The Sunway Medical Center in Ipoh, north of Kuala Lumpur.
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Sunway Healthcare Holdings—a unit of Malaysian billionaire Jeffrey Cheah’s Sunway Group— is raising 2.9 billion ringgit ($736 million) from its IPO, in…
Category: 8. Health
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New “Cellular” Target Could Transform How We Treat Alzheimer’s Disease
A new study from researchers highlights an unexpected player in Alzheimer’s disease: aging astrocytes. Senescent astrocytes have been identified as a major contributor to Alzheimer’s progression. The cells lose protective functions and fuel…
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What Happens to Your Brain When You Eat 30% Less for 20 Years?
Long-term calorie restriction may help preserve brain cell function and slow molecular signs of aging. As we grow older, brain cells gradually lose efficiency. Cells in the central nervous system begin to show metabolic problems and accumulate…
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Study of 1.2 Million Infants Reveals the Truth About Vegan Baby Diets
Research on nearly 1.2 million infants shows vegan and vegetarian diets can support normal growth in the first two years of life. As more families adopt plant-based eating habits, many parents and pediatricians have wondered whether avoiding…
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Healthcare CIOs Enter The AI Maturity Era
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Vive 2026 and HIMSS 2026 are popular healthcare IT conferences. For CIOs and decision-makers, networking is the main draw—hallway conversations often surpass keynotes in value. The key takeaway from this…
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New AHA Study Finds That Prevalence Of Cardiovascular Disease In Women Will Skyrocket By 2050
Cardiovascular and heart disease is already the leading cause of death for women in the United States.
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More than eco-anxiety: Study exposes emotional fallout of climate crisis for youth
A few years ago, researcher Maya Gislason’s young child came home from school with her crayon drawing of Earth in 2020 and 2050. “The first was blue and green; the second was a planet on fire,” she says. “Her question to me was: How old will I be…
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What the constant sound of modern life is doing to our minds
For most of human existence, listening was closely tied to moments that carried meaning, emotion or survival. Nature supplied the backdrop—wind, water, animals—and music surfaced in hunting rituals, healing ceremonies and communal celebrations.
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Largest study of vegetarian diets and cancer shows lower risk of five cancers
The largest ever study of non-meat diets and cancer risk has found that vegetarian diets are associated with lower risks of several cancers—breast, prostate, kidney and pancreatic cancers, and multiple myeloma—but a higher risk of squamous…
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A potential immunotherapy strategy for early-stage prostate cancer
Immunotherapy has been generally ineffective for prostate cancer because the tumors are considered immunologically “cold,” meaning they do not attract enough immune cells to mount a strong attack. Hormone therapy commonly used for prostate…
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