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Category: 4. Health

  • Most people say they want to know their risk for Alzheimer’s dementia, fewer follow through

    Most people say they want to know their risk for Alzheimer’s dementia, fewer follow through

    As researchers make progress in understanding how Alzheimer’s disease develops, there are growing opportunities for healthy research participants to learn their risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease dementia in the future. While many organizations often advocate for investigators to share risk estimates with individual participants, there are ethical concerns around doing so, given that there are no medical interventions to change that risk.

    A new study from Washington University School of…

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  • Food as medicine: How diet shapes gut microbiome health

    Food as medicine: How diet shapes gut microbiome health

    The modern Western-style diet — high in processed foods, red meat, dairy products, and sugar — alters the composition of the gut microbiome in ways that can have a huge impact on health. This dietary pattern, which is also low in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, reduces the variety of microbes in the digestive system and the metabolites they produce. This, in turn, increases risk for several immune system-related conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease.

    In new research published…

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  • Gut Microbiome’s Impact on Neurodegenerative Diseases

    Gut Microbiome’s Impact on Neurodegenerative Diseases

    A study published in Neurotherapeutics dives into the role of the gut microbiome in the pathogenesis and progression of multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic autoimmune disorder of the central nervous system. As researchers investigate how gut-mediated immune modulation may impact neurological outcomes, probiotics and fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) have garnered interest as potential adjunctive therapies. 

    Initial probiotic interventions in MS have…

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  • Lining medical stents with hairlike fuzz could fend off infections

    Lining medical stents with hairlike fuzz could fend off infections

    Implanted tubes that transport bodily fluids can get gross. A lab prototype suggests a new vibration-based way to keep them clean and prevent infection.

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  • Social drinking also a well-worn path to alcohol use disorder

    Social drinking also a well-worn path to alcohol use disorder

    When picturing a “typical” alcoholic, people tend to imagine a person drinking at home alone. But that focus overlooks the social origins of many serious alcohol problems, say the authors of a new review paper in the journal Current Directions in Psychological Science.

    “Evidence for the centrality of social motives in problem drinking surround us,” write the authors, Catharine Fairbairn, a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Dahyeon Kang, of the…

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  • Research advances on ‘displacing’ antibiotic resistance gene from bacteria

    Research advances on ‘displacing’ antibiotic resistance gene from bacteria

    Birmingham scientists have identified essential genetic code for a method called plasmid curing, which aims to ‘displace’ antibiotic resistance genes from bacteria.

    Plasmids, which are small, circular strands of DNA, play a crucial role in allowing bacteria to share beneficial genes rapidly in a changing environment, most concerningly when they carry genes conferring resistance to antibiotics.

    Professor Chris Thomas from Birmingham’s School of Biosciences has investigated plasmid curing for…

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  • Cutting greenhouse gases will reduce number of deaths from poor air quality

    Cutting greenhouse gases will reduce number of deaths from poor air quality

    Up to 250,000 deaths from poor air quality could be prevented annually in central and western Europe by 2050 if greenhouse gas emissions are drastically reduced, say researchers.

    A study by atmospheric scientists at the University of Leeds has revealed that the number of deaths could be significantly reduced, but only if there is a strong focus on reducing greenhouse gases and air pollutants.

    As well as finding that strong climate mitigation would result in large reductions in air quality…

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  • Low blood sugar contributes to eye damage and vision loss in diabetic retinopathy; experimental drug may help treat condition

    Low blood sugar contributes to eye damage and vision loss in diabetic retinopathy; experimental drug may help treat condition

    In a new National Institutes of Health-funded study led by scientists at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have determined that low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, may promote a breakdown of the blood-retinal barrier, an important boundary that regulates the flow of nutrients, waste and water in and out of the retina.

    The research, which investigated the phenomenon in diabetic mice, provides insights into the origin of diabetic retinopathy, specifically in…

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  • Hype Or Hope? Latest Research On GLP-1 Receptor Agonists And Addiction

    Hype Or Hope? Latest Research On GLP-1 Receptor Agonists And Addiction

    The talk of the town at this year’s American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Annual Conference was GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), generally known as medications to treat obesity. Mainstream media appears to mirror this trend as nearly every other radio and television ad seemingly involves a weight loss…

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  • Was Health Equity Just A “Hustle”? A Path Forward

    Was Health Equity Just A “Hustle”? A Path Forward

    The last five years ushered in a wave of performative urgency across the healthcare industry—a tidal surge of press releases, C-suite appointments, and purpose-driven campaigns declaring a new era of commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). For many who have spent their careers in the trenches of health disparities work, it felt like a long-awaited reckoning—a rare window to push…

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