The Hindu

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Researchers develop a model predicting newborn birth weight using routine scans, crucial for maternal and foetal health.

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News Medical Health Sciences

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Social media posts from food and beverage brands targeting youth reached billions, with fast food and sugary drinks dominating impressions and engagement.

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Preventing Chronic Disease

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

HPAI A(H5N1) Virus in Cats, South Korea, 2023

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News Medical Health Sciences

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among Western women, with up to 10% of cases attributed to genetic variants.

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Smart Data Collective

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

AI has made tradelines more accessible which helps people improve their credit scores.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Researchers link microscopic protein structures and cellular interactions to individual differences in brain connectivity, offering new insights into brain function and variability.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Researchers have discovered a new cell division pathway in MRSA that enables high-level resistance to β-lactam antibiotics, marking a critical insight into the persistence of these 'superbugs'.

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The Hindu

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

While orphan drugs are crucial to treating rare, sometimes debilitating conditions, the high cost of their research and development is a major barrier in India

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News Medical Health Sciences

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

A drug commonly used to treat glaucoma has been shown in zebrafish and mice to protect against the build-up in the brain of the protein tau, which causes various forms of dementia and is implicated in Alzheimer’s disease.

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Mercola

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Household microbiomes are communities of microorganisms that inhabit the surfaces and environments within your home. According to recent research published in the Frontiers in Microbiology journal, 1 certain surfaces and environments in your household harbor diverse communities of bacteriophages. Showerheads and toothbrushes are particularly significant as they serve as constant habitats for these microbes, creating glue-like communities — called “biofilms” — where these tiny organisms thrive. 2

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News Medical Health Sciences

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Researchers used Raman spectroscopy to study bone chemistry in sailors from the Mary Rose, revealing aging patterns and potential handedness impacts on clavicles.

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The Medical News

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Brain disorders like Parkinson's (PD) or Alzheimer's Disease (AD) start to develop in patients much earlier than when their first clinical symptoms appear. Treating patients at these early stages could slow or even stop their disease, but there is currently no way to diagnose brain disorders at those pre-symptomatic stages.

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News Medical Health Sciences

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

A study co-led by a Johns Hopkins Children's Center clinician-researcher shows that adding text messaging and other electronic feedback to traditional in-clinic health counseling for parents about feeding habits, playtime and exercise prevents very young children from developing obesity and potentially lifelong obesity-related problems.

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Black Health Matters

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Health Education Advocacy and Learning (HEAL) is a non-profit collaborative created to provide every community with access to resources that will help them thrive. Through HEAL, communities of color are educated, advocated for, and connected. While HEAL Collaborative works across many areas of health conditions, they have been especially active with advocating for those with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)—a long-term condition categorized as the gradual decline in kidney health and function.

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News Medical Health Sciences

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Lifestyle management in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) needs to reduce weight stigma, because for some people living with it, overly focusing on weight loss can negatively impact their mental health and wellbeing, a Monash University-led systematic review has found.

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The Medical News

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Former teacher Professor of Education David Putwain says 'heavy-handed' messages around test results can fuel extreme worry among some 16 to 18-year-olds, even when others respond well to such messages.

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News Medical Health Sciences

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

A University of Rochester research team is reporting a new way to detect cancer cells with a "liquid biopsy" that's designed to be simpler, faster, and more informational than current methods.

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The Medical News

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Socioeconomic factors such as education, occupation, and wealth influence the likelihood of developing cognitive impairment or dementia in later life and whether a person is likely to recover, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

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News Medical Health Sciences

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Alimetry has raised an oversubscribed US $18m A2 financing round to commercialize its wearable gut health monitoring device, capitalizing on increased adoption by a growing cohort of US hospitals.

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Health workers say they won't be able to vaccinate all the children they had planned to reach because of ongoing fighting.

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News Medical Health Sciences

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Some Australian mothers regard navigating their personal health care in between pregnancies as confusing, inconsistent, and hard to access, new research by a Monash University-led team has found.

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NPR Health

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

With the Affordable Care Act once again under fire from Republicans, a leading health care economist explains what a Republican sweep might mean for the health coverage of 45 million Americans.

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News Medical Health Sciences

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

We use our lips to talk, eat, drink, and breathe; they signal our emotions, health, and aesthetic beauty. It takes a complex structure to perform so many roles, so lip problems can be hard to repair effectively. Basic research is essential to improving these treatments, but until now, models using lip cells -; which perform differently to other skin cells -; have not been available.

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Mercola

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

You've probably heard that moderate alcohol consumption isn't likely to harm your health and may even be beneficial. But it's becoming increasingly clear that even small amounts of alcohol can harm your health. A recent large-scale study involving participants from the UK Biobank has shed new light on the relationship between alcohol consumption and gout risk. 1 Surprisingly, even light to moderate consumption of several alcoholic beverages was associated with an increased risk of gout.

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News Medical Health Sciences

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

A new USC study involving 8,500 children from across the country reveals that a form of air pollution, largely the product of agricultural emissions, is linked to poor learning and memory performance in 9- and 10-year-olds.

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The Hill

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Sunday former President Trump assured him that he would get a role in the White House if the GOP ticket wins Tuesday. In an interview on Fox News with Martha MacCallum, Kennedy pushed back on comments made by Trump-Vance transition team co-Chair Howard Lutnick this past week, when he said Kennedy is “not getting a job” as leader of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Scientists at Northwestern and Case Western Reserve universities have developed the first polymer-based therapeutic for Huntington's disease, an incurable, debilitating illness that causes nerve cells to break down in the brain.

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The Hill

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Former President Trump expressed tentative support for former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plan to remove fluoride from water. “Well, I haven’t talked to him about it yet, but it sounds OK to me,” Trump told NBC News on Sunday. “You know, it’s possible.” Kennedy, who ran for president but suspended his bid in August and endorsed Trump, has spread unfounded health-related conspiracies.

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News Medical Health Sciences

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Research led by the University of Michigan has provided compelling evidence that could solve a fundamental mystery in the makeup of fibrils that play a role in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases

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Washington University in St. Louis - Institute for

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Liberty Vittert, PhD, professor of the practice of data science at Olin and Public Health Faculty Scholar, explains “the betting models predicting that Trump will win based on of the “vibes” of social media engagement” in an opinion piece she wrote for “The Hill.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Neuroblastoma (NB), the most prevalent extracranial solid tumor in children, poses a significant therapeutic challenge due to its metastasis and high heterogeneity. A recent study leveraging single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) has uncovered vital molecular mechanisms underlying NB's progression and metastasis, shedding light on potential therapeutic targets.

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The Hill

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could help reshape the country’s health care system if former President Trump wins the presidential election Tuesday, concerning skeptics who say his anti-vax posture is dangerous and may become mainstream. Kennedy has been openly angling for a lead position in one of several public health agencies, hoping to make his “Make America Healthy Again” platform a reality, especially around immunizations.

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News Medical Health Sciences

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

A team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has discovered that a group of cells located in the skin and other areas of the body, called neural crest stem cells, are the source of reprogrammed neurons found by other researchers.

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News Medical Health Sciences

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

More than 25 payloads sponsored by the International Space Station (ISSInternational Space Station) National Laboratory, including technology demonstrations, in-space manufacturing, student experiments, and multiple projects funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), are bound for the orbiting outpost.

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