Weight loss drugs can reduce by half the risk of heart patients being hospitalised or dying early, according to the largest study of its kind. The class of drugs, known as GLP-1 agonists, have been found to offer “dramatic benefits” to heart patients, significantly cutting their risk of falling seriously ill or dying prematurely from any cause. The discovery, revealed …
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Jennifer Oosthuizen / CDC A study in Israel confirms antibiotic use as a major risk factor for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) in hospital patients, particularly for those who don’t carry the bacterium, researchers reported last week in JAMA Network Open. For the study, which was conducted from June 2017 through June 2023, researchers analyzed data on patients admitted to a …
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Children in Sudan, caught up in what aid organisations have called the world’s largest humanitarian crisis and threatened by rising levels of violence, are increasingly vulnerable to deadly infectious diseases as vaccinations in the country plummet. In 2022, more than 90% of young children in Sudan received their routine vaccinations. But that figure has nearly halved to 48%, the lowest …
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