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Protective Factors Can Reduce Vaping in U.S. Teens
drugs
August 03, 2021
Positive future orientation and high parental monitoring are associated with a significantly lower prevalence of recent vaping among U.S. high school students, according to a study published in the Aug. 1 issue of Pediatrics.
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COVID-19 monoclonal antibodies reduce risk of hospitalization and death
worldpharmanews
May 20, 2021
Monoclonal antibodies, a COVID-19 treatment given early after coronavirus infection, cut the risk of hospitalization and death by 60% in those most likely to suffer complications of the disease, according to an analysis of UPMC patients who received ...
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Blood test cuts time to diagnosis for candidemia
europeanpharmaceuticalreview
April 28, 2019
A new blood has been found to perform as well as, if not better than, traditional blood cultures at detecting a type of fungal yeast infection that commonly strikes hospital patients…
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DNAnexus, Sutter Health and UPMC launch multiple sclerosis study
pharmaceutical-technology
April 22, 2019
DNAnexus and Sutter Health have partnered with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) to launch a clinico-genomic study aimed at improving personalised therapy for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.
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Drug prices increased twice as fast during shortages
europeanpharmaceuticalreview
April 18, 2019
A team of researchers have found that drugs increase in price twice as fast during shortages than if there were not supply and demand imbalances…