Heart disease remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide, responsible for about 20 million deaths each year and roughly a quarter of all deaths in the UK. Statins are widely prescribed medications that reduce LDL (“bad”) cholesterol and…
Category: 8. Health
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Benefits, Diet Alternatives, and Lifestyle Changes
Intermittent fasting vs regular meals has become a common question for anyone trying to improve health, manage weight, or gain better control over daily energy levels. Both eating patterns can work, but they do so in different ways…
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How Stopping Tobacco Gives Mental Health Benefits for Long‑Term Well‑Being
Tobacco use is often framed as a physical health issue, but its impact on the mind is just as important. Tobacco cessation mental health research increasingly shows that stopping smoking is linked to better mood, reduced stress, and…
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How Eyeglasses Help Reduce Headaches, Digital Eye Strain, and Improve Sleep Quality
Modern life revolves around screens, bright lighting, and long hours of focused work. As a result, headaches, digital eye strain, and restless sleep have become common complaints across all age groups. Many people don’t realize that…
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Refining risk assessment: bridging statistical innovation and clinical reality
We read with great interest the recent study proposing an integrated genomic–clinical framework that combines Decipher scores with STAR-CAP staging to refine long-term prostate cancer-specific mortality and metastasis risk estimates [1]. The…
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Exogenous myrosinase from mustard seed increases bioavailability of sulforaphane from a glucoraphanin-rich broccoli seed extract in a randomized clinical study
Riboli, E. & Norat, T. Epidemiologic evidence of the protective effect of fruit and vegetables on cancer risk. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 78, 559S–569S (2003).
Yagishita, Y., Fahey, J. W.,…
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Prolonged expiratory time constant and risk of moderate-to-severe exacerbations in stable COPD
World Health Organization. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (2023). https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-(copd). Accessed 31 March 2025.
Safiri, S. et al. Burden of chronic obstructive…
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Chronic inflammation promotes gastric cancer progression via ADAM10-mediated cleavage of CX3CL1
Bray, F. et al. Global cancer statistics 2022: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries. CA Cancer J. Clin. 74, 229–263 (2024).
Smyth, E. C. et…
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DPAS: disease-associated peptide anomaly score for identifying pathogenic peptides via one-class learning
Sperry, J. B. et al. Thermal stability assessment of peptide coupling reagents commonly used in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Org. Process Res. Dev. 22 (9), 1262–1275 (2018).
Al-Azzam, S. et…
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A cross-sectional survey of myopia prevalence and its influencing factors among school children and adolescents under the double reduction policy
Holden, B. A. et al. Global Prevalence of Myopia and High Myopia and Temporal Trends from 2000 through 2050. Ophthalmology 123(5),1036-42. (2016). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2016.01.006
Li, M. et al. Sleep patterns and myopia among…
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