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We aimed to investigate published data on treatment outcomes of MDR/RR-TB in Central and West Africa as these, to our knowledge, are sparsely available.

India has the highest prevalence of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) globally. Vitamin D deficiency is potentially an important risk factor for MDR-TB.

An Aussie woman has revealed how she developed dementia and forgot her own name – all because of a hidden problem in her Sydney home.

After years of steady progress, declines in cardiovascular mortality appear to have stagnated since 2008 and heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States. Scientists attribute the pause in progress to a recent worsening of cardiovascular risk factors, including blood pressure and blood sugar control, among U.S. adults. However, little is known about trends in another major modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease; lipid concentrations—the amounts of several types of fats (such as cholesterol and triglycerides) in the blood that can line and clog the arteries, making the heart work harder than necessary.

The human body contains 600 to 800 lymph nodes, which are specialized organs that trigger immune responses. To be informed about infections in the body, lymph nodes are connected to the individual organs via lymph vessels. From the organs, the lymph vessels transport fluids and special immune cells to the lymph nodes. These immune cells are called dendritic cells; they carry information from the organs into the lymph nodes and pass it on to other immune cells there.

Two Omicron subvariants continued to slowly spread in the United States, almost completely edging out BA.2, which became dominant in the spring, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in its latest update. In other developments, Pfizer and BioNTech updated their efficacy estimates for the COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 6 months to 4 years.

Background Treatment of coronavirus disease-2019 (Covid-19) with nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir (NMV-r) in high-risk non-hospitalized unvaccinated patients reduced the risk of progression to severe disease. However, the potential benefits of NMV-r among vaccinated patients are unclear.

Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), characterized by specific underlying physiological mechanisms, comprises obstructive and central pathophysiology, affects nearly 1 billion individuals worldwide, and is associated with excessive cardiopulmonary morbidity.

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Q: Our pediatrician said we should have an asthma action plan for our son. How do we do that?