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Big data, real world, multi-state study finds RSV vaccine highly effective in protecting older adults against severe disease, hospitalization and death

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Big data, real world, multi-state study finds RSV vaccine highly effective in protecting older adults against severe disease, hospitalization and death

A multi-state study, published in The Lancet, is one of the first real world data analyses of the effectiveness of the RSV — short for respiratory syncytial virus — vaccine. VISION Network researchers report that across the board these vaccines were highly effective in older adults, even those with immunocompromising conditions, during the 2023-24 respiratory … Read more

Alzheimer’s: How Not to Study a Disease

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Alzheimer’s: How Not to Study a Disease

Yves here. As KLG explains in detail below, received wisdom on Alzheimer’s disease is a classic example of at least two very damaging yet widespread failures in what passes for scientific reasoning. The first is foundational myths, that persuasive-seeming early theories that become well accepted are remarkably difficult to dislodge. One classic example is ulcers. … Read more

Horses are sensible sufficient to plan and strategise, new research reveals

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Researchers have discovered that you would be able to lead a horse to water and ask it to drink if the reward is adequate. A brand new research suggests horses are smarter than beforehand thought, adapting shortly to party-based play by altering the principles. Researchers at Nottingham Trent College (NTU) have been shocked by how … Read more