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Carnivorous squirrels documented in California

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

California ground squirrels hunt, kill and eat voles, reveals a new study documenting evidence of widespread carnivorous behavior among squirrels.

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Patient Hospitalized in Louisiana With First U.S. Case of Severe Bird Flu

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 18, 2024 -- In a case first reported in Louisiana last Friday, a patient has now developed the first known case of bird flu so severe as to require hospitalization, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Massive volcanic eruptions did not cause the extinction of dinosaurs

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

While volcanism caused a temporary cold period, the effects had already worn off thousands of years before the meteorite, the ultimate cause of the dinosaur extinction event, impacted.

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A Vertex partner — and potential rival — secures $100M to develop non-opioid pain drugs

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

“Pain has really been out of favor in the industry up until very recently,” said John Mulcahy, SiteOne Therapeutics’ CEO. The company plans to use its new funds to get to “proof of concept” for its medicines.

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva.Health

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

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Microplastics in the air may be leading to lung and colon cancers

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Tires and degrading garbage shed tiny pieces of plastic into the air, creating a form of air pollution that researchers suspect may be causing respiratory and other illnesses.

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Young exoplanet's atmosphere unexpectedly differs from its birthplace

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Conventional wisdom assumes the ratio of gases in a planet's atmosphere should match the ratio of gases in the natal disk that birthed it. For the first time, researchers compared gases in a still-forming planet's atmosphere to its natal disk. The team found the planet surprisingly was less carbon-rich than the disk.

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Artificial Sweetener Use Tied to Less-Healthy Diets

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 18, 2024 -- Folks who switch to artificial sweeteners in drinks and food may be drawn to other types of unhealthy fare -- bringing down the quality of their overall diet, new research suggests.The study, published recently in the.

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Syphilis had its roots in the Americas

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A research team has taken a crucial step towards resolving a long-standing controversy -- was syphilis introduced to Europe from the Americas at the end of the 15th century, or had it been there all along? Ancient pathogen genomes from skeletons that pre-date 1492 confirm its introduction from the Americas, but its world-wide spread remains a grim legacy of the colonial period.

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FDA: Veozah, First Hormone-Free Hot Flash Drug, Issued Black Box Warning

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 18, 2024 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued its most serious warning -- a black-box warning -- for Veozah, a medication used to relieve hot flashes in menopausal women, due to rare but potentially severe liver.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

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Massive black hole in the early universe spotted taking a 'nap' after overeating

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Scientists have spotted a massive black hole in the early universe that is 'napping' after stuffing itself with too much food. Like a bear gorging itself on salmon before hibernating for the winter, or a much-needed nap after Christmas dinner, this black hole has overeaten to the point that it is lying dormant in its host galaxy.

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Tools You Can Use to Control Winter Asthma, Allergy Symptoms

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 18, 2024 -- Winter is here, and that can make it difficult for those with asthma to control their symptoms.The cold air that comes with cooler temperatures can contribute to asthma flare-ups, as can increased respiratory infections.

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A 'remelting' of lunar surface adds a wrinkle to mystery of Moon's true age

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Scientists propose a 'remelting' of the Moon's surface 4.35 billion years ago due to the tidal pull of Earth causing widespread geological upheaval and intense heating.

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Are Microplastics In the Air Putting Your Fertility At Risk?

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 18, 2024 -- Microscopic plastic particles in the air could be contributing to a wide variety of health problems, including lung and colon cancers.Tires and degrading garbage shed tiny pieces of plastic which become airborne.

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How Machine Learning Drives Clinical Trial Efficiency

Clinical trial data management is increasingly challenging as studies grow in complexity. Quickly accessing and analyzing study data is vital for assessing trial progress and patient safety. In this paper, we explore real-time data access and analysis for proactive study management. We investigate using adverse event (AE) data to monitor safety and discuss a clinical analytics platform that supports collaboration and data review workflows.

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Uncovering a 'centaur's' tracks: Scientists examine unique asteroid-comet hybrid

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Scientists recently led a team that found, for the first time, that Chiron has surface chemistry unlike other centaurs. Its surface it has both carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide ice along with carbon dioxide and methane gases in its coma, the cloud-like envelope of dust and gas surrounding it.

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Merck moves into obesity with deal for Hansoh’s GLP-1 pill

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

News of Merck’s licensing of Hansoh’s preclinical medicine pressured shares in Viking and other obesity drug developers seen as likely buyout targets.

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Universal Design for Visual Disabilities in Healthcare – Clear and Accessible Communication – 4

Perficient: Drug Development

Welcome to our ongoing series on Universal Design for Healthcare! In this segment, well explore the importance of Visual Disabilities in Healthcare. Effective communication is vital in healthcare, and ensuring that it is accessible to individuals with visual disabilities is an essential aspect of universal design. Clear and accessible communication methods help patients understand their health information, engage with their care, and make informed decisions.

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Tessera gets sickle cell funding; Corvus shares slide on eczema data

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will invest up to $50 million in Tessera’s in vivo sickle cell therapy. Elsewhere, Cara agreed to a reverse merger and J&J had a drug application rejected.

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Deliver Fast, Flexible Clinical Trial Insights with Spotfire

Clinical research has entered a new era, one that requires real-time analytics and visualization to allow trial leaders to work collaboratively and to develop, at the click of a mouse, deep insights that enable proactive study management. Learn how Revvity Signals helps drug developers deliver clinical trial data insights in real-time using a fast and flexible data and analytics platform to empower data-driven decision-making.

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U.S. Teen Drug, Alcohol Use Remains at Low Levels

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 18, 2024 -- Rates of vaping, drug and alcohol use among American teens plummeted during the pandemic and have remained at relatively low levels ever since, new government statistics show.This trend in the reduction of substance use.

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Stopgap funding bill includes PBM reforms, preserves telehealth flexibility

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Lawmakers on Tuesday released the text of a bipartisan agreement to fund the government through March. It could reshape the pharmacy supply chain by reforming how drug middlemen do business.

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For Hispanic Women, Holidays Can Bring Mixed Body Image Messages

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 18, 2024 -- The holidays are here and many Hispanic women can expect to deal with a host of mixed messages when they pass by a table full of festive foods, a new study says.At social gatherings, Hispanic women might be encouraged to.

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Attention Banff Skiers & Riders-- Discount Lift Tickets & Other Winter Activities!

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Are you interested in skiing, snowboarding, or partaking in other winter activities while attending your meeting in Banff, CA?

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Clinical Data Like You´ve Never Seen It Before: Why Spotfire Is the Leading Tool for Clinical Analytics

Clinical development organizations face a wide array of challenges when it comes to data, many of which can impact the operational effectiveness of their clinical trials. In this whitepaper, experts from Revvity Signals explore how solutions like TIBCO® Spotfire® enable better, more streamlined studies. The whitepaper also features a success story from Ambrx, a leading biopharmaceutical company, detailing how it has leveraged Spotfire to tackle data quality and collaboration challenges in clinic

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Some Breast Cancer Patients May Not Need Post-Op Chest Wall Radiation

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 18, 2024 -- Radiation therapy for breast cancer comes with a host of side effects, including conditions as serious as heart problems and pneumonia.Now, a new study says some breast cancer patients can safely skip radiation therapy.

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How Digital Therapeutics are Shaping the Pharmaceutical Industry

DrugBank

A new shift is occurring in the pharmaceutical industry, leading to a rapidly expanding field known as digital therapeutics (DTx). At its core, DTx involves the delivery of therapeutic interventions through high-quality software programs that have been rigorously validated by clinical evidence. These interventions target a broad spectrum of medical conditions, encompassing chronic diseases and even substance abuse.

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Act Fast and You Can Still Enroll In An ACA Healthcare Plan for 2025

Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 18, 2024 -- Folks need to act now if they want health insurance coverage starting Jan. 1 through an Affordable Care Act marketplace, officials and experts say.Wednesday is the last day folks can enroll in coverage that commences at.

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Nonclinical Drug Development: FDA Recommendations for Confirming an Ames Positive Finding

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On November 27,2024, FDA released a draft guidance intended to inform industry and the review staff in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) on how CDER views positive findings in the in vitro bacterial reverse mutation (Ames) test of a drug (active ingredient) or its metabolites and to provide recommendations on follow-up in vitro and in vivo mutagenicity testing of Ames-positive active ingredients to support the enrollment of healthy human subjects in first-in-human (FIH) clinical

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World ADC San Diego 2024: A recap of the latest breakthroughs and innovations in ADC development

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World ADC San Diego 2024, the premier event for the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) community, was held at the beginning of November. This global conference brought together leading researchers, biopharma companies, and service providers to discuss the latest breakthroughs, strategies, and innovations in ADC development.

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Survey of 26,000 dead stars confirms key details of extreme stellar behavior

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A study of more than 26,000 white dwarf stars has confirmed a long-predicted but elusive effect in these ultra-dense, dying stars: Hotter white dwarfs are slightly puffier than cooler ones, even when they have the same mass.

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Non-heterosexual Women Report Better Sexual Functioning During Midlife

Drugs.com

TUESDAY, Dec. 17, 2024 -- A womans sex drive often diminishes with age, particularly during perimenopause when issues like pain and vaginal discomfort arise.A new study, however, reveals that sexual identity may play a key role in sexual w.

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New evidence on the relationship between moderate wine consumption and cardiovascular health

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Light and moderate consumption of wine is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular complications, according to a multicenter study. The study is based on the analysis of a biomarker of wine intake -- specifically, tartaric acid, present in grapes. It was carried out in 1,232 participants in the PREDIMED project, a major scientific epidemiological study in nutrition on the effects of the Mediterranean diet on cardiovascular health.

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