Addiction
With new campaign, Philly recruits former smokers to encourage current ones to quit
A new city antismoking campaign is highlighting Philadelphians' stories about quitting to encourage others to do the same.
Jul 21, 2022
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Health
Warning labels could help customers identify hidden sugar in restaurant menus
Do you really want to order a soda with your burger? Just one soda can have more added sugar than the entire daily limit recommended for most adults.
Jun 6, 2022
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Medical economics
Top hospitals are blatantly violating price-transparency mandate, says new report
Many of the nation's most prominent hospitals are blatantly violating federal mandates requiring transparency in pricing, and all too often patients are being kept in the dark about dramatic differences between publicly reported ...
May 26, 2022
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Overweight & Obesity
British toddlers and children consume too much added sugar, study suggests
A new study, being presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Maastricht, Netherlands (4-7 May), suggests that children in the UK start consuming free sugars (those added to foods and drinks and those ...
May 1, 2022
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Health
Alcohol ads can influence men and women to sexually coerce partners
An experimental study revealed that alcohol advertising featuring objectified women encouraged not just some male but also female college students to manipulate others for sex.
Mar 21, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Dissection of the polygenic architecture using iPSC lines derived from Alzheimer's disease
A research team led by CiRA Professor Haruhisa Inoue has developed a cellular dissection of polygenicity (CDiP) technology, which enables the reconstruction of the clinical conditions of Alzheimer's disease (AD) from patients' ...
Mar 4, 2022
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Neuroscience
Women are more susceptible to Alzheimer's: New evidence
Epidemiological studies have shown that women are twice as likely as men to develop Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the cause of this phenomenon has been unclear.
Mar 2, 2022
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Genetics
Depression and Alzheimer's disease share genetic roots
Epidemiological data have long linked depression with Alzheimer's disease (AD), a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive dementia that affects nearly 6 million Americans. Now, a new study identifies common ...
Feb 18, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Study reveals likely link between mitochondrial dysfunction and age-dependent cognitive disorders
The mitochondrial electron transport chain, which is required for generating energy during cellular processes, also produces reactive oxygen species (ROS) that attack tissue and cause oxidative damage. This damage can cause ...
Feb 14, 2022
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Vaccination
Thrombosis, thrombocytopenia syndrome up after Ad26.COV2.S vaccine
(HealthDay)—The rate of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) is higher after receipt of the Ad26.COV2.S vaccine than mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines, according to a case series published online Jan. 18 in the Annals ...
Jan 28, 2022
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