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Arizona's controlled substances law worked, research finds
In 2018, Arizona lawmakers began requiring clinicians who prescribe high doses of opioids to also prescribe naloxone, th…
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Helping others linked to slower cognitive decline among people at higher genetic risk for Alzheimer's
Regularly volunteering or informally helping people outside one's home may buffer against accelerated decline in memory …
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What doctors want women to know about menopause and heart health
An estimated 6,000 women enter menopause every day in the United States, according to the National Institutes of Health.…
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Ketamine relieves pain without 'disconnecting' consciousness, study finds
An imaging study in humans led by Tel Aviv University's Institute for Psychedelic Research, in collaboration with TAU-af…
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New paper outlines growing role of interventional radiology in liver cancer treatment
Interventional radiologists (IRs) provide patients with primary and secondary liver cancer with high-quality, high-impac…
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Privacy-preserving training could expand medical AI for children while keeping data local
In the field of radiology, AI models have the potential to improve imaging analysis, speed up diagnoses and catch errors…
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More rehab centers should mean fewer overdoses. In one California region, we found the opposite
At 24, Boyd was living in Chicago when he decided to get help. He had been drinking alcohol since a young age, but more …
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Protein reins in intestinal inflammation by curbing an overactive immune signal
A preclinical study by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center has discovered how a protein called ZBTB44 helps pr…
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Nicotine pouches, vaping or cigarettes: Which nicotine product is actually the least harmful?
"Do you smoke cigarettes?" I asked my patient during a recent clinic appointment.…
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Rubedo reports younger skin age in Phase 1b trial
GPX4-targeting therapy reduces epigenetic age markers and circulating inflammation, raising questions about effects beyo…
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Abu Dhabi puts biological age to the test
A two-year partnership with Ultrahuman aims to connect clinical biomarkers and wearable data, bringing aging assessment …
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Does lithium in drinking water cause a rare heart condition?
Children living in areas with higher levels of lithium in drinking water were more likely to be diagnosed with Wolff-Par…
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First case of teeth growing out of an eye socket—what you need to know about 'ectopic teeth'
A 16-year-old boy in India has had a tooth removed from his left eye socket, between the eyelid and the eyebrow. He had …
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Bleeding complications rise after heart attacks as major cardiovascular events decline
People who have survived a heart attack have gained increasingly better protection against new serious cardiovascular ev…
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Emotion-focused AI spots early signs of psychosis in youths from short speech samples
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) have developed an a…
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Earlier menopause linked to faster biological aging, study finds
The age at which a woman experiences menopause and her reproductive history may be associated with how quickly she ages …
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Q&A: Expert discusses Russian plague scare
The reported death of 28-year-old laboratory technician Darya Shipilova at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute in…
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Phase 1b data show Rubedo Life Sciences reduces skin epigenetic age
Rubedo Life Sciences released Phase 1b clinical findings for RLS-1496 in patients with atopic dermatitis. The company cl…
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Function, Google partner to connect habits with body data
Function and Google Health announced a partnership to integrate Function’s lab testing and Medical Intelligence wi…
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Triple-action drug retatrutide delivers major weight loss for people with diabetes, Phase III trial finds
A recent Phase III clinical trial, TRIUMPH-2, evaluated the efficacy and safety of retatrutide, a triple receptor agonis…
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Technology-assisted approach can help prevent summer weight gain in adolescents
Summer break can bring changes in daily routines that make it harder for adolescents to maintain healthy habits. Researc…
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Neck stiffness puts pitchers at risk of throwing-related injuries
The World Series is fast approaching, and the last thing any team or fan wants is to see a player scratched from the lin…
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AI tool reveals what attracts immune cells to tumors and what keeps them away
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and collaborating institutions in Texas developed an ar…
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A new approach to kidney matching could save lives
Although more than 100,000 people are on the national transplant waiting list in the U.S., thousands of donated kidneys …