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  Forward Thinking About Autism and Congenital Heart Disease

  In a recently released issue of Pediatrics(10.1542/peds.2018-4114), Dr. Eric Sigmon and colleagues examine the question of whether autism ...

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• Publications & Data | European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

  Communicable disease threats report, 6-12 October 2019, week 41. Publication - 11 Oct 2019. This issue covers the period 6-12 October ...

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• Lyme disease-related tick illness with more severe symptoms detected in New York: report

  A tick-borne disease that can reportedly cause symptoms more severe than those associated with Lyme disease has been found in Central New York, ...

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• FDA Awards $4.1 Billion In Funding For Rare Disease Research

  The 2020's may harken a new era for research into rare diseases as the FDA recently announced the approval of two grants totaling $4.1 billion.

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• Heart disease ruled cause of collapse and death of Esko football player on field during game

  Heart disease led to the collapse last week of a Minnesota high school football player on the field and his subsequent death, authorities announced ...

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• Increased Parkinson's disease risk seen with bipolar disorder

  Patients with bipolar disorder may be at increased risk of Parkinson's disease in later life, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis ...

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• Living with Infectious Mosquitoes

  Vector-borne diseases, those carried by organisms that can transmit them between humans or from animals to humans, account for more than 17 ...

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• A rare genetic disease led to depression at age 6 for this CHKD patient. He wants to “inspire kids to ...

  He was born with a rare genetic condition called glycogen storage disease, type 3a, which makes it difficult to maintain normal blood sugar levels.

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• State holding public meetings on chronic wasting disease

  The Pennsylvania Game Commission is hosting a series of meetings this month to inform the public about chronic wasting disease, including three in ...

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• Is bipolar disorder associated with increased risk of Parkinson's disease?

  The findings suggest that a previous diagnosis of bipolar disorder was associated with increased likelihood of a subsequent Parkinson disease ...

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• Custom-made oligonucleotide therapy for girl with fatal Batten disease

  Sufferers of fatal Batten disease have been given new hope as scientists develop a custom-made therapy for a young girl. The drug has been shown ...

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• Changes associated with Alzheimer's disease detectable in blood samples

  Researchers have discovered changes in blood samples associated with Alzheimer's disease. A new international study examined ...

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• CAR-T cells as 'bait' show promise in autoimmune disease

  University of Pennsylvania scientists developed chimeric autoantigen receptor T cells cells to treat antibody-mediated autoimmune diseases.

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• X-rays 'fail to reliably detect' lung disease in stone workers: radiologists

  Chest X-rays on workers exposed to dust from manufactured stone are "failing to reliably detect" serious lung disease, with one study showing X-rays ...

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• Collectors launch foot-and-mouth disease control programme

  RAMANATHAPURAM. Collector K. Veera Raghava Rao launched the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Control Programme (FMD-CP), the vaccination ...

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• Suffolk teen spreading hope for others with sickle cell disease

  SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – A 13-year-old Suffolk resident is on a mission to raise awareness about sickle cell disease. Ayana Johnson has been in and ...

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• Health Tip: Gum Disease Risk Factors

  (HealthDay News) -- The leading cause of gum disease is plaque, says the American Academy of Periodontology. However, other factors can affect ...

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• Roche backs Rituxan with further data in rare skin disease PV

  The FDA approved Rituxan in this indication only last year, the first advancement in treatment of the disease in 60 years, and the firm now has further ...

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• Shockwaves may help treat heart disease

  PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - What happens when heart disease is so bad that thick plaque makes it nearly impossible to even place a ...

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• Global Mitochondrial Disease Therapies Market (2019-2030) - Analysis of Key Industry Leaders

  Dublin, Oct. 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Mitochondrial Disease Therapies Market, 2019-2030" report has been added to ...

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• X-rays 'fail to reliably detect' lung disease in stone workers: radiologists

  X-rays 'fail to reliably detect' lung disease in stone workers: radiologists ... The charity estimates that "5758 of these will develop a lung cancer over the ...

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• Ex-FDA chief Scott Gottlieb says he is 'skeptical' that vaping nicotine causes lung cancer

  Gottlieb was reacting to a study released last Monday that said e-cigarette vapor with nicotine causes lung cancer and potentially bladder cancer in ...

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• Vaping is not a safe substitute for smoking and can damage the lungs--a case study of ...

  The subject of the case study sought medical evaluation for a new cough and wheeze 10 months after undergoing a bilobectomy for lung cancer.

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• Lung cancer screening

  (NBC NEWS) — New research suggests the current screening guidelines for lung cancer may be putting first responders at risk. Studies show about ...

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• Global Cancer Immunotherapy Market is Forecast to Hit $100 Billion by 2022

  Within the cancer therapeutics space, which today is worth over $100 billion ... Number of lung cancer drugs approved between 1998 and 2017?

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• Olaparib–temozolomide combination has 'substantial' activity in relapsed SCLC

  ... tolerability for the combination of the PARP inhibitor olaparib with temozolomide in patients with previously treated small-cell lung cancer (SCLC).

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• Eyeing $86M, Galera leads a pack of three modest biotech IPOs pushing past high profile stumbles

  A second program for esophagitis, primarily targeting patients with thoracic tumors or lung cancer, will also benefit from the IPO, as will another similar ...

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• San Antonio biotech to invited to join national cancer collaborative

  The American Cancer Society's National Lung Cancer Roundtable has invited San Antonio-based bioAffinity Technologies to be its newest member.

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• Texans, here's how you can help fight cancer — from the ballot box

  When Kathy Martin's doctor suggested that, as a longtime smoker, she be tested for lung cancer, the 62-year-old resident of Graham didn't have to ...

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• Inhalable Nanotherapeutics for Common Lung Diseases

  The global impact of respiratory illnesses is staggering and wide-spread; lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), tuberculosis, ...

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• 'It's a badge of honour': After her second open-heart surgery, Measha Brueggergosman is on the ...

  The late musician Warren Zevon, diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, famously offered the advice that one should “enjoy every sandwich.

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• Health Beat: Vaping Should Be Banned Until Proven Safe

  The Mayo Clinic, based on findings from lung biopsies, described the ... Now, it's widely accepted that smoking causes lung cancer, especially with ...

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• Study: Can Vaping Lead To Lung Cancer?

  A new study, published on October 7, 2019 by researchers from New York University (NYU), found a link between vaping and lung cancer in mice.

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• New Treatment Combination Could Work Against Broader Array of Cancer Cells, Study Finds

  “When we combined with radiation therapy, which is the standard treatment for lung cancer, we measured an even bigger effect.” The researchers are ...

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• AstraZeneca 2019: Banking on oncology

  The lung cancer drug Tagrisso surged into second place in 2018, generating $1.86 billion compared with $955 million in 2017. In the first half of 2019, ...

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• Boehringer Ingelheim 2019: Solid performance

  “We want to pioneer new paradigms of biology-based care for cancer ... In oncology, the focal points are cancers of the lung, stomach and intestine, ...

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• Roche 2019: Strength in numbers

  Rozlytrek (entrectinib) was the recipient of U.S. marketing approval in August for patients with ROS1-positive, metastatic non-small cell lung cancer ...

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• Kiwi scientist believes he's found the cure for cervical cancer

  “We can use this in leukaemia, lung cancer, brain cancer. Once we know that gene, we can target it. We can just readdress our treatment to target that ...

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• He Tried E-Cigarettes to Quit Smoking. Doctors Say Vaping Led to His Death.

  “He figured he was going to die from lung cancer,” Dr. Fimple said. ... the “ground glass” appearance of his lungs that doctors have tied to vaping.

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• ACI Bell Rings Out For Cancer Fighters

  Aver Cancer Institute's Cancer (ACI) Survivor Bell does both, not just for ... years ago in memory of his father, Ed Sudbeck, who died of lung cancer.

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• NASA Finally Launches Delayed ICON Mission to Study the Ionosphere

  NASA is talking a lot about long-term missions like new trips to the moon and the possibility of human voyages to Mars, but its latest mission is a bit closer to home. The Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) spacecraft is finally in orbit after years of delays.

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• Team led by Pune student discovers violent black hole flares

  A team of astronomers, led by John Paice who is a student at Pune-based Inter-University Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics (IUCAA), has created a high frame-rate movie of a growing black hole system at a level of detail never seen before. In the process ...

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• UBC student turns to help with muscular dystrophy

  A UBC student has a role to play in the creation of a child who is. UBC student Michael Ko Kohler, Duchenne muscular muscular dystrophy-a disease that progressively weakens the muscles and eventually leaves UBC student Michael Ko has had to do in his ...

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• Remains Of Salty Lakes On Mars Reveal Ancient Drying Out Period

  As NASA's Curiosity rover trundles up the central mound of Mars's Gale Crater, it investigates younger and younger deposits — including geologic evidence of a wet ancient environment drying out. The findings appear in the journal Nature Geoscience.

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• Humans Won't Migrate To Far Away Planets, Should Protect Earth Instead Says Nobel Prize Winner

  Swiss-based astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz just won a Nobel Prize for their work refining the techniques we use to detect exoplanets. But though he's looking to find them, Mayor insists we as humans need to more closely look at our own world ...

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• Scientists Propose New Satellite Tech to Dodge Space Junk from Megaconstellations

  If a disastrous space junk chain reaction ends up surrounding Earth with a belt of destructive shrapnel, state-of-the-art infrared cameras and gel-based rockets just might help future satellites dodge such debris, a new study finds. Space debris might not sound ...

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• The center of the Milky Way exploded a short while - just 3.5 million years - ago

  Only 3.5 million years ago it happened. A huge, expanding beam of energy exploded from the midde of the Milky Way, near the gigantic black hole. It sent out a massive spurt of radiation in the shape of a cone through both poles of the galaxy. The radiation ...

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• We Only Just Found Out Saturn Has More Moons Than Jupiter

  With the discovery of 20 more moons orbiting Saturn, the ringed planet has overtaken Jupiter as host to the most moons in the Solar system. Saturn now has 82 known moons, whereas Jupiter has a paltry 79. Announced at the International Astronomical ...

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• Hubble Captures Detailed Image of NGC 4380

  The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced a spectacularly detailed image of a galaxy called NGC 4380. This Hubble image reveals a detailed view of part of the disk of the spiral galaxy NGC 4380. The image is made up of observations from ...

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• Fireball turns night to day in China; How will meteorite hunters react?

  A suspected meteorite lit up the night sky over northeast China on Friday. If the bright object really was a meteorite, the country's treasure hunters will most likely try to find its fragments and sell them for hefty sums. A huge fireball was spotted flying over the city ...

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• Antarctica shock: 'Upside down' rivers melting Antarctica from the inside-out

  RIVERS beneath the Antarctic are warming it from the inside and causing ice shelves to melt more quickly than anticipated. By Sean Martin Sean Martin. 10:24, Mon, Oct 14, 2019 | UPDATED: 10:44, Mon, Oct 14, 2019. Share. Video Player is loading.

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• Asteroid news: Did alien space rock dust cloud spark new life on Earth?

  Scientists have now posited an asteroid disintegration once blanketed Earth with dust millions of years ago. It is thought the cosmic event dramatically cooled Earth, triggering an ice age followed by significant increases of new animals. The work, led by ...

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• NASA news: Space engineer proposes accelerator propelling craft 'close to light speed'

  NASA engineer David Burns has proposed a novel solution to the next-generation space accelerator dubbed the “helical engine” – capable of potentially propelling craft “close to light speed”. By Tom Fish Tom Fish. 08:32, Mon, Oct 14, 2019 | UPDATED: ...

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• NASA shows off new spacesuits as return to the Moon gets closer

  FOX NEWS - NASA is making preparations for sending humans back to the Moon by 2024 and in doing so, has shown off the latest spacesuits that astronauts will wear on their return trip. Earlier this week, NASA posted an update to its website to discuss the ...

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• Scientist warns devastating solar storm will hit earth, but not sure when

  A scientist warned that earth could get hit by a powerful solar storm anytime. However, the scientist said it's hard to predict exactly when the disastrous solar event will happen. Solar storms occur when the Sun emits plasma and magnetic fields from its surface.

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• Somebody's getting a new comet for Christmas

  That maybe-comet from another star really is a comet from another star, and now it has a name and a date with destiny. On Dec. 7, the newly named comet 2I/Borisov will make its closest approach to the sun and then begin a journey back outward through the ...

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• Asteroid terror: How Earth dodged colossal space rock that could have caused 'devastation'

  ASTEROID Apophis (99942) was ranked at four out of 10 on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, causing serious consternation amongst close approach experts due to its potential impact. By Brian McGleenon. 05:32, Mon, Oct 14, 2019 | UPDATED: 08:25, Mon, ...

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• This Is The One Way The Moon Outshines Our Sun

  Typically, even the full Moon is approximately 400,000 times less bright than the Sun is, making it appear about 12-14 visual magnitudes dimmer to human eyes. While, in visible light, the Sun always outshines the Moon (due to the latter reflecting the former's ...

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• Water at moon's south pole may be more recent, study says

  AMSTERDAM - The return of humans to the moon, as well as ongoing robotic missions, may require using resources already on the lunar surface. The moon's south pole is of particular interest because of ice deposits in craters there. Unfortunately, India's ...

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• Will China's Space Agency Send Turtles To Moon's Dark Side?

  The China National Space Administration (CNSA) originally wanted to send turtles to the dark side of the Moon as part of its lunar exploration program. The animals would have been part of the experiments carried by the agency's Chang'e 4 mission.

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