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How symptoms guide surgery decisions for people with thickened heart muscle
Hearing that someone you love may need heart surgery can be scary, especially when you're also trying to understand an u…
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Blood sensor hunts Parkinson’s signals in 40 minutes
KAUST and Oxford researchers used a transistor-based sensor to read three forms of alpha-synuclein, reaching 90.9% accur…
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Brazilian biobank may help personalize cancer prevention in the public health system
A bank of biological samples from thousands of Brazilians could help the Unified Health System (SUS), which is public an…
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Substance use disorder recovery, remission linked with genetic, psychosocial factors
A new study by researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign highlights the importance of considering both …
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Omada Health to present research on weight loss during GLP-1 therapy
Omada Health will present peer-reviewed research at the World Obesity and Weight Management Congress in Boston showing t…
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Rivus to present data on new oral weight-loss drug that targets fat while saving muscle
Rivus Pharmaceuticals will present preclinical nonhuman primate and rodent data for RV-8451 at ObesityWeek 2026, with th…
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How the US organ transplant system works and what to ask to improve your chances
It's not always patience and luck that get patients off the organ transplant waiting list and into the operating room.…
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Alterity reanalysis puts MSA drug at 52% slowing
Adjusting for how advanced patients’ disease was at the start lifts the Phase 2 result. The method was added after the t…
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Do women with postpartum psychosis receive adequate medical care?
Women with postpartum psychosis are making repeated pleas for help before receiving a diagnosis, with the first Australi…
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How hurricanes affect hospitalizations and deaths among older adults using electricity-dependent medical devices
New research in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society indicates that older adults who rely on electricity-depen…
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Can drinking tea help protect against cardiovascular disease?
In a Journal of Internal Medicine study, people who drank tea had a lower risk of vascular disease than non-tea drinkers…
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First-in-human study of dual-imaging catheter to assess heart attack risk, guide treatment
Researchers at the UC Davis National Center for Interventional Biophotonic Technologies (NCIBT) have concluded the first…
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An extra serving of fruit linked to lower risk of depression and anxiety in teenagers
The food choices teenagers make could have implications beyond their physical health, with new research from the Univers…
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A doctor's take: When to consider medication for weight loss
Obesity is a long-term health challenge that many people face. In fact, the World Health Organization has declared obesi…
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Favorable long-term outcomes seen with treat-to-target strategy in early rheumatoid arthritis
For patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) managed with a treat-to-target strategy, achievement of sustained remi…
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Rethinking Parkinson's gait rehabilitation through wearable sensing and virtual reality
Imagine stepping into a virtual world while sensors embedded in wearable technology track the way that you move outside …
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Increased risk for long COVID associated with autoimmune rheumatic diseases
Patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRD) have an increased risk for long COVID, according to a study published…
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New drug could let some rectal cancer patients skip chemotherapy, radiation and surgery
Some people with rectal cancer may now be able to skip chemotherapy, radiation and surgery. The U.S. Food and Drug Admin…
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Five at-home strength moves that can make everyday tasks easier
If you've ever needed two trips to get the groceries in from the car or felt winded after a flight of stairs, you've alr…
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Would subsidizing weight-loss drugs make health care fairer?
GLP-1 medicines such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro have transformed the treatment of obesity, but access to them in Au…
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Fitness tracker data could offer clues about future brain health
Adults who averaged fewer than 5,000 steps a day were later diagnosed with dementia, Parkinson's disease or stroke at al…
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Researchers warn of growing threats to sleep health across Europe
A new paper from the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee and the Early Career Network of the European Sleep Rese…
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Nearly 1.6 million pounds of hot dogs, bacon and deli meats recalled after cooler failure
Nearly 1.6 million pounds (726,000 kilograms) of hot dogs, bacon, deli meats and sausages are being recalled because the…
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Measuring Parkinson's motor symptoms more objectively with 3D movement tracking
When clinicians evaluate someone with Parkinson's disease, they typically ask patients to perform a series of movements,…