House passes bill after TB death of Michigan woman who received tainted bone graft material
The U.S. House on Monday unanimously adopted legislation prompted by the death last year of a 57-year-old northern Michigan ...
Should you be screened for lung cancer? What you need to know
You can learn a lot from an older brother. Tom Hoffner said he picked up the family habit of smoking cigarettes at just 10 ...
In the ‘END TB’ strategy, the other grave forms of tuberculosis are out of focus
Uncommon stories of TB in India reveal gaps in diagnosis, treatment, and public awareness, hindering TB elimination efforts.
New Tuberculosis Cure Could Come From Fungi Found in US Bogs
The fungi show potential to target tuberculosis, offering hope of more effective treatments for a disease which still affects thousands of Americans each year.
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‘It’s not a death sentence’: How mum of two overcomes stage 4 lung cancer and finds calling in comforting others
During Ms Lee’s hospital stay in 2016, doctors arranged for a biopsy, followed by genetic testing on a cancer-stricken lymph node to check for mutations causing non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
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Representativeness and adverse event reporting in late-phase clinical trials for rifampin-susceptible tuberculosis: a systematic review
We did a systematic review and meta-analysis of trials of treatment for rifampicin-susceptible tuberculosis to evaluate the ...
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Tuberculosis outbreaks in 3 Nunavut communities still ongoing years later
An outbreak of tuberculosis in three Nunavut communities is ongoing, in some cases, years later, according to the territory's Department of Health. The department declared an outbreak in ...
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Isolated Skin Ulcers due to Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in a Renal Allograft Recipient
There was no past or family history of tuberculosis. Systemic examination ... and a bone marrow biopsy sample and three early-morning samples of both gastric juice and urine were all negative ...
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T-cell receptor and B-cell receptor repertoires profiling in pleural tuberculosis
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of death worldwide from a single infectious agent. In China the most common extra-pulmonary TB (EPTB) is pleural tuberculosis (PLTB). An important ...
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In the US, young and middle-aged women are being diagnosed with lung cancer at higher rates than men
“Although lung cancer overall is decreasing because of declines in tobacco use, lung cancer among people who have never smoked has been rising significantly,” Wojcicki wrote in a YouTube blog ...
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Surgeons Perform First-Ever Robotic Double Lung Transplant on 57-Year-Old 'Adrenaline Junkie' (Exclusive)
Surgeons used the da Vinci Xi robotic system, which had been used in the past for single lung transplants. Mehrkar had inherited a genetic predisposition to lung disease and was diagnosed with ...