Medical Xpress

MARCH 14, 2025

We all know someone who seems to defy agingpeople who look younger than their peers despite being the same age. What's their secret? Scientists at Osaka University (Japan) may have found a way to quantify this difference. By incorporating hormone (steroid) metabolism pathways into an AI-driven model, they have developed a new system to estimate a person's biological age, a measure of how well their body has aged, rather than just counting the years since birth.

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NPR Health

MARCH 14, 2025

In a recent appearance on Fox News, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ate French fries cooked in beef tallow and mused that 'food is medicine.' Nutrition scientists are scratching their heads.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 14, 2025

Alternative RNA splicing is like a movie editor cutting and rearranging scenes from the same footage to create different versions of a film. By selecting which scenes to keep and which to leave out, the editor can produce a drama, a comedy, or even a thrillerall from the same raw material. Similarly, cells splice RNA in different ways to produce a variety of proteins from a single gene, fine-tuning their function based on need.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 14, 2025

[link] CPSolvers: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series Episode 26 – Racial and Gender Health Disparities in Youth Suicide: Part 1 Show Notes by Alec J. Calac March 14, 2025 Summary: In this first half of a two-part series, we discuss the growing rates of suicide amongst child and adolescent populations in the United States, with a focus on historically underserved groups.

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Altitude Family & Internal Medicine

MARCH 14, 2025

Altitude Family & Internal Medicine (303) 730-2167 The 7 Hidden Benefits of an Annual Wellness Visit The 7 Hidden Benefits of an Annual Wellness Visit: Why Your Future Self Will Thank You If youve ever wondered whether scheduling that annual wellness visit is really worth the. This post The 7 Hidden Benefits of an Annual Wellness Visit first appeared on Altitude Family & Internal Medicine (303) 730-2167 and is written by Altitude.

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Family Integrative Medicine

MARCH 14, 2025

Family Integrative Medicine continues its expansion in the Central Florida healthcare community by welcoming Juan Carrasco, RN, BSN, to its expert team of healthcare professionals. Family Integrative Medicine specializes in regenerative medicine, harnessing the body’s natural ability to heal through innovative treatments such as platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy, nutritional IV therapy, and ozone therapy.

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NPR Health

MARCH 14, 2025

The U.S. already faced shortages in its health care workforce, then the pandemic spurred even more doctors and nurses to retire or leave hospital jobs. Filling those vacancies is a challenge.

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NPR Health

MARCH 14, 2025

Five years after the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, there has been progress and backsliding in the way the world responds to infectious disease.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 14, 2025

Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) located H5N1 bird flu virus in samples of raw, or unpasteurized, milk in tests in four states in April 2024, and bird flu has been detected in commercially sold raw milk, many Americans do not know that consuming raw milk and its products poses greater health risks than consuming pasteurized milk and its products, especially for children.

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NPR Health

MARCH 14, 2025

As the measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico continues to grow, doctors say this is a good time to remember just how dangerous measles can be - even years after an infection.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 14, 2025

When we accidentally touch something familiar, like a warm pan, our brains already know what feeling to expect and how much it might hurt. But if you were blindfolded and had no idea you were touching a warm pan, you'd feel more intense paineven if the pan wasn't warm enough to harm you. A new study from the Department of Clinical Medicine at Aarhus University shows that not knowing what to expect changes how the brain interprets pain, making it hurt worse even when there's no real danger.

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NPR Health

MARCH 14, 2025

Dr. Kurt Papenfus, CEO of a small rural hospital in Colorado, was a memorable voice on NPR 5 years ago when he recounted his run in with "the 'rona beast." How is he five years later?

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 14, 2025

Only 43% of parents report they are able to find accurate and current information on avian influenza A(H5N1), commonly known as bird flu, according to the University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health.

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NPR Health

MARCH 14, 2025

Dr. Mehmet Oz is set to appear before the Senate Finance committee Friday for his confirmation hearing to be the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 14, 2025

CDKL5, one of the five members of the CDKL family of genes, is important for proper neurodevelopment and associated with seizures. However, the role the other four members of this family play in health and disease is unknown.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 14, 2025

Wayne State University researchers are using photoacoustic imaging to observe brain activity and, in the process, discovering more about how it responds to different types of learning and experiences.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 14, 2025

Adding immunotherapy to a new type of inhibitor that targets multiple forms of the cancer-causing gene mutation KRAS kept pancreatic cancer at bay in preclinical models for significantly longer than the same targeted therapy by itself, according to researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer Center.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 14, 2025

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in people experiencing a heart attack is a time-dependent medical emergency requiring immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 14, 2025

Autistic people often face an uphill battle when searching for a job, especially during interviews. New Virginia Commonwealth University research underscores the enduring value of employer neurodiversity training when coupled with candidates' disclosure of their autism diagnosis during the hiring process. The work is published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 14, 2025

COVID-19 vaccination in early pregnancy (20 weeks of gestation) is not associated with increased prevalence of major structural birth defects, according to a study published online March 14 in Pediatrics.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 14, 2025

Chances are, if you're reading this, you got some sleep last night. But are you feeling rested?

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 14, 2025

Once-daily roflumilast cream 0.05% is safe and effective for atopic dermatitis (AD) in patients ages 2 to 5years, according to a study published online Feb. 20 in Pediatric Dermatology.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 14, 2025

A research team led by Dr. Raymond Chan from the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with collaborators, has uncovered key differences in how individuals with high social anhedoniaa reduced ability to experience pleasure in social interactionspredict and experience emotions in real-life situations.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 14, 2025

New research from the University of Otago, Christchurchtakau Whakaihu Waka, tautahi, has exposed the large number of health-related injuries suffered by people who inject drugs in Aotearoa New Zealand, exacerbated by the significant barriers many face in accessing health care.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 14, 2025

Consumption, phthisis, the white plaguea killer by any other name, tuberculosis (TB) has stalked humanity since at least the ice age. Today, the diseasepassed from those who are actively sick to others through airborne dropletsis the leading infectious disease killer globally.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 14, 2025

Patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) who achieve completely clear skin with tapinarof (Vtama) cream maintain low disease activity after about 80 days off treatment, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, held from March 7 to 11 in Orlando, Florida.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 14, 2025

The oxytocin systemwhich helps release breast milk and strengthens the bond between mother and babymay be affected during breastfeeding in mothers experiencing postnatal depression, finds a new study by UCL researchers.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 14, 2025

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have determined that dermatitis resulting from topical steroid withdrawal (TSW) is distinct from eczema and is caused by an excess of an essential chemical compound in the body. Scientists from NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) identified treatments that could be studied in clinical trials for the condition based on their potential to lower levels of the chemical compoundcalled nicotinamide adenine dinucleot

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 14, 2025

Virginia Tech infectious disease epidemiologist Lisa M. Lee explains why new measles cases are being reported around the country, not just in Texas, despite the illness being declared eliminated in the U.S. in the early 2000s due to rigorous vaccine uptake.

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