Obesity is a global epidemic and a major cause of morbidity and mortality because it increases the risk for comorbidities, including heart disease and fatty liver disease (MASLD). Rates of these disorders have risen as the world increasingly…
Category: 8. Health
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Key enzyme controls both weight gain and cholesterol levels in animal models
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Scientists reverse Alzheimer’s in mice and restore memory
A study reveals that restoring the brain’s energy balance may not just slow Alzheimer’s — but actually reverse it.
- For more than a century, Alzheimer’s disease has been widely viewed as permanent and untreatable once it begins. As a result,…
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Text messages could be key to helping TB patients quit smoking, according to study
Tuberculosis (TB) patients who smoke will recover far more quickly if they can quit—and help could come from their mobile phones, according to new research.
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Vaccination Improves Immune Response After Infection
The concept of vaccination was first developed in the 19th century when Dr. Edward Jenner made the observation that milkmaids were immune to a deadly virus known as smallpox. He realized that most milkmaids…
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Holiday heart risk: Overindulgence, stress, cold increase heart attacks
Eat, drink and enjoy the outdoors and family gatherings—in moderation, say those who see an increase in heart emergencies during the holiday season.
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'The best gift ever': Baby is born after the rarest of pregnancies, defying all odds
Suze Lopez holds her baby boy on her lap and marvels at the remarkable way he came into the world.
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Rb1 deficiency induces synthetic lethality with ATR and PKMYT1 coinhibition in breast cancer cell lines and patient-derived xenografts | Science Translational Medicine
ATR/PKMYT1 coinhibition induces synthetic lethality in Rb1-deficient breast cancers, supporting biomarker-guided therapy.
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Targeting brain hubs of ictal fast ripple activity to reduce seizures in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy | Science Translational Medicine
Epileptic network analysis based on fast ripple interregional coincidence allows us to identify brain targets for neurostimulation treatment.
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Reconnecting the vagus nerve to the heart through nerve conduit preserves cardiac function in a minipig model of right cardiac vagotomy | Science Translational Medicine
Partial repair of cardiac right vagus nerve using an implantable conduit after vagal resection limits cardiac tissue damage and dysfunction.
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HDAC5 deacetylates cytosolic ACTN4 during skin reepithelialization and represents a therapeutic target for chronic wound healing | Science Translational Medicine
HDAC5 governs wound repair by deacetylating cytosolic ACTN4, and the selective activator G194-0712 improves chronic wound healing in mouse models.
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