Results from the VITAL randomized controlled trial reveal that vitamin D supplementation helps maintain telomeres, protective caps at the ends of chromosomes that shorten during aging and are linked to the development of certain diseases. The new…
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Good news for people with migraine who take drugs before or during pregnancy
There’s good news for people with migraine who take common drugs before or during pregnancy — a new study found no increase in neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and ADHD in their children. The study, which looked at drugs used for…
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Bed-netting prototypes to target malaria-causing parasites
Southwest Research Institute tapped into its drug formulation and manufacturing expertise to fabricate two bed netting prototypes targeting malaria-causing blood parasites. In a collaboration with researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of…
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‘Fast-fail’ AI blood test could steer patients with pancreatic cancer away from ineffective therapies
An artificial intelligence technique for detecting DNA fragments shed by tumors and circulating in a patient’s blood, developed by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center investigators, could help clinicians more quickly identify and determine if…
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Personal space chemistry suppressed by perfume and body lotion indoors
In 2022 a team led by the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry discovered that high levels of OH radicals can be generated indoors, simply due to the presence of people and ozone. This means: People generate their own oxidation field and change the…
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Iran to sue Google for attempts to misname Persian Gulf
During a ceremony on Wednesday, Mohammad-Sadeq Farahani, the center’s deputy head of legal and parliamentary affairs, denounced Google’s distortion of the historical name of the Persian Gulf following reports that U.S. President Donald Trump…
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Outrage at Israeli shots as diplomats tour West Bank
Several nations that have backed Israel voiced outrage Wednesday after Israeli troops fired what they called “warning shots” as foreign diplomats visited the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Authority accused troops of “deliberately” shooting…
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Outrage after Israelis fire ‘warning shots’ as diplomats tour West Bank
Israeli troops fired what the army called “warning shots” during a visit by foreign diplomats to the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, drawing widespread international condemnation.
The Palestinian foreign ministry accused Israeli forces of…
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Iran agrees with Oman to hold 5th round of talks with US
Referring to the recommendation made by Oman and its consultations to hold another round of Iran-US talks on Friday in Rome, the capital of Italy, Esmaeil Baghaei, the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran,…
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US president confronts South African leader with claim of Afrikaners ‘persecuted’
Watch moment Trump confronts South Africa’s president with video US President Donald Trump has confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House with a video that the US president said supports his claim that white farmers are…
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