For years, preventing diabetes has been closely tied to one main goal: losing weight. However, new research challenges that long-standing assumption.
People diagnosed with prediabetes — a condition affecting up to one in three adults depending…
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Siemens Healthineers launches brain health research portfolio with first biomarker assays now available
Siemens Healthineers announced today its offerings for brain health research are expanding, with the brain-derived, fully automated Atellica IM Phosphorylated tau 217 (pTau217) and Atellica IM Brain Derived Tau (BDTau) assays now…
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GAD Drug Development Has Stalled for 16 Years. iNGENu CRO Is Building the Trial Framework to Change That.
The FDA has not approved a new generalized anxiety disorder treatment since 2009. With a high placebo effect, complex neurobiology, and a long list of failed candidates, GAD represents one of psychiatry’s most persistent clinical challenges. Here…
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New tool helps thousands achieve better blood pressure control
A blood pressure program adopted across the University of California’s six academic medical centers has effectively lowered hypertension and prevented serious disease or death for thousands of patients, according to a new study led…
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Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, perfluoroheptanoic acid, mono-iso-nonyl-phthalate can predict lung cancer mortality
A model composed of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHA), and the plasticizer mono-iso-nonyl-phthalate can predict lung cancer mortality, according to a study published online March 4 in Clinical Cancer Research.
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Self-esteem and openness to LGBTQ peers help all high schoolers, finds a study
For teens entering high school—an anxious time for many—inclusive environments benefit not only those identifying as LGBTQ but also their majority-group peers, Cornell-led psychology research finds. Especially for LGBTQ students, who start…
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Telehealth is great equalizer for postpartum care across racial lines, study finds
The postpartum period is one of the most challenging times for mothers of all backgrounds. In addition to providing 24-hour care for a newborn infant (and likely other members of the family) on limited, sporadic sleep, these individuals are…
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Analysis: In US health insurance market, consolidation of insurers is increasing premiums
The U.S. health insurance industry relies heavily on private markets, but these markets are highly concentrated and are growing more so over time. In a new analysis, researchers document concentration across commercial, Medicare Advantage, and…
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Potential subtype-specific alterations in gut microbiota and branched-chain amino acid metabolism in hydrogen- and methane-predominant small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
Martino, C. et al. Microbiota succession throughout life from the cradle to the grave. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 20 (12), 707–720 (2022).
Aljadah, M. & Widlansky, M. E. Finding needles in the gut…
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Assessment of knowledge and practice of childhood vaccination among mothers of under five year children in Jimma city government health facilities, South-West Oromia, Ethiopia
Woldeamanuel, Y. W. Tetanus in Ethiopia: Unveiling the blight of an entirely vaccine-preventable disease. Curr. Neurol. Neurosci. Rep. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11910-012-0314-3 (2012).
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