Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Tied to a Range of Cancers
NEW YORK — Military personnel stationed at Camp Lejeune from 1975 to 1985 had at least a 20% higher risk for a number of cancers than those stationed elsewhere, federal health officials said Wednesday in a long-awaited study about the North Carolina base’s contaminated drinking water.
Federal health officials called the research one the largest ever done in the United States to assess cancer risk by comparing a group who live and worked in a polluted environment to a similar group that did not.
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The study found military personnel stationed at U.S. Marine Corps ...
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The balance between traffic control and economic development in tourist cities under the context of COVID-19: a case study of Xi'an, China - Xiang W, Wang Z, Pan X, Liu X, Yan X, Chen L.
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Traumatic spinal cord injury among patients admitted to the spine unit in a tertiary care centre - Gautam S, Rijal B, Sharma LK.
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New long-term data for Roche ’s Vabysmo show sustained retinal drying and vision improvements in retinal vein occlusion (RVO)
Vabysmo sustained robust drying of retinal fluid, often associated with distorted or blurry visionUp to 60% of people receiving Vabysmo were able to extend treatment intervals to three or four months apartDetailed results from two global Phase III RVO studies will be presented at Angiogenesis, Exudation, and Degeneration 2024Vabysmo is approved in the US for RVO, and in more than 90 countries around the world for people living with nAMD and DMEBasel, 1 February 2024 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today new 72-week data from two global Phase III studies, BALATON and COMINO, evaluating Vabysmo® (faricimab) i...
Source: Roche Investor Update - February 1, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
New long-term data for Roche ’s Vabysmo show sustained retinal drying and vision improvements in retinal vein occlusion (RVO)
Vabysmo sustained robust drying of retinal fluid, often associated with distorted or blurry visionUp to 60% of people receiving Vabysmo were able to extend treatment intervals to three or four months apartDetailed results from two global Phase III RVO studies will be presented at Angiogenesis, Exudation, and Degeneration 2024Vabysmo is approved in the US for RVO, and in more than 90 countries around the world for people living with nAMD and DMEBasel, 1 February 2024 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today new 72-week data from two global Phase III studies, BALATON and COMINO, evaluating Vabysmo® (faricimab) i...
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