High cholesterol risk often develops quietly, with no pain or visible warning signs, yet its impact on long-term health can be severe. Many adults feel healthy while LDL cholesterol steadily damages blood vessels, setting the stage…
Category: 8. Health
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Mouse study reveals social hierarchy influences sleep quality during isolation
Researchers tested what factors improve or worsen the quality of sleep in mice. A team including researchers from the University of Tokyo placed mice in two environments, one where they could see and sense other mice without…
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Tiny doses of THC show big benefits for HIV treatment
New research from Texas Biomedical Research Institute suggests that long-term use of very small amounts of THC may reduce inflammation and ease several harmful effects linked to HIV and antiretroviral therapy (ART).
THC, short for…
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This Immune Therapy Repaired Gut Damage for a Full Year
A cancer-fighting immune therapy helped aging guts repair themselves and stay healthier for a year. Many people find that foods they once enjoyed become harder to digest as they get older. One reason may be damage to the intestinal epithelium,…
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Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and stop arthritis
A study led by Stanford Medicine researchers has found that an injection blocking a protein linked to aging can reverse the natural loss of knee cartilage in older mice. The same treatment also stopped arthritis from developing after knee…
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Patients tried everything for depression then this implant changed their lives
About one in five adults in the United States will experience major depression at some point in their lives. Many people improve after trying a few treatments, but for as many as one-third of patients, standard antidepressants or psychotherapy do…
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Trump unveils outline of new health care plan
With the end of federal health insurance subsidies, President Donald Trump has floated a new plan aimed at changing how Americans pay for insurance and medical care.
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Suppressing brain immune cells enhances memory recall in young mice
Babies of every species from mouse to human rapidly forget things that happen to them-an effect called infantile amnesia. A type of brain immune cell called microglia might control this type of forgetting in young mice, according to…
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Native American pregnancy-related deaths: They want a voice to stop the trend
Just hours after Rhonda Swaney left a prenatal appointment for her first pregnancy, she felt severe pain in her stomach and started vomiting.
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GOP cuts will cripple Medicaid enrollment, warns CEO of largest public health plan
When the head of the nation’s largest publicly operated health plan worries about the looming federal cuts to Medicaid, it’s not just her job. It’s personal.
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