It’s well established that gum disease and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are strongly linked. But what wasn’t known, until a recent study, was that the two churn through a vicious cycle, feeding off each other and triggering damaging inflammation.
Category: 8. Health
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Q&A: Vicious cycle? How gum disease and rheumatoid arthritis feed off one another
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Memory training technique may help lower stress by shifting recall patterns
Our minds have a tendency to latch onto negative experiences more strongly than positive ones. While occasional negative thoughts are a common human experience, persistent ones can trap people in a self-reinforcing cycle, deepening feelings of…
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Exposure to wildfire smoke late in pregnancy may raise autism risk in children
Exposure to wildfire smoke during the final months of pregnancy may raise the risk that a child is later diagnosed with autism, according to a new study led by Tulane University researchers.
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Physical therapy research highlights the toll of arthritis on the workforce, as well as the path forward
According to new research from the University of Delaware, nearly 40% of American adults ages 18 to 64 with arthritis—almost 10 million people—say the medical condition is limiting their ability to work.
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Multiple unexpected chemical contaminants exist in human milk, though at low concentrations
An interdisciplinary team including researchers at McGill University has found a range of unexpected chemical contaminants in human milk samples from Canada and South Africa. The chemicals include traces of pesticides, antimicrobials and…
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An oral cancer drug shows promise against aggressive brain tumors
A national clinical trial led by the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology has found that abemaciclib, an oral cancer drug, may slow tumor growth in patients with aggressive meningiomas that have specific genetic mutations. This primary…
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The Confabulations of Oliver Sacks
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I loved literature before I loved medicine, and as a medical student, I often…
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Blood test may offer early warning of liver cancer recurrence after liver transplant
A personalized blood test known as a circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) test—which detects tiny fragments of cancer DNA circulating in the bloodstream—may help identify liver cancer recurrence earlier in transplant recipients and reduce the need…
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Brain activity maps challenge traditional descriptions of prefrontal cortex
For more than a century, maps of the brain have been based on how brain tissue looks under the microscope. These anatomical maps divide the brain into regions according to structural variations in the tissue. But do these divisions really reflect…
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Trump’s HHS Trashes Top African Health Organization as “Fake” and “Powerless”
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Last week, we broke down a major debacle unfolding in the health research space. To recap: over the past month, concerned…
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