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Category: 5. Health
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Your gut microbes might be turning fiber into extra calories
Deep within your gut lives a bustling world of microbes, each playing a role in digesting your food. Among them is one unusual microbe that produces methane — a gas more often associated with cows and landfills than humans. According to new…
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Looking At Your Waste For Gut Health Insights
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Around the clinical world, there’s a growing awareness of the importance of the microbiome in a human’s gut. Doctors have known this for a very long time, as we’ll see a bit later. Pre-Victorian medicine took a…
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Popular cholesterol drugs may help prevent dementia
Having lower cholesterol levels may help protect against dementia, according to a large-scale international study led by the University of Bristol. The research, involving data from more than one million participants, found that people with…
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Napoleon’s retreating army may have been plagued by these microbes
DNA from Napoleonic soldiers’ teeth uncovered two fever-causing bacteria that may have worsened the army’s fatal retreat from Russia.
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Brain cancer can dissolve parts of the skull
Glioblastoma doesn’t just affect the brain. It also erodes bones in the skull and changes the composition of immune cells in skull marrow.
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Would A New Diagnosis Of Profound Autism Help Autistic People?
The autism advocacy community is split over whether adding a profound autism subtype will help the most vulnerable autistic people.
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Since 2013 autism diagnoses have been classified under one large category, leading to greater recognition of…
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Navigating mental illness in the workplace can be tricky, but employees are entitled to accommodations
Mental health challenges can affect anyone, regardless of background or circumstance, and they are becoming more common across the United States.
In 2022, a national survey found that about 60 million American adults – approximately 23%…
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Exercise May Lead to Younger, Healthier Immune System
New research published in the journal Scientific Reports suggests that long-term participation in endurance exercise may help train the immune system to function better and age more slowly.
The study focused…
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The Rise Of The Multicultural Healthcare Consumer
The healthcare landscape in the United States is undergoing a monumental shift. By 2045, Black, Hispanic, and Asian consumers—groups historically underserved by the healthcare system—will collectively become the majority of the country’s…
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