For more than a century, heparin has been the go-to anticoagulant to prevent harmful blood clots in blood vessels or the heart from forming or getting larger. However, a major side effect is an increased risk of excessive…
Category: 8. Health
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New breath test could quickly diagnose bacterial infections
Infectious diseases are a major cause of death worldwide, and diagnosing bacterial infections remains a challenge in medicine. And doing so reliably is more important than ever, given the increasing frequency of antibiotic…
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Study of coroners' reports highlights safety concerns linked to fentanyl patch deaths
Fentanyl is a highly potent and fast-acting synthetic opioid used to treat severe pain and is available in several forms, including injections, nasal sprays and skin patches. The study, which is published in the British Journal of Clinical…
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Scientists Uncover Aging Link That Could Change How Cancer Is Treated
A new study reveals how aging changes the biological behavior of lung cancer. Scientists at the University of Gothenburg have identified a protein that may increase the risk of lung cancer spreading and returning after treatment. Their findings…
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“Harmless” Peptide May Actually Be Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease
Research from UC Santa Cruz indicates that the P3 peptide—an alternative cleavage product of the amyloid precursor protein—may play a role in Alzheimer’s disease. For many years, pharmaceutical companies have focused their Alzheimer’s…
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Positive childhood experiences are important for long-term outcomes, but not everyone gets them
For decades, members of the Rural Health Research Center have been studying how childhood experiences impact long-term outcomes. Much of this research has examined the negative effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) such as divorce,…
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You Can Have a Normal Weight and Still Be at Risk for Heart Failure
Research Highlights Fat stored around the waist, often called belly fat or visceral fat, showed a much stronger link to heart failure risk than body mass index (BMI), making waist size a more revealing measure of risk. Inflammation throughout the…
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What's 'dirty fuel' doing to our lungs? The same as it did for most of 2025
Australians may have seen headlines warning “dirty fuel” is back, temporarily, to ease fuel supplies. The phrase sounds alarming, but it has a specific and fairly narrow meaning.
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Medications for alcohol use disorder reduce hospitalizations and health care costs
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) remains a major public health challenge in the United States, contributing to more than 170,000 deaths each year and imposing an estimated $249 billion economic burden through health care costs, lost productivity, and…
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Luxury Cruise Descends Into a Diarrhea Nightmare
Ships have always been a particularly efficient vector for diseases. Plague-infested rats found…
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