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Blood metabolites tied to childhood growth and cognitive milestones

Medical Xpress

McMaster University researchers have identified small molecules in the blood that may impact early childhood development, showing how dietary exposures, early life experiences, and gut health can influence a child's growth and cognitive milestones.

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Understanding Poison Prevention Month

Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

Most parents think their home is a sanctuary. Yet hidden dangers lurk in everyday products, from cleaning supplies to medications. Each year, over 2 million poison exposures occur in the United States, with children under six accounting for nearly half of all cases. Your home’s dangerous items aren’t glowing green with skull labels. They’re smiling at you from your bathroom counter.

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Down syndrome case challenges Alzheimer's assumptions with unexpected cognitive stability

Medical Xpress

Studies reveal that people with Down syndrome (DS) have over a 90% lifetime risk of developing dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease (AD) as they age. Research from the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering aims could uncover why some people with DS develop dementia while others do not providing insight that could ultimately benefit the entire DS community.

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Legendary former NIH director retires from embattled agency

NPR Health

Dr. Francis Collins is leaving the National Institutes of Health, where he served as director from 2009 to 2021. The agency is facing cutbacks and restrictions under the Trump administration.

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Real-time DNA analysis during neurosurgery offers personalized brain tumor treatment

Medical Xpress

A team of researchers at the University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Kiel Campus, the Kiel University, and the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, have developed an innovative method for real-time molecular genetic classification of brain tumors during surgery. This approach combines DNA methylation analysis with advanced machine learning technologies to provide detailed information about the tumor type during surgery.

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CDC report adds to evidence that HPV vaccine is preventing cervical cancer in US women

Medical Xpress

A new government report adds to evidence that the HPV vaccine, once called dangerous by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is preventing cervical cancer in young women.

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For cancer patients, oncologists often have the final word

Medical Xpress

For terminally ill cancer patients, the final days of life are immensely personal, having the choice to continue cancer treatments, or to stop treatments and prioritize a more comfortable passing. What a patient wants, however, isn't always what they receive, according to a Rutgers Health study published in the journal Cancer.

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WHO says water contamination is suspected in one of the Congo villages struck by illness

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Authorities investigating the deaths of at least 60 people in northwestern Congo suspect the water source in one of the areas may have been contaminated, the World Health Organization said Friday. But the agency said it's too early for any definitive conclusion.

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Immune 'fingerprints' aid diagnosis of complex diseases

Medical Xpress

Your immune system harbors a lifetime's worth of information about threats it's encountereda biological Rolodex of baddies. Often the perpetrators are viruses and bacteria you've conquered; others are undercover agents like vaccines given to trigger protective immune responses or even red herrings in the form of healthy tissue caught in immunological crossfire.