Category: 4. Health

U.S. adults aged 65 and older with high blood pressure, heart failure or stroke had significant declines in cardiovascular health, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

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UCSF scientists caught cancer cells in the act of breaking into fat cells and releasing their fat. The energy heist seems to be critical for the growth of deadly breast cancer. The study appears in Nature Communications.

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Researchers from the University of California San Diego Sanford Stem Cell Institute have developed a novel method to stimulate and mature human brain organoids using graphene, a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon.

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MPNST is a rare and deadly childhood cancer, which mainly affects teenagers and young adults. These tumors grow quickly, spread easily, and don’t respond well to current treatments. Metastasis is the leading cause of death in MPNST and…

Should you get this on your chest as opposed to off it? You may have seen people wearing what are called “weighted vests” while walking on hiking trails, treadmills or TikTok for that matter. These weighted vests kind of look like space-age versions of sweater vests but instead of ridicule they hold weights. The argument is that wearing such a vest can help…

Epic Systems is launching several new artificial intelligence tools for medical care providers and patients…

• Microbes, or microorganisms, are all around us and play an important role in bodily functions. MSU researchers found that microbes can also impact brain development.
• This work is significant because modern obstetric practices like peripartum antibiotic use and Cesarean delivery disturb the microbiome of mothers and newborns.

New research from Michigan State University finds that microbes play an important role in shaping early brain development, specifically in a key brain region that…

Therapy has a supply problem. Depending on the dataset you pick, roughly half of U.S. adults with a mental illness don’t receive treatment — a gap driven by cost, coverage and capacity. That unmet demand and with hopes of scalability is why AI therapists look irresistible to venture capital firms and patients alike — until…

Published recently in Nature Biomedical Engineering, the University of Florida study showed that like a one-two punch, pairing the test vaccine with common anticancer drugs called immune checkpoint inhibitors triggered a strong antitumor response.

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