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Some Heart Risks Stay Elevated in RA Patients Despite Biologic Tx

Some Heart Risks Stay Elevated in RA Patients Despite Biologic Tx

Hopes that biologic drugs for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) would cancel the extra cardiovascular risks normally seen with the disease dimmed a little in the face of findings from a population-based study from Scandinavia. Over the first 5 years after beginning biologic agents such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukin (IL) inhibitors, RA patients in …

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Next-Gen Colon Tattoo Ink; Etrasimod Wins for UC; Another NASH Drug Flops

Next-Gen Colon Tattoo Ink; Etrasimod Wins for UC; Another NASH Drug Flops

A next-generation ink for endoscopic tattooing of the colon diffuses less and is more “biocompatible” than existing inks, which could help identify complex colonic polyps or tumors for removal. (American Chemical Society) Positive topline data from a phase III study showed etrasimod, an investigational selective sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) receptor modulator, achieved improvements in clinical remission …

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Blood Profile at Age 35 Linked to Subsequent Alzheimer’s Dementia

Blood Profile at Age 35 Linked to Subsequent Alzheimer’s Dementia

High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and triglyceride levels in people as young as age 35 were linked with Alzheimer’s dementia decades later in life, longitudinal data from the Framingham Heart Study showed. Risk of Alzheimer’s dementia fell by 15.4% during early adulthood (ages 35 to 50) and by 17.8% during middle adulthood (ages 51 to 60) …

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Vikings: Valhalla Star Sam Corlett Shares His Workout

Vikings: Valhalla Star Sam Corlett Shares His Workout

Sam Corlett hasn’t always been the fierce, lithely-muscular type who can effortlessly portray a hardened Viking warrior. Before the Australian actor took on the lead role of Leif Erikson in Netflix’s new series Vikings: Valhalla, he was playing a character with a much different physicality for a much different audience: Caliban on the streamer’s Chilling …

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Everything We Know About The Batman Sequel, The Batman 2

Everything We Know About The Batman Sequel, The Batman 2

The Batman wrapped with a riddle, a post-credits scene that wasn’t really a scene scene but rather a cypher: the words “good bye” in the Riddler’s green text (something like the Matrix’s coding console meets a QAnon message). Since then, a whole website—www.rataalada.com—has teased more puzzles and even a continuation of the Riddler’s plans. An …

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