For decades, scientists have known that Alzheimer’s disease is marked by sticky plaques and tangled proteins in the brain. In recent years, research has also shown that the brain’s blood vessels play an important role in how the disease develops….
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How AI Is Changing Mammograms And Breast Cancer Screening Right Now
A gynecologist looking at a patient’s mammogram at the hospital
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Over the next 12 months, tens of thousands of women across the U.S. will begin to have their short-term risk of breast cancer assessed in a new way. For the first time, they will…
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Isaac Health Announces Partnership With LillyDirect To Expand Access To Dementia Care
Studies indicate that dementia cases are expected to nearly double in the next 30 years.
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Brain health and dementia care pioneer Isaac Health has announced a groundbreaking partnership with LillyDirect to expand access to pivotal care…
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Generic Drugs Are Attracting Federal Scrutiny And Action
90% of the prescriptions Americans rely upon are generic drugs. Most of them, or their key ingredients, are manufactured overseas
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The U.S. spent $722.5 billion on pharmaceuticals in 2023. Although brand-name drugs consume four out of every 5…
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This everyday vitamin could be the closest thing we have to an “anti-aging pill”
A new review suggests that vitamin D supplements may help protect the ends of our chromosomes, known as telomeres, which play a vital role in slowing the aging process. This finding has raised hopes that the “sunshine vitamin” could support…
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How The Dodgers Will Be Affected By Their 6-Day Wait For World Series
Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers looks on after hitting his second home run during Game 4 of the National League Championship series while Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contreras has the “what the…” look. (Photo by Sean M….
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Most women get uterine fibroids. This researcher wants to know why
Painful experience has taught Erika Moore that benign doesn’t always mean harmless. Moore, a biomedical engineer at the University of Maryland in College Park, lives with noncancerous tumors in the uterus called uterine fibroids….
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Spatial Repellents Could Help Supercharge The Fight Against Malaria
A Guardian spatial repellent hung in a schoolroom in Busia County, Kenya.
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Ten years ago, when Eric Ochomo started researching a relatively new type of mosquito control device, he didn’t realize how long it would take before those…
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Running fixes what junk food breaks in the brain
Researchers at University College Cork, led by Professor Yvonne Nolan, have uncovered the specific metabolic processes that explain how exercise helps offset the harmful behavioral effects of eating a Western-style cafeteria diet. Published on…
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Doctors just found a way to slow one of the deadliest prostate cancers
A major international study led by UCL researchers has found that combining two cancer drugs could substantially slow the progression of a severe and often deadly form of prostate cancer in men with specific genetic mutations.
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