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The secret to slower aging may be hiding in your gut
The secret to aging more slowly may be hiding in your gut. Scientists discovered that certain gut bacteria are strongly …
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New guideline provides recommendations on managing shift work disorder
A new clinical practice guideline from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine establishes evidence‑based recommendations…
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One session of heated tobacco use injures blood vessels and damages DNA
Just one session of heated tobacco product use results in measurable damage to the blood vessels, according to a study p…
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Amygdala activity predicts which new images may become lasting memories
A walnut-sized area of the brain known as the amygdala plays a giant role in determining which experiences end up in lon…
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Congo's Ebola outbreak tops 10,000 cases as authorities race to slow the spread in African countries
The fast-moving Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached 10,000 confirmed cases, government data showed Tuesday, as health au…
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Exploring the potential of immunotherapy in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer
Triple-negative breast cancers, which are more frequently diagnosed in younger women, are a subtype of breast tumor char…
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Tomosynthesis detects breast cancer more frequently during screening
With around 75,000 new cases per year, breast cancer is by far the most common cancer among women in Germany. Using digi…
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Hemoglobin component heme shown to inhibit enzyme that helps dissolve blood clots
When it comes to blood clots, it is not only how they form that is crucial, but also how the body can break them down ag…
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How dismissed symptoms can push patients to breaking point
Patients have been left feeling suicidal after feeling like their doctor was saying their symptoms were 'all in their he…
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Overwhelmed by parenting? You've got plenty of company
Feeling overwhelmed by the noise and chaos of parenting? You're not alone.…
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Want to lose weight? Don't skip the weights
Weightlifting has a reputation for "bulking up," so it may not be the first type of exercise you choose when you want to…
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Large meta-analysis sheds new light on how SGLT2 inhibitors affect blood and iron parameters
Research led by internist-nephrologist Dr. Michele Eisenga shows that SGLT2 inhibitors, a class of drugs widely used to …
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Airborne ESKAPE pathogens at inner-city clinic resist advanced antibiotics
At a clinic in South Africa, researchers have identified airborne ESKAPE bacteria that survive most antibiotic medicines…
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Rare gene variants linked to dental differences that shape our smiles
Rare variants in a gene involved in early development have been linked to a range of dental differences in people, inclu…
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Personalized cancer vaccine plus immunotherapy reduces melanoma recurrence after surgery
Adding a personalized mRNA-based cancer vaccine to immunotherapy after surgery for high-risk melanoma reduced the risk o…
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Small deep brain structure may play major role in sustaining working memory, mouse experiments suggest
Reading a sentence, following a conversation, solving a problem or deciding what to do next: all of these rely on workin…
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Patients given apalutamide and hormone therapy around surgery may cut their risk of metastasis or death
An international phase 3 clinical trial that treated patients with high-risk localized and locally advanced prostate can…
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Weight-loss surgery produces lasting diabetes remission, long-term study finds
People with type 2 diabetes were much more likely to achieve remission after weight-loss surgery than after intensive me…
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Are you dressed yet? How parents can build child‑friendly routines that kids can follow
"Please go brush your teeth, get dressed and brush your hair." These are familiar morning requests that parents make to …
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Added antibody step improves the reliability of Alzheimer's blood tests
Researchers at University Medicine Halle have developed a new method that could improve the reliability of blood tests f…
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Long COVID linked to greater risk of high blood pressure
Long COVID is often associated with symptoms such as persistent fatigue, shortness of breath and brain fog. But evidence…
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Tired, irritable and craving carbs? Why darker days affect our bodies and brains
When the clocks go back in October, millions of Britons welcome an extra hour in bed. But by the evening, with darkness …
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One violin lesson changes brain wave patterns as beginners learn to play
A new study using wearable brain imaging has shown what happens in the human brain when someone learns to play a musical…
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Watching others face danger may shape how we learn, rat experiments suggest
Much of what we know about the world comes from experiences we have never had ourselves. A child observes how a parent r…