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  • Lowering Blood Pressure Reduces Dementia Risk by 15%

    Lowering Blood Pressure Reduces Dementia Risk by 15%

    Lowering blood pressure significantly reduces risk of dementia and cognitive impairment without dementia, reported a recent study published in Nature Medicine.

    In 2020, over 55 million people around the world lived with dementia. By 2050, estimates suggest this will be true for 139 million people. There is currently no cure for the condition, and approved medications focus on managing symptoms and slowing decline.

    Understanding more about factors that…

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  • Record high: Study finds growing cannabis use among older adults

    Record high: Study finds growing cannabis use among older adults

    Marijuana use among older adults in the US has reached a new high, with 7 percent of adults aged 65 and over who report using it in the past month, according to an analysis led by researchers with the Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research (CDUHR) at the NYU School of Global Public Health.

    Their findings, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, also show that the profile of those who use cannabis has changed in recent years, with pronounced increases in use by older adults who are…

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  • Early driver of prostate cancer aggressiveness

    Early driver of prostate cancer aggressiveness

    Researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center identified a gene that plays a key role in prostate cancer cells that have transitioned to a more aggressive, treatment-resistant form. The gene can be indirectly targeted with an existing class of drugs, suggesting a potential treatment strategy for patients with aggressive subtypes of prostate cancer.

    “Patients whose prostate tumors lose reliance on the androgen receptor do poorly. Our results suggest a therapeutic approach for…

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  • Preventing chronic inflammation from turning into cancer

    Preventing chronic inflammation from turning into cancer

    Chronic inflammatory bowel disease is challenging to treat and carries a risk of complications, including the development of bowel cancer. Young people are particularly affected: when genetic predisposition and certain factors coincide, diseases such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease usually manifest between the ages of 15 and 29 — a critical period for education and early career development. Prompt diagnosis and treatment are crucial. Researchers at Charité — Universitätsmedizin…

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  • Combination therapy can prolong life in severe heart disease

    Combination therapy can prolong life in severe heart disease

    Aortic valve narrowing (aortic stenosis) with concomitant cardiac amyloidosis is a severe heart disease of old age that is associated with a high risk of death. Until now, treatment has consisted of valve replacement, while the deposits in the heart muscle, known as amyloidosis, often remain untreated. An international research consortium led by MedUni Vienna and University College London has now been able to demonstrate for the first time that combined treatment consisting of heart valve…

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  • Brain training game offers new hope for drug-free pain management

    Brain training game offers new hope for drug-free pain management

    A trial of an interactive game that trains people to alter their brain waves has shown promise as a treatment for nerve pain — offering hope for a new generation of drug-free treatments.

    The PainWaive technology, developed by UNSW Sydney researchers, teaches users how to regulate abnormal brain activity linked to chronic nerve pain, offering a potential in-home, non-invasive alternative to opioids.

    A recent trial of the technology, led by Professor Sylvia Gustin and Dr Negin Hesam-Shariati…

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  • Discovery could boost solid-state battery performance

    Discovery could boost solid-state battery performance

    An emerging technology to make lithium-ion batteries safer and more powerful involves using solid rather than liquid electrolytes, the materials that make it possible for ions to move through the device to generate power.

    A team of University of Texas at Dallas researchers and their colleagues have discovered that the mixing of small particles between two solid electrolytes can generate an effect called a “space charge layer,” an accumulation of electric charge at the interface between the…

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  • Researchers use deep learning to predict flooding this hurricane season

    Researchers use deep learning to predict flooding this hurricane season

    The 2025 hurricane season officially begins on June 1, and it’s forecast to be more active than ever, with potentially devastating storms whose heavy rainfall and powerful storm surges cause dangerous coastal flooding.

    Extreme water levels — like the 15 feet of flooding Floridians saw during Hurricane Helene in 2024 — threaten lives, wash away homes, and damage ecosystems. But they can be difficult to predict without complex, data-intensive computer models that areas with limited resources…

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  • Student discovers long-awaited mystery fungus sought by LSD’s inventor

    Student discovers long-awaited mystery fungus sought by LSD’s inventor

    Making a discovery with the potential for innovative applications in pharmaceutical development, a West Virginia University microbiology student has found a long sought-after fungus that produces effects similar to the semisynthetic drug LSD, which is used to treat conditions like depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and addiction.

    Corinne Hazel, of Delaware, Ohio, an environmental microbiology major and Goldwater Scholar, discovered the new species of fungus growing in morning glory…

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  • Synthetic compound shows promise against multidrug resistance

    Synthetic compound shows promise against multidrug resistance

    Antimicrobial resistance directly causes more than 1 million deaths every year and contributes to more than 35 million more, according to the World Health Organization. Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus sp., 2 gram-positive pathogens highly likely to develop resistance to known treatments, can cause dangerous hospital-acquired and community-acquired infections.

    This week in Microbiology Spectrum, researchers describe a newly synthesized compound called infuzide that shows activity…

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