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New wearable device offers continuous, noninvasive hydration monitoring for daily use
With another hot Texas summer underway, the threat of dehydration always looms. Though this condition can range from inconvenient to life-threatening, it's tough to track.
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How soup might soothe symptoms and support recovery from colds and flu
For generations, chicken soup has been a go-to remedy for people feeling under the weather. It holds a cherished place in many cultures as a comforting treatment for colds and flu. But is there any real science behind the ...
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Smartphone sensors reveal mental health patterns through daily behavior tracking
Smartphones can help people stay healthy by monitoring their sleep, steps and heart rate, but they also can help reveal issues tied to mental health, new research shows.
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Novel molecular mechanisms inform targeted therapies for chronic kidney disease
A recent study led by Paul DeCaen, Ph.D., associate professor of Pharmacology, has identified novel molecular mechanisms by which genetic mutations in the PKD2 gene cause the most common form of polycystic kidney disease, ...
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SARS-CoV-2 can cause buildup of Alzheimer's-related peptides in retina
A new Yale study has found a promising target for treating the brain fog that can follow COVID-19 and offers new insight into a hypothesis about the origin of Alzheimer's disease.
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Clinical trial shows taking blood pressure medication at night improves nocturnal and daytime control
Research led by Sichuan University in China has revealed that bedtime antihypertensive medication dosing improves nocturnal blood pressure control over morning dosing in patients with hypertension.

Feeling more extroverted? Study finds you may have learned how to handle daily stress better
A new study led by Michigan State University found that as people get better at handling stress on a daily basis, they also become more extroverted, agreeable and open to new experiences over a nearly 20-year period. Likewise, ...
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New study finds evidence of hepatitis C virus in cells lining human brain
Observational studies of psychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression have long tied viral infections with behavioral symptoms in these disorders, but scientists have been unable to find ...
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Kindness counts—even to a five-day-old baby: Newborn eyes and brain activity reveal innate social behavior recognition
They've barely opened their eyes, but newborn babies already seem to prefer nice behaviors.
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New study reveals promising strategy to retrain neutrophils to target breast cancer
A new study conducted by researchers from McGill University, the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research (LDI) at the Jewish General Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Center and MIT has identified a novel approach to combat ...
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Tuberculosis bacteria play possum to evade vaccines—mechanisms revealed in study
A vaccine protects more than 100 million infants each year from severe tuberculosis (TB), including the fatal brain swelling it can cause in babies and toddlers. But the vaccine doesn't prevent adults from developing the ...
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Chronological age determined within 1.36 years using DNA methylation patterns
Researchers at the Hebrew University have developed an exceptionally accurate method for predicting chronological age from DNA, based on two short genomic regions. Using deep learning networks analyzing DNA methylation patterns ...
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Optical microscopy combined with AI could enable new avenues in precision medicine
"Precision medicine" has become increasingly popular in the last decade as an avenue for cancer therapy, where treatment strategies are tailored to a specific patient based on the unique characteristics of their disease and ...
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Higher anticholinergic use linked to faster decline in mobility and strength
Kaiser Permanente Washington scientists report that higher cumulative anticholinergic exposure predicted a faster decline in gait speed and grip strength among older adults.

Demystifying the link between major depression and Alzheimer's disease
More than 7 million people in the United States live with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (ADRD). Some risk factors for ADRD, like genetics, can't be controlled, but others can be treated. One of the most prevalent ...
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Swiss genome of the 1918 influenza virus reconstructed
Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich have used a historical specimen from UZH's Medical Collection to decode the genome of the virus responsible for the 1918–1920 influenza pandemic in Switzerland. The ...
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Ankles might point the way to cartilage repair in osteoarthritis
The ankle's ability to regenerate cartilage uses the same mechanisms that enable some animals to grow new limbs, and it could be harnessed to repair cartilage in knees and hips hobbled by osteoarthritis.
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New drug offers hope of cure for hormone-driven high blood pressure
An international team of researchers led by Professor Morris Brown FRS at Queen Mary University of London found that Baxdrostat, a drug belonging to a new class of aldosterone synthase inhibitors, led to an average fall in ...
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Short videos, long questions: Is there any link with children's attention?
Short-form video isn't new. Before TikTok, there was Vine—a platform that popularized 6-second video clips and helped redefine what it meant to go viral. The "Only a spoonful" of ice cream skit lives rent-free in many netizens' ...

Fighting leukemia by breaking a hidden cell loop
Researchers at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center have identified a signaling loop involved in the growth and persistence of leukemia cells—and developed a novel immunotherapy that can disrupt that loop to boost immune function ...
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