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Mechanical aortic valves showed improved long-term survival in patients aged 60 and younger

News Medical Health Sciences

A late-breaking study presented today at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs) provide significant long-term survival benefits for patients aged 60 and younger compared to bioprosthetic valves. The study, leveraging data from the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database (ACSD), offers the most comprehensive analysis to date of prosthetic valve outcomes, encompassing over 100,000 patients.

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Assam tea workers prone to post-TB fungal disease: study

The Hindu

Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis or CPA is a life-threatening infection that strikes individuals with immunodeficiency; an earlier study had flagged prevalence of epidemic dropsy in States tea belt

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Study reveals the importance of physical activity for healthy aging

News Medical Health Sciences

Can physical activity extend the lifespans of older adults? A review article published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) [link] summarizes the considerable evidence supporting the important role physical activity plays in preventing or reducing the effects of diseases and discusses how to prescribe effective exercise for older adults.

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Dark Chocolate May Lower Diabetes Risk, While Milk Chocolate Adds Pounds

Mercola

Type 2 diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by high blood sugar levels due to the bodys ineffective use of insulin. This condition occurs when cells become resistant to insulin or when your pancreas fails to produce enough insulin to maintain normal glucose levels. If left untreated, Type 2 diabetes leads to serious health complications.

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Study highlights novel approaches to treating diabetic cardiomyopathy

News Medical Health Sciences

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a specific type of cardiomyopathy that is independent of hypertension and coronary artery disease, and is closely associated with the high incidence and mortality of heart failure in people with diabetes.

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Keep a watch on thyroid disorders, do regular check-ups: experts

The Hindu

About 40% to 50% of the population will have undiagnosed thyroid problem and only a small percentage will get detected, says Dr.

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Unmasking Thyroid Health via the Iodine Connection

Mercola

Thyroid disease is a complex condition that affects millions worldwide, influencing metabolism and development. Characterized by an imbalance in thyroid hormones, it encompasses hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism and various structural abnormalities like goiters and nodules. Common symptoms of thyroid disease include fatigue, ability to lose weight, dry skin, constipation, but these signs are often vague and easily mistaken for other health issues.

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Researchers reveal the role of texture and taste in shifting to a planet-friendly diet

News Medical Health Sciences

Understanding the science behind meaty tastes and textures could be the key for more people switch to a planet-friendly plant diet, researchers suggest.

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Developing anti-TDE vaccine for sensitizing cancer cells to treatment and metastasis control

NPJ Vaccine

npj Vaccines, Published online: 27 January 2025; doi:10.

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Early detection of tumor spread improves treatment outcomes

News Medical Health Sciences

A group led by the Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University succeeded in the diagnosis of leptomeningeal disease in diffuse midline gliomas by detecting H3K27M-mutant droplets from circulating tumor DNA of cerebrospinal fluid taken from these patients.

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The biomechanics of the vagina: a complete review of incomplete data

NPJ Women's Health

npj Women's Health, Published online: 27 January 2025; doi:10.

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Ross procedure offers durable results in young patients

News Medical Health Sciences

Young patients who have undergone the Ross procedure for aortic valve disease have shown excellent long-term survival, the majority without the need for additional surgery two decades later.

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Stabilizing permafrost with solar-powered cooling systems

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 27 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00644-3 Elizaveta Sharaborova discusses how a laboratory-scale controlled cooling experiment can be used to test how a protective frozen layer can prevent the destabilization of permafrost.

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Real-world data reveals survival benefits of anatomic resections for early-stage lung cancer

News Medical Health Sciences

New research presented at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that anatomic lung resections, such as lobectomy and segmentectomy, are associated with improved long-term survival compared to wedge resection for patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

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Weekly Health Quiz: Toxin Defense, Vitamin D and Thyroid Health

Mercola

1 Why might you question the overuse of medical resources, such as CT scans, in ICU care? CT scans are less accurate than other diagnostic tools Overuse of resources can delay critical care and increase patient risks Overuse of medical resources may not improve patient outcomes and can delay timely interventions, highlighting the importance of questioning unnecessary tests.

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A multi-biomarker approach for improving the accuracy of transient ischemic attack diagnosis

News Medical Health Sciences

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. Accurate diagnosis of transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) is challenging. This study was aimed at analyzing blood biomarkers to distinguish TIAs from mimics.

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You think red dye no. 3 is dangerous? This is much worse.

Washington University in St. Louis - Institute for

Do we really need to worry about red dye number 3 now that it has been banned? Not really, says Liberty Vittert, PhD, professor of the practice of data Science at Olin and Public Health Faculty Scholar, in an opinion piece she wrote for The Hill.

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Blood test for ctDNA identifies patients who benefit from celecoxib after surgery

News Medical Health Sciences

A data analysis from a randomized clinical trial for stage 3 colon cancer patients by investigators at Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center found that patients with evidence of residual cancer in their blood after surgery to remove the cancer, may benefit from adding of celecoxib, to post surgery treatment.

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Author Correction: How often do supereruptions occur?

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 27 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00646-1 Author Correction: How often do supereruptions occur?

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Triple therapy shows strong response in BRAF V600E mutant metastatic colorectal cancer

News Medical Health Sciences

Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) harboring BRAF V600E mutations benefitted from first-line treatment with the targeted therapies encorafenib and cetuximab plus a mFOLFOX6 chemotherapy regimen, according to results from the PhaseIII BREAKWATER trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

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Maharashtra records first suspected death due to Guillain-Barré Syndrome; cases in Pune cross 100

The Hindu

The clinical report and autopsy report of the deceased prima facia suggest cause of death as GBS

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