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GLP-1 drugs linked to lower risk of serious heart-related complications and infections after surgery
GLP-1 medications, widely prescribed for diabetes and weight loss, may also help protect people from serious complicatio…
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A poorly understood brain region tracks the gap between expectations and reality
Adapting to changing situations requires people to continuously revise their expectations about what might happen next w…
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Targeted radiation shows promise for life-threatening kidney cancer complication
When Diane Gentry, a 71-year-old retiree from Watauga, Texas, was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer in 2015, she lear…
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Shaped by people with spinal cord injury, study puts exercise to the test for chronic pain
Exercise prescribed according to international spinal cord injury guidelines can reduce the intensity of chronic pain wh…
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Magic mushroom ingredient takes the fight out of aggressive fish
A psychedelic compound found in magic mushrooms appears to have an unexpected effect: calming highly aggressive fish. Re…
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Scientists discover a natural compound that could protect the brain from too much salt
Eating too much salt may do more than raise blood pressure. It could also harm memory and social behavior. In a new stud…
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Two omicron variants replicate more efficiently in gut tissue models, experiments reveal
A research team from the School of Public Health at the LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), h…
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Next-generation total-body PET scanner can produce diagnostic-quality images in as little as 1 minute
A next-generation total-body PET/CT scanner can produce diagnostic-quality images in as little as 1 minute of scanning, …
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Patient-centered financial navigation assistance helps reduce financial toxicity among cancer patients
Among cancer patients, the high financial cost of cancer care is a prevalent problem. This financial burden is also asso…
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Continuous glucose monitors help type 2 diabetes patients spend 5 more hours a day in healthy blood sugar range
Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) could transform diabetes management for millions of Americans with type 2 diabetes wh…
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Brain injury care guidelines for first responders released
Over 50 experts—clinicians, researchers, policymakers, first responders and representatives from agencies that employ an…
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When cancer turns critical, the patient isn't the only one suffering
While doctors fight to save the lives of cancer patients in intensive care, family members, partners and friends are oft…
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Lab-designed molecule reduces amyloid beta, the protein linked to Alzheimer's disease, in mice
A research team led by the Molecular and Cellular Neurobiotechnology group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalo…
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Body data could provide a 24-hour warning for headaches
Some people who suffer a concussion struggle with headaches and fatigue afterward. These symptoms follow a consistent pa…
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Scientists discover how deep sleep builds muscle, burns fat, and boosts the brain
Scientists have discovered a surprising two-way relationship between sleep and growth hormone, revealing how the brain c…
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New drug reverses severe fatty liver disease by repairing the gut
Scientists have discovered that a potential new drug can reverse severe fatty liver disease in animal models by restorin…
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Exercise is good for us—but why?
To understand what goes wrong in the body, scientists must first know what right looks like. Salk Institute researchers …
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Anesthesia choice makes no difference for patient recovery after major surgery, landmark UK trial finds
Choice of general anesthetic for major surgery can continue to be based on patient and clinician preference, according t…
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Cannabis doesn't make you violent—despite what recent reports have claimed
In what looked like a return to the dark days of "Reefer Madness"—a 1936 film that portrayed cannabis as a drug that cou…
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Mobile app monitoring may reduce serious complications after surgery, new study finds
Mobile app-based monitoring may help address the vulnerable days and weeks after surgery when recovery shifts from the h…
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Ethnic inequalities in stroke explained by differences in stroke risk factors
Stroke risk is primarily linked to differences in traditional stroke risk factors, like diabetes and high blood pressure…
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Brain PET scans help select and monitor patients for new Alzheimer's drugs
Nuclear medicine is playing an increasingly important role in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease, helpin…
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1990 to 2023 saw increase in global burden of acne
The global burden of acne increased from 1990 to 2023 and is set to continue increasing through 2050, according to a stu…
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Early MS treatments impact relapses and brain scarring differently, but not disability
Therapy targeting the immune system's B cells might offer better odds against relapses in the early stages of multiple s…