#Baby ‘thriving’ after one-of-a-kind heart transplant

#Baby ‘thriving’ after one-of-a-kind heart transplant

“Baby ‘thriving’ after one-of-a-kind heart transplant” Duke University doctors say a baby is thriving after a first-of-its-kind heart transplant — one that came with a bonus technique to try to help prevent rejection of the new organ. The thymus plays a critical role in building the immune system. Doctors have wondered if implanting some thymus…

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#Seven ways COVID can affect your brain

#Seven ways COVID can affect your brain

“#Seven ways COVID can affect your brain” Covid is largely thought of as an illness that mostly affects your lungs, with the effect it can have on the brain less known. But as well as causing obvious physical symptoms, the virus can also spark neurological ones too — and these are the ones that tend…

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#Groups make own drugs to fight high drug prices, shortages

#Groups make own drugs to fight high drug prices, shortages

“#Groups make own drugs to fight high drug prices, shortages” Impatient with years of inaction in Washington on prescription drug costs, US hospital groups, startups and nonprofits have started making their own medicines in a bid to combat stubbornly high prices and persistent shortages of drugs with little competition. The efforts are at varying stages,…

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