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Effective obesity treatments reach few eligible teens, study finds
Despite the arrival of powerful new anti-obesity medications and growing evidence supporting weight-loss surgery for adolescents, the vast majority of eligible teens are receiving neither treatment, according to a new study ...
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Bioengineers create portable tool to spot preterm birth risk
Biomedical engineers at Florida International University have built a portable imaging device designed to detect early signs of preterm labor risk in about five seconds. The system, called PPRIM (Portable Preterm Imaging), ...
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Five-year survival from pediatric cancer rises to nearly 90% overall, but disparities by race and cancer type remain
Nearly nine in 10 young people with cancer were alive five years after diagnosis by 2017—up from six in 10 in 1975, according to the first comprehensive update of U.S. childhood cancer survival statistics in over a decade ...
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Experiences reshape brain cell connections, synapse mapping reveals
Experiences and changes in the environment cause widespread alterations in connections between brain cells, influencing brain activity, research suggests. Using a novel technology to map and study billions of individual brain ...
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What university campus sewage can reveal about the effects of exam stress
It is not often that scientists take a keen interest in the sewage produced by students. But a study of wastewater from a university campus in Australia is revealing insights into how exam stress affects the body that traditional ...
Why does cancer rarely spread to the heart? Researchers develop organ-on-a-chip platform to find out
Researchers from the University of Toronto have created a new multi-organ-on-a-chip device to investigate why the heart is one of the least common sites of cancer metastasis, creating new opportunities for cancer research ...
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Resistance training key to maintaining muscle function during GLP-1 weight loss, study shows
A study has revealed that resistance (weight) training not only preserves lean and muscle mass but also increases strength in people taking weight-loss medication. Published in Nature Medicine, the Tirzepatide and Resistance ...
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New biomarker may extend detection window for date-rape drug GHB
Every hour is critical when it comes to detecting the use of drugs used to render victims unconscious. The substance GHB, which is commonly used in this way, is excreted rapidly from blood and urine. Researchers at the University ...
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Three-week Arctic operation shows blood products can survive harsh transport conditions and remain transfusion-ready
Getting blood products for transfusions to a battlefield in Canada's High Arctic is feasible but complex, according to newly published research in the journal Transfusion.
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Brain stimulation reveals how language networks adapt in real time to disruption
When an important area of the human brain involved in language processing is temporarily disrupted, other areas of the brain take over much of its work. Researchers at Leipzig University and the Max Planck Institute for Human ...
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Night owls who eat late may face higher health risks
A new study led by UTHealth Houston identified a link between late-night eating and sleeping habits, gut health and metabolic disease, offering new insights into why some individuals with obesity may face a risk of inflammation ...
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Tiny sensor could track blood pressure continuously without inflatable cuff
A tiny sensor could one day measure blood pressure continuously, comfortably and accurately without an inflatable cuff. The device was developed by professors Amir Rosenthal and Daniel Lange of the Technion's Andrew and Erna ...
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Coffee appears to change how the gut functions
If you drink coffee regularly, it appears to alter not only your gut bacteria but also the physiology of the gut itself. That is the conclusion of a study from the University of Copenhagen, which may help point the way toward ...
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Experimental drug eliminates 75% of aggressive pancreatic tumors and enhances immune system memory
Many solid tumors, including many cancers of the pancreas, breast, colon and lung, protect themselves with a dense wall of scar-like tissue. That wall keeps the immune system's cancer-killing T cells out. It is a major reason ...
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Blood pressure meds may improve therapy for ulcerative colitis
A class of blood pressure medications may improve a widely used treatment for ulcerative colitis, the most common type of inflammatory bowel disease, suggests a new study, led by Northwestern Medicine and Kiel University ...
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Study identifies antidepressants that get patients well and keep them well
Worldwide, nearly 6% of people experience depression. Many of them continue taking antidepressants after achieving symptomatic improvement, among other reasons to prevent a relapse of depression. An international team of ...
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Imaging nerves during surgery without turning down the lights
Avoiding accidental nerve damage is an important concern in many surgical procedures. Nerves can be difficult to distinguish from surrounding tissue, particularly in complex anatomical regions. Fluorescence-guided surgery ...
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Axonal defects linked to rare form of Parkinson's disease
A genetic mutation linked to Parkinson's disease produced abnormalities in a subset of nerve cells, offering a clue about the disease's causes, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...
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New stem cell models reveal how earliest human placenta structures take shape
The placenta is essential for a healthy pregnancy, but the earliest steps of its formation have been hidden from scientific view. Now Columbia researchers led by Mijo Simunovic have created lab-grown organoids that reconstruct ...
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Going to the park at least once a week can improve children's mental health
Children who visit parks and playgrounds at least once a week may have better mental health and social development as they grow up. That's according to a new study by the University of Exeter, published in Epidemiology and ...
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