Fargo fans have had a long wait for Season 5 after the fourth chapter in the crime anthology series concluded in 2020, but it’s finally almost here. FX has just dropped a trailer for the latest chapter, which just like previous installments stars a new cast and follows a self-contained storyline, albeit with connections to …
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Intravenous vitamin C did little to increase days free of organ support in adult patients hospitalized with COVID-19, two harmonized clinical trials known as LOVIT-COVID and REMAP-CAP found. Among critically ill patients given vitamin C, the median number of organ-support free days was 7 versus 10 in the control group, with an adjusted OR of …
More evidence suggested that metformin may be protective against new-onset dementia in older adults with diabetes, a cohort study found. Compared with routine metformin users, those who stopped the drug early for reasons other than kidney dysfunction saw a 21% higher risk for developing dementia (HR 1.21, 95% CI 1.12-1.30), found Sarah Ackley, PhD, of …
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Analyzing more than 50 years of pregnancy and mortality data, researchers found that excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) was associated with increased risk for earlier death. For women with a normal pre-pregnancy weight, excessive GWG was associated with a 9% (95% CI 1.01-1.18) increase in all-cause mortality, according to Stefanie Hinkle, PhD, of the University …
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Artificial intelligence (AI) — when used for the right purposes — can help ease the burdens created by the nation’s physician shortage, American Medical Association (AMA) president Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, said Wednesday at the National Press Club in Washington. “We can provide things to make it easier for people to practice medicine,” Ehrenfeld, who is …
SAN FRANCISCO — The Agent paclitaxel-coated balloon was better than conventional balloon angioplasty for in-stent restenosis (ISR), according to the AGENT IDE pivotal trial that will be used to support the device’s case for FDA approval in coronary circulation. The drug-coated balloon (DCB) managed to meet criteria for superiority over balloon angioplasty in terms of …
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ELAINE, Ark. — On a recent September afternoon, Courtney Porter counted his losses: his mom from old age, his wife from diabetes complications, two of his brothers. While one died of an aneurysm, the shooting death last year of his younger brother, Patro, hit the hardest. “It tore me up, real bad,” said Porter, 50, …
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FORT DODGE, Iowa — Allison Roderick has a warning and a pledge for rural residents of her county: The water from their wells could be contaminated, but the government can help make it safe. Roderick is the environmental health officer for Webster County in north-central Iowa, where a few thousand rural residents live among sprawling …
Millions of Rural Americans Rely on Private Wells. Few Regularly Test Their Water. Read More »