A team led by Min Zhang and Dabao Zhang at the University of California, Irvine’s Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health has developed the most comprehensive maps yet of how genes directly influence one another in brain cells affected by…
Category: 5. Health
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Stop eating 3 hours before bed to improve heart health
Researchers at Northwestern Medicine explored whether timing an overnight fast to match a person’s natural sleep wake cycle could improve heart and metabolic health. The circadian rhythm plays a central role in regulating cardiovascular and…
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Scientists find nerves actively fuel pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most difficult cancers to diagnose early, and it often does not respond well to standard treatments. Because of this, scientists are searching for new ways to stop the disease before it advances. Researchers…
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‘Smart Underwear’ Finds People Fart More Often Than Previously Thought
Study participants wearing the Smart Underwear farted on average 32 times a day, which is more than the 10 to 20 farts a day that people have self-reported before.
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Massive study finds most statin side effects aren’t caused by the drugs
Heart disease remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide, responsible for about 20 million deaths each year and roughly a quarter of all deaths in the UK. Statins are widely prescribed medications that reduce LDL (“bad”) cholesterol and…
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Humana Bolsters CenterWell Primary Care With Another Deal
Humana’s fast-growing CenterWell healthcare services business added another network of senior primary care centers with the acquisition of Florida-based MaxHealth.
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How GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs Have Revolutionized Obesity- Lessons Learned
A public health expert explains how GLP-1 drugs have changed the way healthcare providers understand and treat obesity.
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When Patients Win, Hospitals Lose
Hospitals and health systems have been operating with a broken business model for decades. It’s time for a moral reckoning on the subject.
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This breakthrough could finally unlock male birth control
Researchers at Michigan State University have identified a molecular “switch” that boosts sperm energy just before they attempt to fertilize an egg. The finding could improve infertility treatments and support the development of safe, nonhormonal…
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The human exposome could change everything we know about disease
A prominent scientific session moderated by the Financial Times, titled “How the human exposome will unlock better health and medicine,” will bring together three leaders of the Global Exposome Forum from the United States and Europe. They will…
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