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Anchor lead: People who’ve had organ transplants and been vaccinated against Covid-19 must exercise caution, Elizabeth Tracey reports Most people who receive vaccines against Covid-19 produce robust antibody responses, clinical trials show. Not so for those who have gotten organ …
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Anchor lead: Why do people who’ve had organ transplants not respond well to Covid vaccines? Elizabeth Tracey reports When someone has an organ transplant, they take lots of medicines to keep their body from attacking the new organ. Dorry Segev, …
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Anchor lead: Transplant recipients may not respond well to Covid vaccines, Elizabeth Tracey reports People who’ve received organ transplants don’t produce the antibody response to their first dose of an mRNA vaccine against Covid-19 seen in others, research by Dorry …
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Anchor lead: Are new drug trial results meaningful in Alzheimer’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports A new drug that clears something called amyloid from the brain may delay progression of Alzheimer’s disease, recently released data indicate. Constantine Lyketsos, an Alzheimer’s disease …
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Anchor lead: How often is someone with dementia overmedicated? Elizabeth Tracey reports Polypharmacy refers to someone taking a multitude of medicines, with a recent study demonstrating that in people with dementia, polypharmacy with drugs that affect the brain occurs in …
