Oncology & Cancer
Consumer Health: Reducing your risk of esophageal cancer
April is Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month, which makes this good time to learn what you can do to reduce your risk of developing esophageal cancer.
Apr 20, 2022
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Health
Including unhealthy foods may diminish positive effects of an otherwise healthy diet
Eating a healthy diet, such as the Mediterranean diet, has a positive impact on health, but little is known about the effects of including unhealthy foods in an otherwise healthy diet. Now researchers at Rush University Medical ...
Jan 9, 2021
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Medications
First medical guideline recommends new prescription medications for weight loss, ranks the most effective drugs
Diet and exercise fail for most adults who try to lose weight in the long-term. Today the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) released new evidence-based guidelines strongly recommending that these patients with ...
Oct 20, 2022
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Overweight & Obesity
Exercising at the start of fast can help people reach ketosis 3.5 hours faster: study
With Thanksgiving just a day away—and the most anticipated meal of the year already in the works—the last thing on most people's minds right now is fasting. (Of course, maybe by Thursday evening, a few of us will be feeling ...
Nov 24, 2021
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Vaccination
Experimental COVID-19 vaccine safe, generates immune response
An investigational vaccine, mRNA-1273, designed to protect against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), was generally well tolerated and prompted neutralizing antibody activity in healthy ...
Jul 15, 2020
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Research identifies blood biomarker for predicting dementia before symptoms develop
New research from NUI Galway and Boston University has identified a blood biomarker that could help identify people with the earliest signs of dementia, even before the onset of symptoms.
Apr 29, 2022
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Neuroscience
Surgery-free brain stimulation could provide new treatment for dementia
Scientists at Imperial College London are leading on the development and testing of the new method of stimulating the brain, which could provide an alternative treatment for brain diseases such as Alzheimer's, and its associated ...
Oct 19, 2023
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Health
Fat grams: How to track fat in your diet
QUESTION: What's an easy way to see how much fat I eat each day?
Feb 4, 2020
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Health
For older adults, every 500 additional steps taken daily associated with lower heart risk
A new study found that walking an additional 500 steps, or about one-quarter of a mile, per day was associated with a 14% lower risk of heart disease, stroke or heart failure, according to preliminary research to be presented ...
Mar 2, 2023
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Subconscious changes in movement may predict Alzheimer's disease
As people go about their daily activities, complex fluctuations in their movement occur without conscious thought. These fluctuations—known as fractal motor activity regulation (FMAR)—and their changes are not readily ...
Jun 23, 2021
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