The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday announced it had approved Eli Lilly’s highly anticipated weight loss drug Zepbound.
With rising mental health problems but a shortage of services, group therapy is offering new hope
The needs of people with mental health problems are increasing globally, especially following the turbulence of COVID.
Targeting pancreatic cancer growth and spread
While the overall cancer death rate has been steadily declining in the U.S. since the 1990s, death rates due to pancreatic cancer are increasing.
AI-enhanced integrated model improves lymph node staging in gastric cancer research
A research team led by Prof. Li Zhicheng from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has developed an artificial intelligence-based model that significantly improves the prediction of lymph node metastasis stages in patients with gastric cancer. The study was published in Abdominal Radiology.
New drug combination doubles survival for people with bladder cancer: Clinical trial
Results from a clinical trial carried out by researchers at Barts Health NHS Trust and Queen Mary University of London show that a new combination of drugs doubles overall survival for patients with bladder cancer that has spread (metastatic bladder cancer).
Trade Kings grants ZAM K200, 000 sponsorship
By RUTH YAMBAYAMBA
TRADE Kings Group of companies has announced sponsorship of K200, 000 towards the Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM), manufacturers’ month.
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FDA will pull vet drug used in pork industry over cancer concerns for humans
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it plans to pull a veterinary drug used commonly in the pork industry because it might pose a cancer risk to humans who eat pig products.
Your mental dictionary is part of what makes you unique: How your brain stores and retrieves words
The days of having a dictionary on your bookshelf are numbered. But that’s OK, because everyone already walks around with a dictionary—not the one on your phone, but the one in your head.
FDA investigating hospitalizations linked to counterfeit Ozempic
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has received at least three reports of people being hospitalized after taking counterfeit versions of the wildly popular weight-loss drugs known as semaglutides.
Synthetic molecule proves able to mitigate heart failure in translational study
Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil, partnering with Foresee Pharmaceuticals, a Taiwan and US-based biopharmaceutical company, have tested a synthetic molecule for the treatment of heart failure. The study has been published in the European Heart Journal. The theme was also highlighted in the magazine’s editorial.