In the past five years, several new drugs have been brought to market that could lead to a profound, if not revolutionary, change in how health care providers—and the public—view weight loss.
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Researchers at the University Health Network and University of Toronto have discovered a new biotherapeutic molecule—produced by a strain of oral probiotic bacteria—that kills infectious pathogens while promoting a healthy ...
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You're more microbe than human, at least by the numbers. The human body has about 37 trillion cells, but it's home to many more microbes—the gut alone has 100 trillion of them. Swimming and squirming inside your tummy are ...
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Sixty percent of roughly 1,600 Canadians who took part in a new McGill University study say their lifestyle habits either stayed the same or improved during the COVID-19 pandemic. On the flip side, 40% of participants say ...
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A new review article published in the Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences offers valuable insights into the multi-organ system damage caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Whole body cryostimulation is a useful "add-on" treatment for obesity, research being presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Dublin, Ireland (17-20 May) suggests.
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In what may turn out to be a long-missing piece in the puzzle of breast cancer, Harvard Medical School researchers have identified the molecular sparkplug that ignites cases of the disease currently unexplained by the classical ...
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McGill researchers are exploring a new technique that uses 3D printing and hydrogels. It has the potential not only to improve biomedical implants but could also be useful in the development of human-machine interfaces such ...
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The first vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. The vaccine, named Arexvy, will be given to people 60 years and older.
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We've all recently gotten a crash-course in drug repurposing, thanks to near-daily news reports about efforts to identify existing medicines that could help treat COVID-19 in the early phase of the pandemic. A team of scientists ...
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The human body is the entire structure of a human organism, and consists of a head, neck, torso, two arms and two legs. By the time the human reaches adulthood, the body consists of close to 10 trillion cells, the basic unit of life. Groups of cells combine and work in tandem to form tissue, which combines to form organs, which work together to form organ systems.
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