Clarifying the use of thiazide diuretics in Stage 4 chronic kidney disease
Thiazide diuretics, which are used to control hypertension, have been commonly believed to not work well in patients with...
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Advancements in clinical trials can pave the way to innovative treatment
Clinical trials and research aim to study new tests and treatments and evaluate the outcome of a study on...
Cervical Cancer: It’s Not Only Preventable But Treatable
Overview Cervical cancer is developed when the cells of the cervix (entrance to the uterus from the vagina) grow...
Wondering about new treatment options for complicated disorders affecting the quality of life?
Complicated disorders may affect the structure and function of all types of organisms. The disorders may affect the patients...
Hurler syndrome gene therapy shows early success in a small study
Hurler syndrome (also called mucopolysaccharidosis type 1, Hurler variant [MPSIH]), is a genetic disorder that causes abnormal musculoskeletal development,...
Management of rare mutations in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) – PART 3: HER2
Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) is a member of the ERBB receptor tyrosine kinase family. It is...
Management of rare mutations in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) – PART 2: RET, NTRK1
RET RET (an abbreviation for Rearranged during Transfection) encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase for members of the glial cell...
Cancer may have started the fight but new research on oncology will open many doors and end the war
Cancer is a disease wherein a number of the body’s cells grow uncontrollably and spread to other body parts....
Infectious Disorders: In Light of Current Research
Infectious disease is defined as an illness that is transmitted from an infected source to a susceptible host, infected...
Genome sequencing project finds answers for 25% of rare disease patients in a study
Some patients with a suspected rare genetic disease go without a diagnosis for years or even throughout a lifetime....