Did you know that more than 75% of new infectious diseases affecting humans originally come from animals? Bats, in particular, are natural hosts to some of the world’s most dangerous viruses, including those responsible for COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2), MERS-CoV, influenza A, and hantavirus outbreaks….
Category: 5. Health
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Key player in childhood food allergies identified: Thetis cells
A decade ago, a clinical trial in the U.K. famously showed that children who were exposed to peanuts in the early months of life had reduced risk of developing a peanut allergy compared with children who avoided peanuts.
Now, researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) have a…
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Dismantling Medicine’s White Wall Of Silence
Medicine’s White Wall is harmful in more ways than one.
In law enforcement, the “Blue Wall of Silence” refers to the unwritten code among officers that discourages reporting a colleague’s misconduct. The message is clear: if you come for one of us, you come for all of us. It’s a…
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Is My Medicine Real—And Safe To Take?
Testing, verification and determining pharmaceutical counterfeiting or fakes of medicines and … More
Imagine this common scenario: You are 50 years old, diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes…
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The effect of physical fitness on mortality is overestimated
That fit people have a reduced risk of premature death from various diseases is a recurring result in many studies. New research from Uppsala University shows that people with high fitness levels in their late teens also have a reduced risk of dying from random accidents. This suggests that the…
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Enzyme identified as an important tumor inhibitor in T-cell lymphomas
Lymphomas belong to the group of malignant diseases of the immune system and mainly affect the organs of the lymphatic system. Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) belongs to the subgroup of non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas and is a rare but aggressive form of T-cell lymphoma that usually occurs in…
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Protein switch turns anti-viral immune response on and off
Even after the COVID-19 pandemic, various new infectious diseases continue to emerge, posing ongoing viral threats that demand robust and sustained immune defenses. However, excessive immune reactions can also harm body tissues, causing significant health issues. KAIST and an international…
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People with critical cardiovascular disease may benefit from palliative care
Palliative care may help relieve symptoms and improve quality of life for people with cardiovascular disease and ensure that treatment is aligned with the patient’s personal beliefs and values throughout all stages of illness, whether they are hospitalized in a cardiac intensive care unit or…
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Seeing blood clots before they strike
Researchers from the University of Tokyo have found a way to observe clotting activity in blood as it happens — without needing invasive procedures. Using a new type of microscope and artificial intelligence (AI), their study shows how platelet clumping can be tracked in patients with coronary…
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Marfan syndrome increases risk of brain alterations
A study by the Institut de Neurociències of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (INc-UAB) reveals that inflammation associated with Marfan syndrome increases vulnerability to neurological diseases and complications following strokes, as demonstrated in animal models.
Published in Redox…
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