The effect of obesity on brain health may depend not only on how much fat is in the body, but also on the areas of the body where fat is stored, according to a study published today in Radiology, the flagship journal of the…
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Neuropathic bladder patients face complications after hip surgery
Patients with neuropathic bladder (NB), a condition in which nerve damage affects bladder function, have a significantly higher risk of joint infections, blood clots, and other adverse events after receiving total hip replacement (THR), UT…
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What Exactly Is a Superfood Anyway?
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The term “superfood” is sticky. It seems as though every few months, a new…
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AI-based optical diagnostic platform can distinguish harmless sniffles from risky brain fluid leaks
A collaborative research team has developed the world’s first AI-based optical diagnostic platform that enables rapid and accurate differentiation—within minutes—between ordinary nasal secretion and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaking from the…
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What Australia's youth social media ban reveals
When Australia enacted a national law last week banning social media use for children under 16, it became one of the first democracies to attempt such a sweeping intervention. The policy has drawn global attention not only for its implications…
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Restoring confidence: Proposed standards to identify and measure microplastics in the human body
An international team of researchers, led by the University of Queensland and Imperial College London, has proposed a new framework for scientists detecting and measuring microplastics in the human body. Thirty scientists from 20 institutions…
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Key to human intelligence lies in how brain networks work together, neuroimaging study suggests
Modern neuroscience understands the brain as a set of specialized systems. Aspects of brain function such as attention, perception, memory, language, and thought have been mapped onto distinct brain networks, and each has been examined largely in…
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This discovery could let bones benefit from exercise without moving
Researchers from the Department of Medicine at the School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) have identified a biological process that explains how physical activity helps maintain strong bones. The…
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How social stress can worsen colitis, and what it reveals about the biology of IBD
For decades, patients with inflammatory bowel disease have reported a familiar and frustrating pattern: periods of intense stress are often followed by worsening symptoms or full-blown disease flares. Clinicians have observed the same phenomenon,…
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Super Agers’ Genetic Edge Keeps Their Minds Sharp
Super agers show that sharp memory into the 80s is possible, and a protective APOE gene variant appears to lower Alzheimer’s risk and help preserve cognition late in life.
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Super agers, the rare group of people in their 80s who…
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