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Category: 4. Health

  • New genetic test can diagnose brain tumors in as little as two hours

    New genetic test can diagnose brain tumors in as little as two hours

    Scientists and medics have developed an ultra-rapid method of genetically diagnosing brain tumours that will cut the time it takes to classify them from 6-8 weeks, to as little as two hours — which could improve care for thousands of patients each year in the UK.

    The groundbreaking method, which is detailed in a new study published today in Neuro-Oncology, has been developed by scientists at the University of Nottingham along with clinicians at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust…

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  • Tea and Chocolate May Lower Blood Pressure

    Tea and Chocolate May Lower Blood Pressure

    A new study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology has shown that a compound found in certain foods, including tea and dark chocolate, may improve blood pressure and blood vessel health.  

    The study was a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on blood pressure and blood vessel dilation after eating foods rich in a compound called flavan-3-ols. In total, 109 publications featuring over 5,200 participants…

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  • Landmark report reveals key challenges facing adolescents

    Landmark report reveals key challenges facing adolescents

    Poor mental health, rising obesity rates, exposure to violence and climate change are among the key challenges facing our adolescents today, according to a global report.

    The landmark report, by experts in adolescent health including from Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), has revealed how supporting young people’s health and wellbeing could improve economic, social and public health for generations to come.

    The 2025 Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing found…

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    News Source: www.sciencedaily.com

  • How serious is your brain injury? New criteria will reveal more

    How serious is your brain injury? New criteria will reveal more

    Advanced tools offer improved insights into patients’ condition and their potential for recovery.

    After more than half a century, assessment of traumatic brain injuries gets an overhaul.

    Clinicians say the proposed framework will lead to more accurate diagnoses and treatment, providing more rigorous care for some patients and preventing premature discussions about halting life support in others.

    Trauma centers nationwide will begin to test a new approach for assessing traumatic brain injury…

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    News Source: www.sciencedaily.com

  • Thinking peers drink more drives risky behavior

    Thinking peers drink more drives risky behavior

    Growing up in a close-knit community in Ghana, Joshua Awua saw firsthand how strong social bonds could also bring pressure to fit in — especially when it came to alcohol.

    “Social connection was everything, and sometimes that came with pressure to conform, including drinking,” said Dr. Awua, a postdoctoral research associate in The University of Texas at Arlington’s School of Social Work. “I remember how hanging out with peers and even my older siblings often centered on drinking.”

    That…

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  • FDA significantly limits access to COVID-19 vaccines

    FDA significantly limits access to COVID-19 vaccines

    The new framework unveiled May 20 says new COVID-19 shots should go only to those ages 65 and up or with underlying medical conditions.

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    News Source: www.sciencenews.org

  • New research on ALS opens up for early treatment

    New research on ALS opens up for early treatment

    Using the gene scissors CRISPR and stem cells, researchers at Stockholm University and the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) at King’s College London have managed to identify a common denominator for different gene mutations that all cause the neurological disease ALS. The research shows that ALS-linked dysfunction occurs in the energy factories of nerve cells, the mitochondria, before the cells show other signs of disease, which was not previously known. The study was recently…

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  • Molecules in blood and urine could reveal how much ultra-processed food you eat

    Molecules in blood and urine could reveal how much ultra-processed food you eat

    Sets of metabolites found in blood and urine reliably correspond with how much energy from ultra-processed food a person consumes, according to a new study published May 20 in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Erikka Loftfield of the National Cancer Institute, USA, and colleagues.

    Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) account for more than half of calories consumed in the average American diet, yet their impact on human health remains unclear, in part because it is so difficult to accurately…

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  • Language isn’t just for communication — it also shapes how sensory experiences are stored in the brain

    Language isn’t just for communication — it also shapes how sensory experiences are stored in the brain

    Our ability to store information about familiar objects depends on the connection between visual and language processing regions in the brain, according to a study published May 20 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Bo Liu from Beijing Normal University, China, and colleagues.

    Seeing an object and knowing visual information about it, like its usual color, activate the same parts of the brain. Seeing a yellow banana, for example, and knowing that the object represented by the word…

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  • Biden’s prostate cancer is incurable, but it is treatable

    Biden’s prostate cancer is incurable, but it is treatable

    Experts explain the science behind Biden’s advanced prostate cancer diagnosis, including how common it is and what treatments are available.

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