Medical economics
The impact of not having a family doctor: Patients are worse off, and so is the health system
About 6.5 million Canadians—roughly 1 in 6—do not have access to primary medical care.
Oct 19, 2023
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News tagged with average lifespan
Medications
Study reveals how diabetes drug extends lifespan in lab models
Metformin, the most commonly used drug to treat type 2 diabetes, not only lowers blood sugar levels but has been revealed to extend lifespan in C. Elegans—an animal model that shares similar metabolic systems with humans ...
Aug 23, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Metabolic process in cancer cells could unlock possible treatment for glioblastoma
A study led by researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has found that targeting a metabolic process in people with a specific genetic mutation could help treat glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer.
May 25, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
New bispecific antibody demonstrates clinical activity in patients with multiple myeloma
Patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who were treated with the two highest doses of REGN5459, a bispecific antibody targeting BCMA and CD3, experienced a 90.5% overall response rate, according to results ...
Apr 17, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Young people make up greater proportion of COVID-19 deaths in 2021 compared to 2020
Since March 2020, COVID-19-related deaths claimed over a million lives in the U.S. alone. In the pandemic's early phases, most deaths were among older adults, but in 2021, deaths in younger persons increased while deaths ...
Nov 29, 2022
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Medical research
Unprecedented case series advances promise of phage therapy
An international team of researchers, led by scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the University of Pittsburgh, report promising results from the largest case series yet of patients treated ...
Jun 9, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer shortens lifespan in transplant recipients
People who have received organ transplants face an elevated risk of developing cancer, primarily due to immunosuppression from medications to prevent organ rejection, as well as underlying medical conditions. An important ...
Sep 20, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New metric shows COVID cut average lifespan by nearly a decade in parts of US
At its peak, COVID-19 drastically reduced the average human lifespan—by as much as nine years in one U.S. state—according to a new longevity metric developed at UCLA.
Aug 6, 2021
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Health
Gaps in life expectancy, health, and economic opportunity between the richest and poorest parts of England
A new report, co-produced by the Business School (formerly Cass), entitled 'The Cost of Inequality', has exposed the gaps in life expectancy, health, and economic opportunity between the richest and poorest parts of England.
Jul 5, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Updated analysis of US COVID-19 deaths shows drops, disparities in average lifespans
An updated analysis of American COVID-19 deaths throughout 2020 reveals an even bigger drop in average life expectancy as well as still-substantial disparities by race and ethnicity.
Jun 24, 2021
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