Aging Immune Systems May Explain Why Eczema Refuses to Heal in Older Adults
A new meta-analysis links inflammaging, Th2 and Th17 immune imbalance, and failed tissue repair to the chronicity of atopic dermatitis ...
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Frailty Predicts Dangerous COPD Flare-Ups in Older Adults, Study Finds
A prospective study of 466 elderly COPD patients found that frailty, measured by the five-component Fried phenotype, independently predicted frequent ...
Rare Bone Disease That Silently Hardens Spinal Ligaments Claims a Sudanese Patient Before Surgery Could Save Him
A first-of-its-kind case report from Sudan documents a 73-year-old man with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis whose ossified spinal ligaments compressed ...
Biweekly Chemo Duo Shows Promise for Pancreatic Cancer Patients Over 75
A prospective Phase II trial in Japan found that biweekly gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel produced a 47.1 percent response rate and ...
ICU Care for Acute Leukemia Is No Longer a Death Sentence, Landmark Analysis Shows
A massive individual participant data meta-analysis of over 2,000 critically ill patients with acute leukemia shows ICU mortality falling over ...
Radiation-Free Stem Cell Transplant Regimen Shows Promise for Elderly Cancer Patients
A radiation-free modified Baltimore conditioning regimen produced engraftment in all patients and survival outcomes comparable to the classical irradiation-based protocol ...
Rib Fractures Signal Sixfold Higher Death Risk in Elderly Hip Fracture Patients, Study Finds
A large German cohort study shows that more than one in ten older patients with a proximal femoral fracture also ...
Simple Blood Markers May Predict Which Elderly Colon Cancer Patients Benefit from Chemotherapy
A Japanese study finds that two simple postoperative blood markers can identify which patients over 70 with stage III colorectal ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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