How Dantu Blood Group protects against malaria—and how all humans could benefit
The secret of how the Dantu genetic blood variant helps to protect against malaria has been revealed for the first
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Reformulated OxyContin’s benefit against abuse remains unclear a decade later
A decade after Purdue Pharma LP changed OxyContin in an attempt to make it more difficult to abuse, U.S. health
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Tuberculosis vaccine research could benefit the elderly and diabetics
A study of older mice with type 2 diabetes has yielded highly promising results for researchers investigating potential new vaccines
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Increased child benefit may help families escape lockdown inequality
Policy makers should increase child benefit and consider difficulties faced by families on low incomes in order to avoid the
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Citing lack of benefit, NIH halts trial of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19
(HealthDay)—The U.S. National Institutes of Heath announced Saturday that it was stopping a clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine, a drug long
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Immune properties in ancient DNA found in isolated villages might benefit humanity today
Could remnants of DNA from a now extinct human subspecies known as the Denisovans help boost the immune functions of
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Researchers find no benefit for treatment used to avoid surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysm
A new landmark study by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) found that patients with a
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Hydroxychloroquine plus macrolides no benefit in COVID-19
(HealthDay)—For patients with COVID-19 requiring hospitalization, there is no evidence of benefit for use of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or
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Buspar effects
People who had recently used psychedelics such as psilocybin report a sustained improvement in mood and feeling closer to others
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