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Can At-Home DNA Tests Predict How You’ll Respond to Your Medications? Pharmacists Explain the Risks and Benefits of Pharmacogenetic Testing
By Kayla B. Rowe, Lucas Berenbrok, and Philip Empey Your Health

Can At-Home DNA Tests Predict How You’ll Respond to Your Medications? Pharmacists Explain the Risks and Benefits of Pharmacogenetic Testing

Have you ever wondered why certain medications don’t seem to work as well for you as they do for others? This variability in drug response is what pharmacogenomic testing hopes to explain by looking at the genes within your DNA. Pharmacogenomics, or PGx, is the study of how genes affect your response to medications. Genes […]

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Locally Transmitted Malaria in the US Could Be a Harbinger of Rising Disease Risk in a Warning Climate — 5 Questions Answered
By Rajiv Chowdhury Your Health

Locally Transmitted Malaria in the US Could Be a Harbinger of Rising Disease Risk in a Warning Climate — 5 Questions Answered

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on June 26, 2023, that five cases of locally transmitted malaria had been identified – four in Florida and one in Texas – since May 2023. These are the first cases of locally acquired mosquito-borne malaria in the U.S. since 2003. The Conversation spoke with Dr. Rajiv […]

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Ringworm Fungal Infections Are Common in the US and Are Becoming Increasingly Resistant to Treatment — 6 Questions Answered
By Rodney E. Rohde Your Health

Ringworm Fungal Infections Are Common in the US and Are Becoming Increasingly Resistant to Treatment — 6 Questions Answered

The World Health Organization considers antimicrobial resistance to be one of the most serious threats for global health. Similar to the way bacteria have developed resistance to antibiotics, fungal infections throughout the world are becoming more drug-resistant and more deadly. In early 2023, the New York State Department of Health reported two cases of severe […]

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