Greater access to help needed for women with nausea during pregnancy
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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 28-Oct-2026 00:16 ET (28-Oct-2026 04:16 GMT/UTC)
Medical assistance can help women suffering from severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, but insufficient recognition of Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) means that many are not getting the help they need to overcome this severe and debilitating form of morning sickness.
More than a third of social media posts suggested Alzheimer’s blood tests could screen healthy people without symptoms, conflicting with current recommendations. Accounts with explicit financial interests were more than three times as likely to promote testing for asymptomatic people.
Salk scientists find B cells can promote killer T cell function in a mouse model of an aggressive breast cancer, and that the antitumor benefit of CD40 agonist treatment depends on B cells. Findings help address the major gap in research around B cells that has limited their clinical application; explain why B cell responses are associated with favorable patient outcomes; and provide a foundation for testing B cell-centered immunotherapy strategies.
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