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Category: 5. Health
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Cancer uses mitochondria to reprogram neighboring cells
Cancer cells transfer mitochondria through nanotubes to healthy neighboring cells, turning them into tumor-supporting accomplices, a new study shows.
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The Retraction Of A Paper On Apple Cider Vinegar Shows How Good Science Can Work
In March 2024, the journal BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health published a paper describing how regular consumption of apple cider vinegar could help patients lose weight, lower serum cholesterol levels, and help control blood sugar. Patients who…
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Why Gen X women can’t stop eating ultra-processed foods
They were the first generation of Americans to grow up with ultra-processed foods all around them – products typically loaded with extra fat, salt, sugar and flavorings. They were children and young adults at a time when such products, designed…
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Simple blood test predicts liver disease years before symptoms
A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in the scientific journal The BMJ, shows how a simple blood analysis can predict the risk of developing severe liver disease. The method may already start to be applied in primary care to enable…
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More young U.S. adults report trouble with memory and focus
More U.S. adults than ever report having serious trouble concentrating, remembering or making decisions.
In 2023, more than 7 percent of adults without depression self-reported this type of cognitive disability. That figure is up…
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Stunning images reveal how antibiotics shatter bacterial defenses
A team led by UCL (University College London) and Imperial College London researchers has shown for the first time how life-saving antibiotics called polymyxins pierce the armor of harmful bacteria.
The findings, published in the journal Nature…
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Junk food can scramble memory in just 4 days
Diet impacts the brain a lot more than we think.
A new study from UNC School of Medicine researchers, published in Neuron, reveals a unique look at how junk food rewires the brain’s memory hub – leading to risk of cognitive dysfunction. This new…
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Miscarriages, down syndrome, and infertility all linked to this hidden DNA process
When a woman becomes pregnant, the outcome of that pregnancy depends on many things — including a crucial event that happened while she was still growing inside her own mother’s womb. It depends on the quality of the egg cells that were already…
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Doctors tested a common drug on COVID. The results are stunning
A widely available and affordable drug has been shown to be effective in treating seriously ill COVID-19 patients, according to a new international study led by researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) in collaboration with King’s…
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