/2022

One in nine people with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are skipping appointments for sight-saving eye injections, according to a study presented at the annual

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India Tests Samples of Cough Syrup Linked to Deaths of Children in Gambia

06/10/2022

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India is testing samples of cough syrups produced by Maiden Pharmaceuticals for exports after the World Health Organization said its products

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Concern Over US Hospital Patient Information on LAA Closure

06/10/2022

Concerns about the lack of balanced information provided about left atrial appendage (LAA) closure procedures on the web pages of top US hospitals have been

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New survey suggests little progress against U.S. teen vaping

06/10/2022

The latest government study on teen vaping suggests there’s been little progress in keeping e-cigarettes out of the hands of kids. The data seems to

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CAR T-Cell Therapy Neurotoxicity Linked to NfL Elevations

06/10/2022

Patients undergoing chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy who develop potentially serious neurotoxicity from the therapy show elevated plasma levels of neurofilament light chain (NfL)

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A Reddit Mom Coparenting Her Autistic Daughter Clashes With Ex on What Qualifies as 'Coddling'

06/10/2022

Navigating co-parenting with an ex is tough. Doing so when your child is autistic is even tougher. A mother who has been working hard to

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When endings approach, people choose the familiar over the novel

06/10/2022

When people believe that a door is closing—that they have a limited amount of time left to enjoy something, such as dining out or traveling—they

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A one-stop-shop for brain imaging

06/10/2022

The brain is a complex organ, and no one imaging mode can catch everything that’s going on inside it. Over the years, multiple “brain maps”

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