Researchers at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine have uncovered new evidence that tiny particles created in the gut may contribute to inflammation and chronic diseases linked to aging. The findings provide fresh insight…
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This silent tooth infection could be hurting your whole body
For years, I noticed the same trend while working as a public health dentist and researcher. Patients with serious infections deep inside their teeth often seemed to struggle with broader health issues, especially diabetes. At the time, the…
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Scientists say just 30 minutes of exercise a week could transform your health
As summer approaches, many people try to get back into healthier exercise habits. Most of us already know physical activity is important, but sticking with a routine can still feel challenging, especially when time is limited.
Current health…
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Medical Cannabis Linked to Lower Opioid Use for Pain
How can medical cannabis help chronic pain patients reduce their opioid use? This is what a recent study published in the Cureus Journal of Medical Science hopes to address as a team of researchers from the…
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PCOS Is Now PMOS—What The New Name Means For The Women It Affects
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For nearly a decade, millions of women have been diagnosed with a condition called polycystic ovary syndrome — a name that limited both timely diagnosis and treatment. This month, the medical community and…
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How AI Innovation Is Widening The Digital Health Divide
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Earlier this year, OpenAI released ChatGPT Health, offering digitally-savvy consumers a tool to aggregate health data scattered across…
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5 Urgent Questions After The WHO Emergency Hantavirus Meeting
Text hantavirus. Emergency concept. Hanta virus, HPS virus infection pulmonary syndrome HPS. outbreak continues to spread outside China.
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A three-hour World Health Organization Hantavirus Andes emergency Zoom call this morning provided…
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Supreme Court preserves access to mifepristone via telehealth – at least for now
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided that patients can continue to get mifepristone, one of the two drugs used for medication abortion, via telehealth and by mail. At least for now.
A lower court had temporarily blocked this access…
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Second Trump Administration’s Pivot On Vaping Leads To Resignations
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said he resigned in protest against the Trump administration’s push to allow tobacco companies to begin selling fruit-flavored vapes.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s chief…
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From medieval plague ships to hantavirus: How outbreaks at sea helped to shape the international public health system
Cruise ships are convenient floating hotels by which to see far-flung parts of the world – but as an epidemiologist, I know they are also everything an infectious pathogen could want: thousands of strangers packed into enclosed spaces for…
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