When people stop taking the new generation of weight-loss drugs they pile back on the kilos four times faster than they would after ending diet and exercise regimens, new research found Thursday.
Category: 8. Health
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Study shows how fast kilos return after ending weight-loss drugs
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Some food preservatives linked to higher cancer, diabetes risk
Eating some common food preservatives is linked to a slightly higher risk of eventually developing cancer and diabetes, according to two large French studies published Thursday.
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Rise of preterm births in US linked to poverty and race
Researchers at Boston Medical Center, working with colleagues at University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health report that US preterm birth rates rose from 2011–2021 in households earning less…
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Digital 'memory palace' illuminates how locations help us encode memories
It’s obvious to most people as soon as they set foot in a place they know well—like their childhood bedroom or a former classroom—that place and memory are intimately linked.
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Scientists Discover a High-Protein Diet Could Dramatically Reduce Cholera Infections
Certain foods may play an important role in protecting the body from dangerous bacterial infections. A new study from the University of California, Riverside suggests that what people eat may significantly weaken cholera, a dangerous bacterial…
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Researchers Discover New Way To Wake Up Cancer-Killing T Cells
A new multi-pronged antibody design could help immune cells receive stronger activation signals against cancer. Researchers at the University of Southampton have identified a new strategy that could strengthen how the immune system responds to…
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International collaboration produces detailed models of the 3D genome over time in cells
In its effort to correlate genomic structure with gene function, the 4D Nucleome Consortium (4DN), led by Job Dekker, Ph.D., at UMass Chan Medical School, has extensively mapped and analyzed the three-dimensional folding of the human genome in…
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How stress hormone receptors alter the brain and behavior: Zebrafish study provides insights
Stress, the body’s natural response to different types of challenges and daily problems, is an inherently harmless state experienced by most people worldwide. While short-term stress is a common experience and can even be beneficial, acute or…
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Plastic Surgeons Are Using Material From Dead People on New Patients
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images
Cosmetic surgeons have turned to using a “fat filler” harvested from dead people in order to give patients new breasts, sexier buttocks and…
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This Study Might Just Explain the Vast Political Divide in America
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images
If you’ve been watching the intense partisan divide over the killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minnesota this week, it’s likely felt…
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