New guidelines recommend considering cholesterol-lowering statins in the 30s, screening all adults for hidden risk factors and starting cholesterol checks at age 9-11.
Category: 8. Health
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Should You Take A Statin In Your 30s? A Doctor Explains The New Guidelines
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Scientists tested vitamin D for COVID and found an unexpected long COVID clue
Findings from a large study led by Mass General Brigham suggest scientists should continue investigating whether vitamin D supplements could influence long COVID. The research showed that taking high doses of vitamin D3 did not make COVID-19…
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Fathers’ tobacco use linked to metabolic changes in their children
New research published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society suggests that a father’s nicotine exposure could influence how his offspring process sugar. In a mouse study, scientists found that paternal nicotine intake led to metabolic changes…
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Scientists discover ALS protein that links DNA repair to cancer and dementia
Researchers at Houston Methodist have discovered that a protein tied to neurodegenerative conditions such as dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) also helps control a critical DNA repair process. This repair system, known as DNA…
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Hidden deep-sea proteins could supercharge disease tests
Researchers have identified previously unknown DNA-binding proteins in some of the most extreme places on Earth and demonstrated that they can enhance rapid medical tests used to detect infectious diseases.
The international team was led by…
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New Data Centers Will Be Powered by Human Brain Cells
Last year, researchers at Australian biotech startup Cortical Labs showed off its CL1, the…
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O-GlcNAcylation of YAP1 promotes lung transplant ischemia-reperfusion injury via binding to HIF1α transcription factor and activating autophagy and mitophagy
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Addition of zoledronic acid to consolidation chemotherapy in Ewing sarcoma—EURO EWING 2012 (EE2012): an international, open-label, randomised controlled phase III trial
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Womer RB, West DC, Krailo MD, Dickman PS, Pawel BR, Grier HE, et al. Randomized…
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Synergistic effects of HDAC inhibitor tucidinostat and ENT inhibitor dipyridamole in T-cell malignancies
Bates, S. E. Epigenetic Therapies for Cancer. N. Engl. J. Med. 383, 650–663. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMra1805035 (2020).
Sun, Y. et al. Therapeutic potential of tucidinostat, a…
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Topical acacia gum reshapes staphylococcal dysbiosis and inflammation in atopic dermatitis
Guttman-Yassky, E., Renert-Yuval, Y. & Brunner, P. M. Atopic dermatitis. Lancet 405, 583–596 (2025).
Sacotte, R. & Silverberg, J. I. Epidemiology of adult atopic dermatitis. Clin. Dermatol.…
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