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One in four Americans have exaggerated or made up symptoms to try to get antibiotics
More than a quarter of Americans have exaggerated or made up symptoms to try to get antibiotics from their doctor, eithe…
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Every blue zone should come with an expiry date
Decades founder Eva Novak on why the blue zone idea can survive scrutiny, but only if validation becomes independent, op…
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Music paired with beats may cut stress hormone more than twice as much as pink noise
A new randomized clinical trial from Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) found that listening to just 24 minutes of pe…
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Vegans may have less diverse gut bacteria, with lower protein intake offering possible clue
The gut is home to billions of microorganisms. It is a complex ecosystem that regulates many of the body's functions and…
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Review finds no evidence that testosterone improves brain fog during menopause
There is not enough evidence to determine whether testosterone helps with thinking and memory in midlife women, even tho…
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Study participants tricked into feeling an extra finger experience altered perceptions of their hand's abilities
The brain can sometimes trick itself into feeling like it has an extra appendage or that the body extends farther into s…
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Cancer-promoting proteins may make tumors easier to spot... but also help them evade immune attack
The immune system may recognize a cancer cell and still fail to destroy it. In a recent study, researchers at Hiroshima …
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Brain circuit helps mothers wake up when their pups call
For many new mothers, sleeping uninterruptedly every night is challenging or unfeasible. One reason for this is that the…
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Type 2 diabetes breakthrough as 54% achieve remission in just 6 months
A promising new study suggests that more than half of younger adults with type 2 diabetes could achieve remission in jus…
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Cold shower routine may reduce sick days while cutting carbon emissions
How can we encourage people to adopt more environmentally friendly habits? To explore this question, a psychologist aske…
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Halloween is typically a massive candy fest for kids—but it doesn't have to be
Halloween can be a massive candy fest. Children come home from trick-or-treating ready to dig into a sackful of candy an…
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How does daylight saving time affect our health?
The chicken or the egg? Cats or dogs? What about pineapple on pizza?…
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A new framework for safe, patient-centered prescribing of obesity medications in older adults
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) has released a new framework to assist clinicians in safely prescribing obesity me…
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Digbi Health launches AI platform to treat obesity, diabetes, and gut health
Digbi Health announced ASRA, a precision biology-powered agentic care operating system that unifies treatment for obesit…
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Biogen to share long-term trial results for its Alzheimer’s drugs
Biogen will present new data across its Alzheimer’s disease portfolio at the 19th Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease…
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Cholesterol-sharing mechanism points to potential new target for pancreatic cancer treatment
Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers identified a potential therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer after showing that t…
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Nursing decisions to navigate when dying patients become unresponsive
Flinders University research published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing has examined how specialist palliative care nu…
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Passive tobacco smoke exposure linked to nonallergic atopic dermatitis severity in young children
Passive tobacco smoke exposure, particularly paternal smoking and postnatal household exposure, is associated with incre…
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Many women have never discussed heart health with a clinician, and most report multiple symptoms
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women, and the risk rises during the menopause years. But an internationa…
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The parts of fruits and vegetables most throw away could save your health—and the planet
Most of us routinely discard the peels, skins, stalks and seeds of fruits and vegetables at mealtime. But new research f…
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Long-term follow-up tracks benefits and risks of stem cell transplants for severe systemic sclerosis
An international study reports 60% progression-free survival at 10 years after autologous bone marrow transplantation, a…
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Could a few bad dietary choices worsen your next immune response?
Scientists have long known that diet shapes the immune system. Now, a UC San Francisco team has found that even a brief …
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Noninvasive tests detect advanced liver scarring and could reduce reliance on biopsies
Two major international studies have delivered the strongest evidence to date on which noninvasive tests can accurately …
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How common dietary fats can aggravate chronic itch
A team of researchers has found that a breakdown product from a commonly consumed fat can bind to a receptor associated …