Many news outlets have reported an increase – or surge – in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, diagnoses in both children and adults. At the same time, health care providers, teachers and school systems have reported an…
Category: 5. Health
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Medicare Administrator Turned Health Venture Capitalist Raises $440 Million For New Fund
Town Hall Ventures’ Andy Slavitt
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Andy Slavitt’s Town Hall Ventures has been investing in healthcare innovations focused on low-income and vulnerable communities. With new funding from investors that include John…
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Scientists grow mini human livers that predict toxic drug reactions
Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, working in partnership with Roche, have created a next-generation human liver organoid microarray platform designed to predict which medications might trigger harmful immune responses…
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Nanoparticle Vaccine Prevents Cancer in Mice
A newly developed nanoparticle-based vaccine successfully prevented melanoma, pancreatic, and triple-negative breast cancers in mice. The corresponding study was published in Cell Reports Medicine.
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Exercise might be the key to a younger, sharper immune system
Regular physical activity does more than improve muscle strength and cardiovascular health — it also enhances immune function. This conclusion comes from a study of older adults with a long history of endurance training, which includes sustained…
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The New Age Of Metabolic Awareness
Despite the advancement of medicine, technological leaps and new drugs, astonishingly, diabetes remains largely underdiagnosed. Can a new wave of sensing technology change the paradigm?
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Supercharged vitamin k could help the brain heal itself
Neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Huntington’s disease occur when neurons gradually deteriorate and die. This progressive loss of brain cells leads to severe symptoms including memory decline, cognitive impairment,…
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Scientists find the brain’s hidden pulse that may predict Alzheimer’s
Scientists at the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have created a pioneering brain imaging method that captures how the brain’s smallest blood vessels pulse in time…
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Big Rebates Make High Drug Prices Look Like Savings. Here’s The Fix
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JULY 23: Prescription drugs are displayed at NYC Discount Pharmacy in Manhattan on July 23, 2024, in New York City. In the U.S. drug market, higher list prices can paradoxically look like savings. (Photo by Spencer…
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A simple fatty acid could restore failing vision
Changes in eyesight are one of the most familiar effects of getting older. Sit in a dim restaurant with someone over 60, and you might hear, “Hold on — let me pull out my cell phone. I need more light to read the menu!” But what if declining…
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