Possible treatment for hemophilia

Published Date: 13 Mar 2023

Hemophilia A is a rare bleeding disorder caused by a genetically encoded factor VIII mutation that affects blood clotting. sick...

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Most individuals who meet proposed clinical criteria for chronic traumatic encephalopathy lack the disease’s hallmark pathology at autopsy, raising questions about the criteria’s diagnostic reliability.

The oral therapy is intended for adults with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis or progressive pulmonary fibrosis, two fibrotic lung diseases with limited treatment options.

Insomnia, sleepiness, fatigue, and stress were associated with higher depression scores, but caffeine appeared to lessen the association between depression and severe insomnia.

Researchers share their experience with sotatercept in 91 patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, the first report on outcomes outside clinical studies.

Everyday exposure to traffic, industry, and wildfire smoke was associated with vascular brain injury in middle age.

Spanish clinicians and grief advocates stress that compassionate communication and bereavement support shape how families process perinatal loss.

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