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Medical Minute: Alzheimers Microvascular Disease

This week’s Medical Minute discusses the role of microvascular disease in the progression of Alzheimers.  

August 11, 2023
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Medical Minute: Eye Bile Acids2

This week’s Medical Minute discusses the role of bile acids - normally associated with digesting food - in protecting the vision of premature babies. 

July 14, 2023
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Medical Minute: HIV Aging

This week’s Medical Minute discusses recently uncovered evidence that both the HIV virus and its treatment can dramatically accelerate the aging of our bone and muscle. 

June 30, 2023
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Medical Minute: Socioeconomic Cancer

This week's Medical Minute discusses the socioeconomic impacts of cancer diagnoses and treatment, including homelessness and food insecurity.

 

June 23, 2023
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Medical Minute: Carmin3

This week’s Medical Minute discusses a molecule of RNA that is not only instrumental in efforts to block stroke and heart attacks, but also is essential for the proper functioning of our gastrointestinal tract. 

June 09, 2023
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Medical Minute: Carmin

This week’s Medical Minute discusses a molecule of RNA that could be instrumental in efforts to block stroke and heart attacks. 

June 02, 2023
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Medical Minute: Eye Oxygen

This week’s Medical Minute discusses a small molecule that could play a big role is battling vision loss in premature babies and adults with diabetes.

May 26, 2023
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Medical Minute: Aging

This week’s Medical Minute discusses a microRNA that one day could prevent some of the potentially debilitating hallmarks of aging. 

May 19, 2023
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Medical Minute: IDO Inhibitor

This week’s Medical Minute discusses an IDO Inhibitor, which - when combined with chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy - could become part of first-line treatment for children with a variety of cancers. 

May 12, 2023
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Medical Minute: Schizo Insomnia

This week’s Medical Minute discusses how insomnia can worsen the impact of schizophrenia and a therapeutic that may be the answer for some patients. 

May 05, 2023
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Medical Minute: Metastatic Cancer

This week's Medical Minute discusses work scientists are doing that will force metastatic cancer cells to express a protein that draws cancer-killing T-cells right to the spreading cancer's doorstep.

April 28, 2023
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Medical Minute: Unexplained Infertility

This week’s Medical Minute discusses a new study that appears to identify an increased prevalence of disease-causing gene variants in women with unexplained infertility. 

April 21, 2023
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Medical Minute: HDAC Inhibitors

This week’s Medical Minute discusses the role a class of drugs already used to treat cancer and fetal hemoglobin may play in warding off painful and sometimes deadly Sickle Cell Disease crises. 

April 14, 2023
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Medical Minute: Gastroparesis

This week’s Medical Minute discusses new treatment options for a rare condition - often connected to diabetes - that causes debilitating stomach pain. 

April 07, 2023
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Medical Minute: Pulmonary Hypertension

This week's Medical Minute discusses the role of DNA in the development of Pulmonary Hypertension.

March 31, 2023
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