Health digest: hepatitis B therapy, migraine drug, WHO race

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Medical Xpress reports an experimental gene-silencing therapy offers hope for a hepatitis B cure, and that a Lund University study found lamotrigine reduced monthly aura days by at least half in 85% of aura-dominant migraine patients. MD Anderson researchers developed an AI model using routine imaging to flag lung cancer patients at risk of immunotherapy-related lung inflammation, while Duncan NRI and Baylor researchers reported in Nature Cancer that stroke promotes glioma growth. Oxford-led research in Nature Cities links coal-fired power growth in India to rising urban air pollution deaths.

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  • Hepatitis B and migraine
    • Gene-silencing hepatitis B therapy
      • Medical Xpress reports experimental therapy offers hope
      • Chronic HBV affects about 240 million worldwide
    • Lamotrigine for migraine aura
      • Lund University study in Sweden
      • 85% had aura days cut by half
  • Cancer and stroke research
    • AI predicts immunotherapy lung risk
      • MD Anderson model uses routine imaging
      • Aims at personalized monitoring before treatment
    • Stroke promotes glioma growth
      • Reported in Nature Cancer
      • Duncan NRI and Baylor researchers involved
  • Environment and air pollution
    • Coal power and India air deaths
      • Oxford-led study published in Nature Cities
      • Electricity access rose as coal reliance grew
    • Urban pollution mortality rise
      • Sharp rise in urban air pollution deaths
  • Tobacco and FDA comments
    • Menthol ban comment campaign
      • STAT reports 175,000 comments on 2022 proposal
      • Most were form letters, JAMA study finds
    • Industry talking points echoed
      • STAT says most echoed tobacco industry points
  • WHO leadership race
    • Five candidates for director-general
      • STAT reports at least five candidates
      • Questions over U.S. role loom
    • Challenges ahead for next leader
      • STAT says job comes with extraordinary challenges
  • Deprescribing medications
    • Stopping medications discussion
      • Medical Xpress lists four things to know
      • Asks when a doctor last suggested stopping
    • Role of doctors and pharmacists
      • Item frames deprescribing as a question to raise

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