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Category: 4. Health

  • Adulting is hard on the heart: Teen to young adulthood is a critical time to address risk

    Adulting is hard on the heart: Teen to young adulthood is a critical time to address risk

    Many teenagers enter adulthood with significant risk factors for cardiovascular disease, and the transition from adolescence to adulthood is a key time to address these risk factors and reduce the risk of developing future cardiovascular disease, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

    According to the scientific statement, “Cardiovascular Health in the Transition from Adolescence to Emerging…

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  • Open-label placebos improve premenstrual syndrome

    Open-label placebos improve premenstrual syndrome

    For many women, the days prior to menstruation are characterized by physical and mental suffering, with abdominal pain, nausea, mood swings, and anxiety. Almost half of women of reproductive age are affected by premenstrual syndrome (PMS), which restricts their everyday well-being and performance. Women with PMS are also more likely to suffer from depression, eating disorders, and migraines and are at a higher risk of suicide.

    Doctors prescribe various medications and supplements to help…

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  • Repetitive behaviors and special interests are more indicative of an autism diagnosis than a lack of social skills

    Repetitive behaviors and special interests are more indicative of an autism diagnosis than a lack of social skills

    People with autism are typically diagnosed by clinical observation and assessment. To deconstruct the clinical decision process, which is often subjective and difficult to describe, researchers used a large language model (LLM) to synthesize the behaviors and observations that are most indicative of an autism diagnosis. Their results, publishing in the Cell Press journal Cell, show that repetitive behaviors, special interests, and perception-based behaviors are most associated with an autism…

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  • Smart insoles that could change the game for sports and health

    Smart insoles that could change the game for sports and health

    What if your insoles could do more than just cushion your feet? Imagine a pair that could track your movements, help athletes avoid injuries, or even assist doctors in monitoring recovery.

    A new study by scientists at the University of Portsmouth and technology company TG0, funded by Innovate UK via a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), has brought us closer to making this idea a reality.

    A team of researchers have successfully designed a new smart insole system that can accurately measure…

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  • Target to repair injured muscles discovered

    Target to repair injured muscles discovered

    For millions of people, losing muscle isn’t just about weakness; it’s about losing independence. Whether caused by Duchenne muscular dystrophy, aging or other degenerative conditions, muscle loss can make everyday activities — like walking, climbing stairs or even standing up — a daily struggle. But a recent discovery from researchers at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy could help change that.

    The team, led by Ashok Kumar, Else and Philip Hargrove Endowed Professor of Drug…

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  • Study identifies Shisa7 gene as key driver in heroin addiction

    Study identifies Shisa7 gene as key driver in heroin addiction

    Opioid use disorder is associated with more than 350,000 deaths annually worldwide. Guided by the need for an increased understanding of critical neurobiological features of addiction, researchers have now found a unique molecular signature and genes in the orbitofrontal cortex associated with heroin-seeking behavior. A preclinical rodent model implicated a gene called Shisa7 as the key predictor. A new study in Biological Psychiatry, published by Elsevier, provides valuable insights into…

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  • Scientists discover why obesity takes away the pleasure of eating

    Scientists discover why obesity takes away the pleasure of eating

    The pleasure we get from eating junk food — the dopamine rush from crunching down on salty, greasy French fries and a luscious burger — is often blamed as the cause of overeating and rising obesity rates in our society.

    But a new study by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that pleasure in eating, even eating junk food, is key for maintaining a healthy weight in a society that abounds with cheap, high-fat food.

    Paradoxically, anecdotal evidence suggests that…

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  • Highly educated people face steeper mental declines after stroke

    Highly educated people face steeper mental declines after stroke

    When someone has a stroke, it can accelerate the loss of cognitive ability over the coming years.

    Stroke survivors who have attended some level of higher education may face even steeper mental declines, according to a study led by Michigan Medicine.

    In an analysis of cognitive outcomes for more than 2,000 patients seen for stroke between 1971 and 2019, college graduates performed better on initial post-stroke examinations of global cognition, a measure of overall cognitive ability that…

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  • Lasso-shaped antibiotic evades standard drug resistance

    Lasso-shaped antibiotic evades standard drug resistance

    A small molecule shaped like a lasso may be a powerful tool in the fight against infectious diseases, according to a new study in Nature co-authored by University of Illinois Chicago researchers.

    Lariocidin, a peptide made by bacteria living in soil, was effective against several different microbes responsible for deadly infections. UIC researchers working with collaborators at McMaster University in Canada determined how the new antibiotic works and why the drug evades bacterial…

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  • How cells respond to stress is more nuanced than previously believed

    How cells respond to stress is more nuanced than previously believed

    The body’s cells respond to stress — toxins, mutations, starvation or other assaults — by pausing normal functions to focus on conserving energy, repairing damaged components and boosting defenses.

    If the stress is manageable, cells resume normal activity; if not, they self-destruct.

    Scientists have believed for decades this response happens as a linear chain of events: sensors in the cell “sound an alarm” and modify a key protein, which then changes a second protein that slows or shuts…

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