Big Health Inc, along with paid academic investigators, reports higher remission rates and lower anxiety symptom scores with their smartphone-delivered digital cognitive behavioral therapy, DaylightRx, compared with an online psychoeducation,…
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Online psychoeducation underperforms existing digital cognitive behavioral therapy in trial
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Lawsuits Allege Ozempic Is Causing Blindness
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Ozempic and similar weight loss drugs have been found to cut risks for a variety of health issues — ranging from heart to kidney disease —…
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Helping others for a few hours a week may slow brain aging
Strong social ties are often linked to better health, and new research adds a brain benefit to that list. Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and University of Massachusetts Boston report that regularly helping people outside your…
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Human OCEL1 senses bacterial infection to unlock inflammatory responses | Science Immunology
Detection of bacteria by human OCEL1 triggers its proteasomal degradation, resulting in increased NF-κB signaling and inflammation.
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The world risks forgetting one of humanity’s greatest triumphs as polio nears global eradication − 70 years after Jonas Salk developed the vaccine in a Pittsburgh lab
It was like a horror movie. The invisible polio virus would strike, leaving young children on crutches, in wheelchairs or in a dreaded “iron lung” ventilator. Each summer, the fear was so great that public pools and movie theaters…
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Scientists found a new way to slow aging inside cells
People around the world are living longer than ever, and that shift is changing what many want from aging. The goal is no longer just more years, but more good years. That has put new attention on “healthspan,” the stretch of life when someone…
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You have your mother's eyes and your father's heart disease—now what?
The American Heart Association says upcoming family holiday gatherings are a good time to talk about your family health history and how it can play an important role in heart disease.
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How C-reactive protein outpaced ‘bad’ cholesterol as leading heart disease risk marker
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.
Since researchers first established the link between diet, cholesterol and heart disease in the 1950s, risk for heart disease has been partly assessed based on a patient’s…
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As millions of Americans face a steep rise in health insurance costs, lawmakers continue a century-long battle over who should pay for health care
Dec. 15, 2025 – the deadline for enrolling in a marketplace plan through the Affordable Care Act for 2026 – came and went without an agreement on the federal subsidies that kept ACA plans more affordable for many Americans. Despite a
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What determines the fate of a T cell? Research highlights cellular 'housekeeping' mechanism
When killer T cells of our immune system divide, they normally undergo asymmetric cell division (ACD): Each daughter cell inherits different cellular components, which drive the cells toward divergent fates—one cell becomes a short-lived…
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