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Monday, Mar 31

Highly accurate blood test diagnoses Alzheimer's disease, measures extent of dementia

A newly developed blood test for Alzheimer's disease not only aids in the diagnosis of the neurodegenerative condition but also indicates how far it has progressed, according to a study by researchers at Washington University ...

Mar 31, 2025

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A hidden strategy: How SARS-CoV-2 uses fibrinogen to evade the immune system

As scientists, we often think we understand a virus—its structure, its tricks, the way it moves through the body. But every once in a while, we stumble upon something unexpected—something that completely changes the way ...

Mar 31, 2025 dialog

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Fecal transplants from elite athletes improve metabolic health in mice

University of Rennes researchers have discovered that transplanting gut microbiota from elite athletes into mice improves mouse insulin sensitivity and increases their muscle glycogen stores.

Mar 31, 2025 report

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New study validates lower limits of human heat tolerance

A study from the University of Ottawa's Human and Environmental Physiology Research Unit (HEPRU) has confirmed that the limits for human thermoregulation—our ability to maintain a stable body temperature in extreme heat—are ...

Mar 31, 2025

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Wearable brain stimulation device could make on-the-go therapeutics a reality

Researchers at the Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a compact, battery-powered brain stimulation device capable of delivering therapeutic magnetic pulses while a person is walking ...

Mar 31, 2025 report

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What drives our cravings for food and drink? Neurons in the amygdala may play a key role

To ensure we get the calories and hydration we need, the brain relies on a complex network of cells, signals, and pathways to guide us when to eat, drink, or stop. Yet, much about how the brain deciphers the body's needs ...

Mar 31, 2025

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New drug may cut sudden heart risk by 94%

A new drug may help protect millions of people from heart attacks and strokes by lowering a little-known risk factor in the blood.

Mar 31, 2025

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Tuesday, Apr 01

Implant-derived metals found in cerebrospinal fluid

Research led by Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin has found that metal particles from artificial joint implants can enter the central nervous system and accumulate in cerebrospinal fluid, raising concerns about potential ...

Apr 1, 2025 report

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Omega-6 fatty acid promotes the growth of an aggressive type of breast cancer, study finds

Linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid found in seed oils such as soybean and safflower oil, and animal products including pork and eggs, specifically enhances the growth of the hard-to-treat "triple negative" breast cancer ...

Apr 1, 2025

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Protective gene found to preserve mitochondria during kidney disease progression

Research led by Children's Hospital of Fudan University in China has found that a gene called pancreatic progenitor cell differentiation and proliferation factor (PPDPF) helps protect kidney cells by supporting enzymes involved ...

Apr 1, 2025 report

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Brain cells are more plastic than previously thought, study shows

Neurons are the cells in the brain responsible for sending messages to the rest of the body, and scientists have long thought that they are settled into one subtype once they develop from stem cells, no matter what is happening ...

Apr 1, 2025

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Low levels of a single enzyme influence pathway to malignancy in colorectal cancer, scientists find

The transformation of healthy cells into invasive colorectal tumors is an extraordinarily complex process involving numerous molecular mechanisms, according to cancer biologists in China who have discovered that low levels ...

Apr 1, 2025 feature

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Vision restored: Retinal therapy research marks first successful induction of long-term neural regeneration

Vision is one of the most crucial human senses, yet more than 300 million people worldwide are at risk of vision loss due to various retinal diseases. While recent advancements in retinal disease treatments have successfully ...

Apr 1, 2025

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Dopamine neurons that fuel overeating may weaken effectiveness of obesity medication

Delicious and extremely palatable food can increase the tendency of hedonic eating, where one consumes food for the sole purpose of deriving pleasure instead of the body's energy needs. Hedonic eating often leads to eating ...

Apr 1, 2025 report

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Wednesday, Apr 02

New COVID-19 drug shows greater promise against resistant viral strains

Rutgers Health researchers have developed an oral antiviral drug candidate for COVID-19 that could overcome major limitations of Paxlovid, currently the most prescribed oral treatment.

Apr 2, 2025

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Neuroscientific model of near-death experiences finds consistent physiological pattern

A multidisciplinary team led by the University of Liège has proposed a unified neuroscientific model explaining the mechanisms behind near-death experiences (NDEs), drawing on converging empirical findings across neurobiology, ...

Apr 2, 2025 report

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Non-invasive blood glucose monitor uses pre-trained model to reduce calibration period from weeks to days

A team of medical researchers and engineers at RSP Systems, in Denmark, working with a pair of colleagues from the Institute for Diabetes Technology, and another colleague with the University of Munich, both in Germany, has ...

Apr 2, 2025 report

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Alcohol's lasting impact: Study reveals how heavy drinking damages cognition

For the first time, researchers demonstrate in an animal how heavy alcohol use leads to long-term behavioral issues by damaging brain circuits critical for decision-making.

Apr 2, 2025

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Even the richest Americans face shorter lifespans than their European counterparts, study finds

Comparing wealth and survival rates in the U.S. with those in Europe, researchers found that over a 10-year period, Americans across all wealth levels were more likely to die than their European counterparts.

Apr 2, 2025

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Experts challenge aspirin guidelines based on their undue reliance on a flawed trial

Recent guidelines have restricted aspirin use in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. The American Heart Association (AHA)/American College of Cardiology (ACC) guidelines restricted aspirin to patients under ...

Apr 2, 2025

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Study strengthens link between shingles vaccine and lower dementia risk

An unusual public health policy in Wales may have produced the strongest evidence yet that a vaccine can reduce the risk of dementia. In a new study led by Stanford Medicine, researchers analyzing the health records of Welsh ...

Apr 2, 2025

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Thursday, Apr 03

Female hormones can stimulate immune cells to make opioids that naturally suppress pain

Scientists have discovered a new mechanism that acts via an immune cell and points toward a different way of treating chronic pain. Female hormones can suppress pain by making immune cells near the spinal cord produce opioids, ...

20 hours ago

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Western diet causes inflammation while traditional African foods protect, new study finds

A new study shows that a switch of just two weeks from a traditional African diet to a Western diet causes inflammation, reduces the immune response to pathogens, and activates processes associated with lifestyle diseases. ...

Apr 3, 2025

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A failed fragile X syndrome drug can reduce cocaine use, clinical trial finds

A team of pharmaceutical researchers at Novartis Biomedical Research, working with an international team of associates, has found that the drug mavoglurant can reduce use in people with cocaine use disorder. In their study, ...

Apr 3, 2025 report

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Study exposes huge levels of untargeted antibiotic prescribing

Doctors are prescribing antibiotics for tens of thousands of patients with infections, with little or no consideration of prognosis and the risk of the infection worsening, according to a new study led by University of Manchester ...

15 hours ago

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Gut microbiome therapy may delay onset of type 1 diabetes, study finds

Researchers at the University of Queensland have found that improving the function of the gut microbiome may delay the onset of type 1 diabetes (T1D). The study was published in Nature Communications.

Apr 3, 2025

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Cocoa extract fails to prevent age-related vision loss, clinical trial finds

Brigham and Women's Hospital-led research reports no significant long-term benefit of cocoa flavanol supplementation in preventing age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The paper is published in the journal JAMA Ophthalmology.

Apr 3, 2025 report

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Study helps explain how laughing gas could fight treatment-resistant depression

Although a plethora of medications and therapies now exist for major depression, roughly one in three diagnosed patients still suffer from treatment-resistant depression (TRD)—a form of the disorder that does not respond ...

23 hours ago

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