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Despite significant improvements in overall survival for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) over the past few decades, the advances have been incremental, with few large gains, according to a new systematic review. Researchers created two databases to compare statistical results from phase 3 trials of systemic mCRC therapies published between 1986 and 2016 with …

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A Missouri lawsuit adds a new twist to the kind of “bodily harm” in a car that’s covered by insurance. This week, a three-judge panel of the state’s Court of Appeals, Western District, affirmed a $5.2 million settlement by a woman who caught a sexually transmitted disease from her former boyfriend in his car. The woman, identified …

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Netflix/Dark Horse Comics Netflix is good at a lot of things, but perhaps above all else the streaming giant seems to have gotten really, really good at casting. Stranger Things, for one example, is pitch perfect. Ozark is the same way. And from the get go, it’s clear that The Umbrella Academy is the same …

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NEW ORLEANS, La., June 8, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today a $1.92 million investment to establish an Agriculture Business Innovation Center at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical (NC A&T) State University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) located in Greensboro, North Carolina. “This new innovation center will serve as a …

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Courtesy of Retailer Summer, spring, fall, or winter—your feet take a beating every day, no matter the season—often creating a swampy, sweaty environment in your shoes. It’s a gross feeling you know all too well, especially when peeling your socks off after an intense workouts. This type of mistreatment also creates a breeding ground for …

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The Boys is an R-rated middle finger to the moralistic view of superheroes, and superhero group Payback is one of the show’s first diabolical parodies of Marvel’s Avengers. In Episode 3 of the new season of The Boys, a suped-up Billy Butcher gets the gang back together to desperately find a way to kill Homelander, …

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By Robert Preidt HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Here’s a simple weapon to employ against the opioid epidemic: New research finds that placing time limits on prescriptions for highly addictive narcotic painkillers may reduce the risk of misuse. In 2019, 1% of opioid prescriptions from U.S. dentists and surgeons were …

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June 6, 2022 – “You want fries with that?” How you answer that question may have less to do with willpower than you might think. Virginia Tech scientists are taking a deep dive into the brain chemistry that drives cravings for unhealthy fatty foods. Their goal: To find out if the nation’s ever-expanding waistline has …

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By Robert Preidt HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — New research points to a compelling interplay between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and depression. IBD includes Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. In addition to the physical pain that these illnesses can inflict upon sufferers, the new study showed that patients face a …

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NEW ORLEANS ­— Two patients with type 1 diabetes have now experienced improved blood glucose control with Vertex Pharmaceutical’s investigational allogeneic stem-cell derived islets (VX-880), with the first person now completely insulin-independent at 9 months post-transplant. Prior to the procedure, both patients had hypoglycemic unawareness and had experienced multiple episodes of severe hypoglycemia, conditions considered …

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