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Scientists have created a dental floss that doesn’t just clean between your teeth. It gauges your stress levels.
It does that by measuring amounts of cortisol in saliva. Produced by the adrenal glands and often referred to as “the stress hormone,” cortisol plays a critical role in regulating the body’s…
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In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at how Hinge Health’s successful IPO may be a trendsetter, Indian billionaire Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw’s ‘biosimilars’ business, RFK’s changes to Covid vaccine guidance and more. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here.
Lex Annison, COO of Hinge Health, Gabriel Mecklenburg, executive chairman, Daniel Perez, CEO, Bianca Buck, head of investor relations, James Budge, CFO, and Jim Pursley, president, ring a ceremonial bell on the floor of…
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A new device that monitors the waste-removal system of the brain may help to prevent Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases, according to a study published today in Nature Biomedical Engineering.
In the study, participants were asleep when they wore the device: a head cap embedded with electrodes that measures shifts in fluid within brain tissue, the neural activity from sleep to wakefulness and changes in the brain’s blood vessels.
By measuring these three features, the researchers…
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In a first-of-its-kind genome-wide association study (GWAS) researchers have discovered two genes, RNF144B and ENPP1, that cause calcium pyrophosphate deposition (CPPD) disease in Americans of European and African descent. This crystalline arthritis is caused by calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) crystal deposition in joints. The findings of this novel study in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, published by Elsevier, open up promising new avenues for targeted prevention and treatment of CPPD…
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Ever since a few enterprising bed bugs hopped off a bat and attached themselves to a Neanderthal walking out of a cave 60,000 years ago, bed bugs have enjoyed a thriving relationship with their human hosts.
Not so for the unadventurous bed bugs that stayed with the bats — their populations have continued to decline since the Last Glacial Maximum, also known as the ice age, which was about 20,000 years ago.
A team led by two Virginia Tech researchers recently compared the whole genome…
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Obesity is a global health problem that affects many people. In recent years, very promising anti-obesity drugs have been developed. Despite these successes, there are patients who do not respond to these drugs or suffer from side effects. Therefore, there is still an unmet need for therapies. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research have now discovered a small group of nerve cells in the hypothalamus of mice brain that influence eating behavior and weight gain. This…
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Close to five million smuggled seahorses worth an estimated CAD$29 million were seized by authorities over a 10-year span, according to a new study that warns the scale of the trade is far larger than current data suggest.
Published today in Conservation Biology, the study analyzed online seizure records from 2010 to 2021 and found smuggling incidents in 62 countries, with dried seahorses, widely used in traditional medicine, most commonly intercepted at airports in passenger baggage or…
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Almost all adults in the U.S. consume more sodium (salt) than recommended, yet the sources and use of sodium vary among people of different races and ethnicities, indicating the need for culturally customized advice about sodium intake, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.
Consuming too much sodium can increase the risk of high blood pressure and cardiovascular…
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Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing have discovered that the combination of the two cancer drugs Rapamycin and Trametinib significantly extends the lifespan of mice. This therapy shows greater effects than the individual drugs and offers not only a longer lifespan, but also health benefits in old age. The results suggest that this drug combination could be a promising strategy for combating age-related diseases and promoting longevity.
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