Researchers led by a team at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have identified biological markers that appear in the earliest stages of Parkinson’s disease, before major damage occurs in the brain. These early changes leave detectable…
Category: 5. Health
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Hims & Hers Super Bowl Ad To Spotlight The Health-Wealth Gap
Hims and Hers’ 2026 Super Bowl ad, “Rich Peiole Live Longer” focused on the health-wealth gap in the United States
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Following the success of its controversial 2025 Super Bowl ad, “Sick of the System,” which focused on the high cost…
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A growing nursing shortage is made worse by nurses’ daily challenges of patients and their families rolling their eyes, yelling and striking
Imagine being a dentist, and your clients roll their eyes at you, comment that you don’t know what you’re doing – or even spit at you.
Unimaginable, right? But that’s what nurses experience when patients or their families do the eye…
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Helping with grandkids may slow cognitive decline
Helping to care for grandchildren may serve as a buffer against cognitive decline in older adults, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.
Helping to care for grandchildren may help protect older adults from…
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Long-term alcohol use linked to a sharp rise in rectal cancer
Past research has shown that drinking alcohol is linked to a higher chance of developing colorectal cancer. New evidence now shows that the total amount of alcohol consumed over a person’s lifetime also plays an important role. Higher lifetime…
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The Health Risks Of Winter Storms
In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at the health risks of winter storms, a new Korean weight loss drug billionaire, a biotech using AI for rare diseases, and more. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here.
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Scientists turn tumor immune cells into cancer killers
Tumors in the human body contain immune cells called macrophages that are naturally capable of attacking cancer. However, tumors suppress these cells, preventing them from carrying out their cancer-fighting role. Researchers at KAIST have now…
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These nanoparticles could destroy disease proteins behind dementia and cancer
A newly released perspective article in Nature Nanotechnology describes an innovative nanoparticle-based approach designed to remove harmful proteins from the body. This advance could dramatically expand the ability to treat so-called…
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How The Cold Void Of Space May Have Kick‑Started Life
Even in the cold, airless regions between stars, cosmic dust grains can help stitch amino acids into short peptides, potentially seeding young planets with ready‑made building blocks for life.
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Life’s basic chemistry may start…
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The hidden reason cancer immunotherapy often fails
Cancer immunotherapy has reshaped cancer treatment by training the body’s immune system to recognize and attack tumors. Drugs known as immune checkpoint inhibitors, which target the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway, have led to long-lasting responses in some…
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