Fri.Apr 04, 2025

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How To Get Rid of SIBO For Good

AMMD

There’s nothing worse than feeling so bloated you can’t fit into your favorite clothes. You’re embarrassed by the foul-smelling gas you’re passing, and you’re so constipated to have to reach for a laxative just to find relief. If that’s you, there’s a good chance you’re dealing with small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)— a form of intestinal bacterial overgrowth that disrupts digestion and causes uncomfortable symptoms.

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Major deal wipes out $30 billion in medical debt. Even backers say it's not enough

NPR Health

Undue Medical Debt is retiring unpaid medical bills for 20 million people. The debt trading company that owned them is leaving the market.

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Scientists cast new light on how fasting impacts the immune system

Medical Xpress

New research from The University of Manchester may reshape our understanding of what happens to the immune system when we fast. The study on mice shows that the brain's hypothalamus controls how the immune system adapts during fasting, through a handful of highly specialized neurons responsible for making animals hungry.

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Green Practice News: April 2025

My Green Doctor

In This Issue : New Research: Teaching Patients about Climate Resilience Make the Pledge Today to Go Green Get Ready for Earth Day 2025 (part 2)! New Research: Teaching Patients about Climate Resilience Newly published original research co-authored by My Green Doctor’s Dr. Todd Sack concludes that, “ the medical office waiting room appears to be an accepted, time-efficient, and effective site to communicate knowledge on climate change and health. ” We will be sharing different insights and

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How the brain uses context boundaries to guide decision-making in both spatial and abstract environments

Medical Xpress

The DAM-Decision and Memory group at Universitat Jaume I in Castell, led by Raphael Kaplan and composed of researchers from Spain, Italy and the United States, has recently published the results of two studies that provide new insights into human brain behavior in everyday activities such as decision-making and social interaction.

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How will the deep cuts at the Centers for Disease Control affect global programs?

NPR Health

The U.S. agency has not released information on what global programs were cut this week. NPR spoke to current employees who provided exclusive details.

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Platform-predicted treatments improve outcomes for platinum-resistant ovarian cancer

Medical Xpress

Results from a new Phase 3 trial published in the journal npj Precision Oncology found that a cancer stem cell test can accurately choose more effective treatments and lead to improved outcomes for patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

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Novel genomic screening tool enables precision reverse-engineering of genetic programming in cells

Medical Xpress

Collaborative research led by investigators at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center defines a novel approach to understanding how certain proteins called transcription factors determine which genetic programs will drive cell growth and maturation. The study is published in the journal Science.

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Podcast Episode: The Unvaccinated Child with Fever

PEMBlog

This episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast focuses on the approach to unvaccinated or undervaccinated children aged 336 months presenting to the ED with fever. Host Brad Sobolewski reviews differences in immune response, risk for serious and invasive bacterial infections, and outlines evaluation strategies including labs, imaging, and empiric antibiotics.

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Planetary health diet and Mediterranean Diet associated with similar survival and sustainability benefits

Medical Xpress

Two plant-based diets were associated with similar survival benefits and low environmental impact, according to research presented at European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Preventive Cardiology 2025.

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Outdoor time and multisport activities can help develop children's motor competence

Medical Xpress

A study conducted by the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Jyvskyl, Finland, followed the development of children's motor skills over a three-year period, from early childhood education to school age. The study showed that independent outdoor time and multisport activities support the development of motor competence. Even 30 minutes of outdoor time after a day at childcare makes a difference.

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A smart wearable for ear-based high-precision health sensing

Medical Xpress

Wearables such as smartwatches, fitness trackers, or data glasses have become an integral part of our everyday lives. They record health data, monitor your sleep, or calculate your calorie consumption.

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Good diagnostic accuracy found in Swedish National Patient Register

Medical Xpress

The Swedish National Patient Register (NPR) has long been a cornerstone for epidemiological research. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have published a new review examining the validity of the register and found that it is good for most diagnoses and very good for surgical procedures.

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Alteplase increases frequency of functional independence after posterior circulation stroke

Medical Xpress

For patients with mainly mild posterior circulation ischemic stroke who do not receive thrombectomy, alteplase administered at 4.5 to 24 hours after onset results in higher frequency of functional independence at 90 days compared with standard medical care, according to a study published in the April 3 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Signs that precede sudden arrhythmic death syndrome in young people

Medical Xpress

Recognizing and detecting the signs that commonly precede sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS) may help to prevent premature deaths, according to research presented today at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2025, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

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