Even Alligators Might Be Harmed by PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’
THURSDAY, Oct. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Alligators along North Carolina’s Cape Fear River have high blood levels of 14 toxic chemicals, along with signs of immune system damage, new research shows. The study of levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyls …
Learn MoreEven Alligators Might Be Harmed by PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’
THURSDAY, Oct. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Alligators along North Carolina’s Cape Fear River have high blood levels of 14 toxic chemicals, along with signs of immune system damage, new research shows. The study of levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyls …
Learn MoreBlack Death Reshaped Genes in Ways Affecting People’s Health Today
THURSDAY, Oct. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The Black Death pandemic wiped out as many as half of the people living in some of the Middle Ages’ most densely populated places, sweeping through Europe, Asia and Africa nearly 700 years ago.Now genetic an…
Learn MoreBlack Death Reshaped Genes in Ways Affecting People’s Health Today
THURSDAY, Oct. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The Black Death pandemic wiped out as many as half of the people living in some of the Middle Ages’ most densely populated places, sweeping through Europe, Asia and Africa nearly 700 years ago.Now genetic an…
Learn MoreUn medicamento muestra potencial para la esclerodermia, una enfermedad autoinmune
LUNES, 10 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Los investigadores informan un éxito temprano con el uso de un medicamento existente para la artritis reumatoide (AR), para tratar la esclerosis sistémica, una afección autoinmune rara pero potencialmen…
Learn MoreDrug Shows Promise Against Autoimmune Disease Scleroderma
MONDAY, Oct. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Researchers report early success with using an existing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) drug to treat systemic sclerosis, a rare but potentially devastating autoimmune condition. The disease, a subset of scleroderma…
Learn MoreTwo Cases Show COVID Virus Mutating Around Standard Treatment Remdesivir
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Patients with weakened immune systems could be inadvertently helping COVID-19 develop resistance to the antiviral drug remdesivir, a new study reports.After lengthy COVID infections, two kidney transplant …
Learn MoreMI Outcomes May Be Worse in Patients With Rheumatic IMID
FRIDAY, Sept. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The risks for mortality, heart failure, and recurrent myocardial infarction (MI) and the need for coronary reintervention are increased for patients with MI and rheumatic immune-mediated inflammatory diseases…
Learn MoreA Good Night’s Sleep Recharges Immune System
THURSDAY, Sept. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If you want to stay well, make sure you’re getting enough sleep.That’s the conclusion of a new study that found that good sleep helps regulate a key component of the body’s immune system. Specifically, it i…
Learn MoreEn un pequeño estudio, la terapia de T con RAQ lleva el lupus a la remisión
JUEVES, 15 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Aunque el lupus no tiene cura y los tratamientos no funcionan en muchas de los 1.5 millones de personas que viven con la enfermedad en Estados Unidos, un nuevo estudio muestra que una terapia contra…
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