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Study reveals young-onset dementia's impact on families
Families caring for a loved one with young-onset dementia are facing years of uncertainty, financial strain and emotiona…
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Osteoporosis fractures fall by 94% in small first-in-human stem cell trial
Somewhere in the world, a woman over 50 will have fractured a bone by the time you finish reading this sentence due to o…
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The blood pressure cuff may be on borrowed time
At a Munich cardiology congress, a Korean startup’s ring-shaped monitor drew crowds asking how fast they could buy in bu…
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Study supports effectiveness of RSV preventive antibodies for infants, offers new way to monitor viral resistance
An analysis of more than 60,000 respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) sequences from around the world found that viral varia…
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Engineered mice give human brain organoids space to form working circuits
Stanford Medicine scientists have chalked up a major advance in growing human brain cells outside the human brain—and ou…
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Targeting Nav1.7: A new approach to long-lasting relief from nerve pain
Pain is a natural protective mechanism that alerts the body to actual or potential injury. But when nerves themselves ar…
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Augmented eye clinic shows why AI-native systems work where standalone algorithms don't
AI in eye care is set to take a new leap with an AI-native rather than assisted approach. Researchers have developed a n…
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Can psychedelic clinical trials be better? Researchers say yes
UC San Francisco researchers are weighing in on one of the biggest challenges in psychedelic science, arguing that clini…
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New portable blood testing device could allow patient health to be monitored at home through an app
King's College London spinout Algocyte has developed a small blood-testing device that connects via Bluetooth and uses A…
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Scientists find an immune “false alarm” that may drive rapid aging
Scientists have discovered that some severe genetic disorders linked to rapid aging may be driven not just by damaged DN…
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Scientists find the whole grain “sweet spot” for better heart health
Eating four to six servings of whole grains a day may deliver meaningful benefits for heart health, according to a large…
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Clinical guideline on radiation therapy for bladder cancer released
For appropriately selected patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer, preserving the bladder can be a curative treatm…
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Gut supplement shows promise against opioid-related damage in rat pups
New UNSW research published in Translational Psychiatry shows a gut supplement can repair opioid-related damage in rat p…
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ASH sets new standards for diagnosing iron deficiency
Iron deficiency is one of the most common health conditions in the world, but many people live with symptoms for months …
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Gut microbiome features predict devastating disease affecting preemies
In a discovery that challenges long-standing assumptions about necrotizing enterocolitis, a sudden and often fatal intes…
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Social media spreading misleading claims about Alzheimer's blood tests
Researchers are raising concerns about the promotion of Alzheimer's disease blood tests on social media, particularly po…
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Why some adults under 50 may develop early-onset cirrhosis from fatty liver disease
Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have published the first study to define early-…
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Australians support voluntary assisted dying, but with clear limits
New research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has found that Australians broadly support voluntary assisted dying (VAD)…
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Do pimple patches actually work? Here's what the science says
You're standing in the skin care aisle, and pimple patches are everywhere—clear ones, flesh-colored ones, stars, hearts.…
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New dementia warning sign is hiding in our muscles
Losing muscle as we age could be an important warning sign for dementia, according to new Curtin University research. Re…
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Can't quiet your mind? Watching your brain might help
When something in the human body goes awry, medical science has an impressive repair kit. Fractured leg? A cast will kee…
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Study finds AI scribes save doctors' time and may ease administrative burden
Artificial intelligence (AI) scribes can reduce the time physicians spend documenting patient visits by 69.1% during sim…
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Stable frontal signals, flexible hippocampal ones: How the brain preserves context as goals change
While humans are completing a task, they can temporarily store information in their minds while also manipulating and ad…
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Autistic children ages 4–6 showed improved social skills after summer program
A summer intervention program for autistic children ages 4–6 with no intellectual disability significantly improved thei…