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Two-week monitor after unexplained fainting identifies life-threatening heart conditions
Fitting a wearable heart monitor for 14 days when patients go to the ER with unexplained fainting improves detection of life-threatening heart problems, according to the results of a trial presented at the European Society ...
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Neighborhood walkability linked to lower type 2 diabetes risk in women with prior gestational diabetes
More walkable neighborhoods in New York City were associated with a lower risk of developing postpartum type 2 diabetes among women who had gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), according to a new study from Columbia University ...
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Clues to longevity may reside in the genomes of long-lived bats
The secret to a long life may lie in the genomes of the longest-lived mammals for their size: bats. That idea captivated Juan Manuel Vazquez when he was a graduate student at the University of Chicago, but at the time he ...
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Statins cut first heart attack and stroke risk 30% after age 70
Statins are commonly prescribed to manage high cholesterol in people up to age 75 and are known to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Studies reveal how instability may shape infant attention, brain activity and emotional regulation
A baby's brain is always listening, watching and learning—even when the world around it is chaotic and makes no sense.
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Silent artery plaques may appear in one in 13 adults before age 30
Atherosclerosis, the process underlying most cardiovascular diseases, begins long before the first symptoms appear. An international study shows that the disease can already be detected in apparently healthy young adults ...
Aug 29, 2026
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Preclinical study points to cancer drugs as possible treatments for chronic nerve pain
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found new evidence that BRAF, a protein commonly involved in cancer, plays a key role in developing, amplifying and maintaining chronic pain caused by ...
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Physical exams alone may not reliably diagnose pneumonia in children, national study finds
When a child has symptoms that could be pneumonia, doctors often listen to the child's lungs with a stethoscope to help make a diagnosis. But a new national study led by physician-scientists at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's ...
Aug 29, 2026
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Peroxisome structure can help protect insulin and maintain beta cell health
Researchers at LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center have identified a previously underappreciated role for tiny structures inside cells called peroxisomes in protecting insulin and maintaining the health and maturity ...
Aug 29, 2026
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Nearly one in five Medicaid-eligible adults may miss new 80-hour work rule
A new study found that nearly 20% of eligible adults in Medicaid expansion states are in danger of not meeting the minimum work hours that will be required nationwide beginning Jan. 1. Women, unmarried people, white individuals ...
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People with atrial fibrillation at intermediate risk of stroke benefit from oral anticoagulants, clinical trial finds
Oral anticoagulant therapy lowered the risk of adverse clinical events compared with no anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation at intermediate stroke risk, according to results from the SINGLE-AF trial presented ...
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Can total joint replacement particles reach the brain?
Total joint replacement is a proven treatment to relieve chronic knee pain, but concerns have been raised that particles from the device may migrate to the brain and cause memory problems. New research from Rush University ...
Aug 28, 2026
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New combination therapy shows promise in metastatic pancreatic cancer
Results from an early-stage clinical trial, published in Nature Communications, showed encouraging outcomes among patients with newly diagnosed cancer whose tumors had spread to distant organs. Most strikingly, one patient ...
Aug 28, 2026
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Even symptom-free IBD patients show gut cells primed for damage, study finds
Researchers have uncovered early molecular warning signs of inflammatory bowel disease, revealing the condition can begin before symptoms appear and continue silently even when patients appear well. The WEHI-led study found ...
Aug 28, 2026
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World's first solar ambulance is energy independent while delivering health care in Kenya
Student team Solar Team Eindhoven from Eindhoven University of Technology has successfully completed the first practical tests of the solar ambulance Stella Juva in Kenya. The ambulance generates more solar energy than it ...
Aug 28, 2026
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22 million human immune cells help decode context-dependent gene circuits
Scientists from Gladstone Institutes, UC San Francisco and Stanford University, in collaboration with Biohub, have unveiled a massive, high-resolution functional map of human immune cells that promises to transform our understanding ...
Aug 28, 2026
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New RNA vaccine strategy aims to build broader immunity against mutating viruses
New research by Malaghan's Connor Laboratory, published in PNAS, shows how directing the immune system toward conserved areas of the COVID virus and its many variants using RNA technology could be a significant step toward ...
Aug 28, 2026
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Brain scans reveal how personalized social media content may amplify negative moods
While social media algorithms have become excellent at matching a user's viewing habits with targeted, personalized content, psychologists at The University of Texas at Dallas have found that these algorithms may negatively ...
Aug 28, 2026
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The hidden role of a cell-cycle regulator in senescent cells that don't divide
In a tale of identities as divergent as "The Prince and the Pauper," a well-known cancer-causing gene also influences cells in a zombie-like state meant to prevent cancer.
Aug 28, 2026
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Brain recordings hint at how AI reads facial expressions differently from us
The human brain can recognize a person's face and expression in less than a blink of an eye, but current artificial intelligence (AI) models, although fairly accurate at doing the same, use a different process than the brain. ...
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