There’s still no generic Ozempic, but a lower-priced daily injected GLP-1 is coming
The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a generic version of the daily injectable GLP-1 medicine liraglutide ...
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Using AI to screen for strep
We realized that we were filling that gap of providing point-of-care testing data for when patients are home and getting remote care. How does strep throat in particular lend itself to this kind of ...
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Amid reports of Indian flag being desecrated, Kolkata hospital says ‘won’t treat patients from Bangladesh’
A Kolkata hospital has announced that it will not treat any Bangladeshi patients as a sign of protest over the manner in which “the national flag of India has been desecrated in various places” in the ...
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Efficacy of neoadjuvant therapy and lymph node dissection in advanced gallbladder cancer without distant metastases: a SEER database analysis
Patients were divided into group A (neoadjuvant therapy) and group B (direct surgery) based on the treatment modality. A total of 202 cases were obtained after propensity score matching, with 101 ...
Gulf News28d
Fever and red rash: Is that scarlet fever? UAE health agency issues alert
The group A Streptococcus (GAS ... to prevent complications such as rheumatic fever or kidney issues. “In some patients, the same bacteria can cause a serious disease called acute rheumatic ...
The New York Times28d
New Drug Causes 20 Percent Weight Loss in Early Amgen Results
By Gina Kolata The pharmaceutical manufacturer Amgen announced on Tuesday that an experimental obesity drug helped patients lose up to 20 percent of their weight in a year. The drug, MariTide ...
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Strep A: London child among six deaths from bacterial disease
The pupil attended St John's School, Ealing, and died from a severe, invasive form of the bacterial illness Group A Streptococcal. The UKHSA said it was "saddened" to hear of the child's death.