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JANUARY 10, 2025
(NEW) TLDR at the bottom* We are looking at your investment in your own well-being with the emphasis this go round on physical health. Last week we reviewed a helpful lifestyle change framework. Today we go a bit more in depth on movement and exercise. You Know This - still - it’s a good time to review through the lens of self instead of patient care.
Medical Xpress
JANUARY 10, 2025
Humans and mice exposed to long-wavelength red light had lower rates of blood clots that can cause heart attacks, lung damage and strokes, according to research led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC surgeon-scientists and published today in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis.
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NPR Health
JANUARY 10, 2025
Our guts are home to trillions of microbes that influence our health. A new study finds the key to a healthy microbiome is the variety of plant-based food in your diet, even if you eat meat.
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JANUARY 10, 2025
Normandie University researchers have identified critical links between the brain's inhibitory memory control mechanisms and resilience to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). They examined how the hippocampus and prefrontal memory control processes adapt over time in individuals exposed to trauma, with findings suggesting that the plasticity of these systems supports recovery from PTSD and protects against further neurological damage.
NPR Health
JANUARY 10, 2025
A large area of greater Los Angeles had unhealthy air Friday, due to particulate matter from large wildfires. Here are tips for breathing cleaner air indoors if it's smoky outside.
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JANUARY 10, 2025
A new tablet combining albendazole and ivermectin is safe and more effective than albendazole alone in treating Trichuris trichiura and other soil-transmitted helminths (STH), according to a clinical trial conducted by the STOP consortium and led by the Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal).
NPR Health
JANUARY 10, 2025
Air quality in Los Angeles has been poor, posing breathing challenges for people with certain health conditions.
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NPR Health
JANUARY 10, 2025
Air quality in Los Angeles has been poor, posing breathing challenges for people with certain health conditions.
Medical Xpress
JANUARY 10, 2025
As the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether Congress can ban TikTok, new research highlights the health risks that top social media platforms pose to children.
Medical Xpress
JANUARY 10, 2025
Across the United States, no hospital is the same. Equipment, staffing, technical capabilities, and patient populations can all differ. So, while the profiles developed for people with common conditions may seem universal, the reality is that there are nuances that require individual attention, both in the make-up of the patients being seen and the situations of the hospitals providing their care.
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JANUARY 10, 2025
There may be a link between hearing impairment and an increased risk of developing Parkinson's according to research led by Lancaster University.
Medical Xpress
JANUARY 10, 2025
A new study examining the use of high-cost drugs among patients with colorectal cancer and non-small cell lung cancer found those insured through Medicare Advantage received less expensive cancer drugs compared to others on Traditional Medicare.
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JANUARY 10, 2025
A study published in Science Advances shares new insights into how two of the most common types of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells kill cancer.
Medical Xpress
JANUARY 10, 2025
Nearly half of all new cancer drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over the past quarter-century have received that approval based on their ability to target genetic changes driving tumor growth.
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JANUARY 10, 2025
Research led by Brock University has found a possible cure for lung diseases typically found in older adults, such as pulmonary fibrosis. The findings are published in the journal Aging Cell.
Medical Xpress
JANUARY 10, 2025
Cervical cancer remains a major health threat for women globally, with the highest incidence in developing nations. Despite the availability of preventive measures, challenges such as limited health care resources and inadequate screening programs continue to undermine global efforts to eliminate the disease.
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JANUARY 10, 2025
In nulliparous pregnant individuals, higher radon exposure is associated with greater odds of gestational diabetes (GD), according to a study published online Jan. 10 in JAMA Network Open.
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JANUARY 10, 2025
Overall, 15.4% of children aged 0 to 35 months receive an invalid vaccine dose, receiving a vaccine earlier or later than recommended, according to a study published online Jan. 10 in Pediatrics.
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JANUARY 10, 2025
Some maternal medications are associated with lower levels of protein and fat in breastmilk, according to a study published online Jan. 7 in JAMA Network Open.
Medical Xpress
JANUARY 10, 2025
"Kids are resilient" is a refrain often repeated as a source of comfort after an incident in childhood. But what if it just isn't aways true?
Medical Xpress
JANUARY 10, 2025
An international team of researchers, including scientists from the HSE Centre for Language and Brain, has identified the causes of impairments in expressing grammatical tense in people with aphasia. They discovered that individuals with speech disorders struggle with both forming the concept of time and selecting the correct verb tense. However, which of these processes proves more challenging depends on the speaker's language.
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JANUARY 10, 2025
In blood cancers such as chronic lymphocytic leukemia, B cells of the immune system multiply uncontrollably. One form of therapy involves labeling the CD20 protein on the surface of the B cells with customized antibodies. This triggers a chain of immunological reactions and ultimately leads to the destruction of the cancer cells.
Medical Xpress
JANUARY 10, 2025
Oral cancer is an increasingly prevalent disease worldwide, with over 300,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Among oral cancers, tongue cancer (TC) is the most common type and often carries a poor prognosis.
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JANUARY 10, 2025
When we think of a mental health crisis, we often imagine an unpredictable and intense manifestation of a negative mental state.
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JANUARY 10, 2025
For the first two to three weeks of their lives, infants have to undergo screening for neonatal jaundice (NNJ). It typically involves frequent clinic visits, which is not only inconvenient, but vulnerable infants could potentially be exposed to airborne diseases.
Medical Xpress
JANUARY 10, 2025
University of Liverpool researchers have contributed to the largest study to date on sodium valproate use. This significant report shows decreased use in women of childbearing age and during pregnancy, as well as young men, due to safety concerns.
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JANUARY 10, 2025
A research team in the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), found that hip fractures not only result in both physical and psychological injuries, but may also induce adverse cardiovascular events. In particular, hip fracture patients with pre-existing cardiac conditions are associated with a significantly higher risk of cardiovascular events (CVEs) and mortality, poorer prognosis, and greater health service utilization.
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JANUARY 10, 2025
Prostate cancer that has become resistant to hormone therapy could be treated using a new drug that is currently in clinical trials for ovarian and bile duct cancer, according to research published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research.
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JANUARY 10, 2025
Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have found that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)organizations that negotiate access to medicines for most patients in the United Statessteer patients to use their own pharmacies. However, these pharmacies appear less used in Medicare than in other market segments. These PBMs are part of integrated health care conglomerates that own insurance companies and pharmacies, which may create conflicts of interest.
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JANUARY 10, 2025
There has been a significant increase in orphanhood in the last two decades in the U.S., according to a new study. The research, published in Nature Medicine, estimates that in 2021, 2.9 million children in the United States, or 4.2% of all U.S. children, had experienced the death of at least one parent or a grandparent caregiver responsible for most of the basic needs of the child.
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JANUARY 10, 2025
A 28-year-old Cambodian man died from bird flu on Friday after eating sick chickens, the health ministry said.
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JANUARY 10, 2025
New research from the University of St Andrews School of Medicine has found that biomarker testing in individuals at risk of lung cancer led to a major reduction in deaths.
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JANUARY 10, 2025
States with strict abortion bans are losing residents, particularly younger people, which could have long-term economic implications.
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JANUARY 10, 2025
Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and the Singapore General Hospital have discovered that T cellswhite blood cells that can destroy harmful pathogenscan completely prevent viral infection, to an extent previously thought only possible due to neutralizing antibodies.
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