As more and more organisms become resistant to antibiotics, the threat to human health is increasing. The overuse of antibiotics leads to drug resistance. It is very important to limit the use of antibiotics. The research team of the University of Alberta in Canada has recently developed a hand-held detection instrument, which allows first-line clinicians to distinguish between patients with viral infection or bacterial infection within a few minutes, thus helping to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions and overuse of antibiotics. Because antibiotics are only effective for bacteria, if the patient is infected with virus, there is no need to prescribe antibiotics.
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What Are The Side Effects Of Radiotherapy For Prostate Cancer? What Should Patients With Prostate Cancer Be Aware Of?
There are many ways to treat prostate cancer and radiation therapy is a common treatment for prostate cancer, but many prostate cancer patients want to know what the side effects of radiation therapy are.
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For many patients after early lung cancer surgery, it is common for them to worry about recurrence. For this reason, many patients tend to undergo CT examinations more closely to ensure that they have not had a recurrence. However, a recent new study conducted by researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that even with more frequent CT reviews, post-operative outcomes for lung cancer did not improve...
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Long-Term Antihypertensive Drugs Hurt Liver And Kidneys? Doctors: No Medication Is More Risky!
Many elderly people have high blood pressure themselves, but refuse to stick to their antihypertensive medication, thinking that taking it for a long time will have many side effects.
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New Technology Can Break The Blood-Brain Barrier To Directly Treat Brain Tumours, Is Potent And Less Toxic, And Deserves Attention!
For brain cancer, the major obstacle to treatment is not the tumour, but the brain itself. How to break the "blood-brain barrier" and allow effective anti-cancer drugs to enter the brain to take effect has long been a key issue in brain cancer treatment. Recently, a new study has shown that a new type of pump can be implanted in brain cancer patients to safely break the blood-brain barrier and better treat brain cancer!
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Changbaishan Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng Tablets can be used to make water to nourish Yin and replenish Qi and blood.
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FDA Grants Orphan Drug Status To Two New Therapies In a Row, And These Two Groups Of Patients Are Expected To Benefit!
Recently, the US FDA has granted orphan drug status to two new therapeutics in a row. One is a small molecule inhibitor, PCLX-001, for the treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia; the other is a T-cell therapy, ET140203, for the treatment of hepatoblastoma. Both therapies are currently in relevant trials.
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Stavudol Paediatric Indication Approved For The Treatment Of Children Aged 3 Months And Older With Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections
There is an urgent clinical need for new antimicrobial drugs to break through the dilemma of cIAI treatment in children and address the growing challenge of drug resistance.
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New Research Shows Promise For Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient Patients To Reduce Treatment Side Effects!
Researchers at the Tisch Cancer Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have now identified a new treatment that promises to help cancer patients with bone marrow transplants manage side effects better than current standard therapies, making the treatment more effective and safer.
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Pfizer's New Treatment Elranatamab Receives FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation For Relapsed Or Refractory Multiple Myeloma
Pfizer's new treatment, Elranatamab, has received Breakthrough Therapy designation from the FDA for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. Data from the trial showed a patient efficacy rate of 61.0% and that once the therapy is effective, efficacy is maintained for more than six months in over 90% of patients!