A new study suggests that widely used GLP-1 weight-loss drugs may do more than improve metabolic health: they could also protect the heart after a heart attack. Doctors can often reopen the blocked artery that triggers a heart attack, but that is…
Category: 8. Health
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Weight Loss Drugs Like Ozempic and Wegovy Show Surprising Heart Health Benefits
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Researcher disputes claim that multilingualism promotes better brain aging
University of Houston professor of psychology Arturo Hernandez is disputing a high-profile study published in the journal Nature Aging claiming that people who live in multilingual countries show healthier brain aging. Though the study got lots…
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Menopause hormone therapy is popular, so why the 'mad scramble' to fill prescriptions?
With the removal of the black-box warning on hormone therapy for menopause, some providers and patients report shortages or delays, waiting for a pharmacy to restock transdermal estrogen patches.
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High-intensity interval training boosts muscle mitochondria, study shows
Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark investigated how eight weeks of high-intensity interval training affect the structure of mitochondria—the parts of muscle cells that produce energy. The study shows that training not only…
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Q&A: How a tiny cellular portal could open vast possibilities for medicine
Inside each of your cells lies a nucleus, its master command center. Protected inside each nucleus are your chromosomes, containing all the genetic instructions for making proteins. To keep the body operating smoothly, proteins, RNA molecules,…
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Elevated heart failure risk identified in adults with prediabetes, hypertension and subclinical heart injury or stress
A new study from researchers led by Johns Hopkins Medicine reports substantial new evidence that elevated blood biomarkers of subclinical heart injury or stress—heart muscle damage without symptoms of a heart attack—are linked to an increased…
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Cancer patients want to participate in difficult decisions
“Patients do not want to be shielded from difficult treatment decisions,” says Associate Professor Jannicke Rabben at Norway’s University of Agder (UiA). “Even patients who say that the doctor knows best often want to be involved when the…
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Deep-frozen brain region restarts electrical activity after thawing
Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Uniklinikum Erlangen have succeeded in preserving brain tissue through extreme deep freezing. After thawing, the neurons begin exchanging electrical signals again. The…
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Support, educate, empower coaching program tied to improved glaucoma meds adherence
A Support, Educate, Empower (SEE) glaucoma coaching program improves medication adherence compared with standard written education, according to a study published online Feb. 26 in JAMA Ophthalmology.
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Circadian rhythm drives metabolic dysfunction in fat cells, study finds
Northwestern Medicine scientists led by Joseph Bass, MD, Ph.D., the Charles F. Kettering Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism and director of the Center for Diabetes and Metabolism, have discovered how disruptions in the circadian rhythm…
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