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  • Blood pressure patterns during pregnancy predict later hypertension risk, study finds

    Blood pressure patterns during pregnancy predict later hypertension risk, study finds

    Women with blood pressure levels in a range considered clinically normal during pregnancy but no mid-pregnancy drop in blood pressure face an increased risk of developing hypertension in the five years after giving birth. These women — about 12% of the population studied — would not be flagged as high-risk by current medical guidelines, but the new findings could help identify them as candidates for early intervention. The findings were just published in the Journal of the American College…

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  • Cannabis users face substantially higher risk of heart attack

    Cannabis users face substantially higher risk of heart attack

    Marijuana is now legal in many places, but is it safe? Two new studies add to mounting evidence that people who use cannabis are more likely to suffer a heart attack than people who do not use the drug, even among younger and otherwise healthy adults. The findings are from a retrospective study of over 4.6 million people published in JACC Advances and a meta-analysis of 12 previously published studies being presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session (ACC.25).

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  • Lifestyle risks weigh heavier on women’s hearts

    Lifestyle risks weigh heavier on women’s hearts

    Lifestyle and health factors that are linked with heart disease appear to have a greater impact on cardiovascular risk in women than men, according to a study being presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session (ACC.25).

    While factors such as diet, exercise, smoking and blood pressure have long been linked with heart disease risk, the new study is the first to show that these associations are collectively stronger in women than men. According to the researchers,…

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  • AI food scanner turns phone photos into nutritional analysis

    AI food scanner turns phone photos into nutritional analysis

    Snap a photo of your meal, and artificial intelligence instantly tells you its calorie count, fat content, and nutritional value — no more food diaries or guesswork.

    This futuristic scenario is now much closer to reality, thanks to an AI system developed by NYU Tandon School of Engineering researchers that promises a new tool for the millions of people who want to manage their weight, diabetes and other diet-related health conditions.

    The technology, detailed in a paper presented at the 6th…

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  • Low doses of antibiotic work just as well as higher ones to treat rare type of chronic hair loss

    Low doses of antibiotic work just as well as higher ones to treat rare type of chronic hair loss

    Small amounts of a common antibiotic and anti-inflammatory drug can curb symptoms where a misplaced immune reaction (e.g., autoimmunity) can cause permanent hair loss, a new study shows. This regimen may also come with fewer side effects than higher doses of the medication.

    Led by researchers at NYU Langone Health, the study explored lymphocytic scarring alopecia, a rare skin condition in which the body’s immune cells damage hair follicles, leading to hair loss and scarring. Physicians…

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  • Helicobacter pylori treatment practices in the Asia-Pacific region

    Helicobacter pylori treatment practices in the Asia-Pacific region

    Helicobacter pylori bacteria is considered to be the main cause of gastric cancer, with the infection rate particularly high in the Asia-Pacific region. Approximately 90% of cases are linked to H. pylori bacterial infections, but preemptive eradication can reduce the incidence of gastric cancer by 30-40%.

    However, the increase in antimicrobial drug-resistant bacteria used in eradication therapy is a major issue. In addition, while secondary prevention through endoscopic examinations is also…

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  • Embryo development holds key to healthy lifestyles

    Embryo development holds key to healthy lifestyles

    Researchers from the University of Adelaide have discovered that the earliest days of embryo development have a measurable impact on a person’s future health and ageing.

    Professor Rebecca Robker, Discipline Lead of Reproduction and Development within the University of Adelaide’s School of Biomedicine and Robinson Research Institute, co-led a team which conducted a pre-clinical trial and found that cellular processes within the egg at the time of fertilisation determine the telomere length in…

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  • Innovative infant wearable uses artificial intelligence for at-home assessments of early motor development

    Innovative infant wearable uses artificial intelligence for at-home assessments of early motor development

    Monitoring early neurological development is a central part of paediatric healthcare everywhere in the world. During the first two years of life, the motor development of children is monitored closely, as motion is the natural base for their other development and interaction with the environment. Current methods, such as parents’ subjective assessment and observations made at medical appointments, do not allow accurate developmental monitoring throughout early childhood.

    MAIJU (Motor…

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  • Scientists discover protein key to bacteria’s survival in extreme environments

    Scientists discover protein key to bacteria’s survival in extreme environments

    Scientists have discovered a protein that enables bacteria to shut down into dormant spores under extreme conditions. The process, which enables the bacteria to become practically indestructible, explains why bacteria can survive in uninhabitable places such as under the permafrost, in the depths of the ocean or in outer space.

    This ability to sporulate, known as sporulation, also enables superbugs to evade hospital cleaning and then come back to life in the guts of compromised patients.

    By…

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  • Efficient development of drugs with fewer mice

    Efficient development of drugs with fewer mice

    New active ingredients such as antibodies are usually tested individually in laboratory animals. Researchers at UZH have now developed a technology that can be used to test around 25 antibodies simultaneously in a single mouse. This should not only speed up the research and development pipeline for new drugs, but also hugely reduce the number of laboratory animals required.

    Many modern drugs are based on antibodies. These proteins very specifically identify a certain structure on the surface…

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