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·May 2, 2022·3 min read

Children With Vegetarian Diet Have Similar Growth and Nutrition Compared to Children Who Eat Meat

Children who follow a vegetarian diet have similar measures of growth and nutrition as those who eat meat. However, vegetarian children had higher odds of being underweight compared to those who eat meat.

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·March 25, 2020·4 min read

Lung cancer therapy may improve outcomes of metastatic brain cancer

Medications commonly used to treat non-small cell lung cancer that has metastasized may have therapeutic benefits for patients with metastatic brain cancers.

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·December 30, 2019·3 min read

Children who drank whole milk had lower risk of being overweight or obese

Children who drink whole milk are 40% less likely to be overweight or obese compared to children who consume reduced-fat milk.

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·September 15, 2019·3 min read

Certain drugs used to treat eye diseases excreted into human breast milk

Ranibizumab and aflibercept, two drugs used to treat retinal diseases, are excreted in the breast milk of nursing mothers who take the medications. The drugs contain an agent called anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF), which blocks the development of a protein which stimulates the development of blood vessels. The protein, VEGF, is present in breast milk and plays a role in the development of the digestive system in infants.

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·August 22, 2019·3 min read

Treating inflammation with inflammation

Ter119, an inflammatory antibody, has the potential to treat inflammation caused by autoimmune diseases, according to the findings of a new rodent study.