When given nutritionally matched diets, participants lost twice as much weight eating minimally processed foods compared to ultra-processed foods, suggesting that cutting down on processing could help to sustain a healthy weight long term, finds a new clinical trial led by researchers at UCL and…
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A red meat allergy from tick bites is spreading – and the lone star tick isn’t the only alpha-gal carrier to worry about
Hours after savoring that perfectly grilled steak on a beautiful summer evening, your body turns traitor, declaring war on the very meal you just enjoyed. You begin to feel excruciating itchiness, pain or even swelling that can escalate to the point of requiring emergency care.
The culprit…
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Signs Point To Possible Future Medicare Coverage Of Obesity Meds
Obesity contributes to multiple diseases and conditions. Effective GLP-1 medications can lead to weight loss. However, their coverage by insurers, especially in the public sector (Medicare and Medicaid) is far from assured.
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Signs are pointing in the direction of a near future in which…
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What is the best exercise to improve sleep?
High-intensity yoga for less than 30 minutes, twice a week, may be the best workout routine for catching high-quality shut-eye, a new study shows. But before people jump on the yoga trend, researchers say more experiments are needed to confirm the study’s findings.
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Physician Starting Pay Hits $400,000 A Year
The average starting salary for physicians has eclipsed $400,000 on average with orthopedic surgeons “at the high end” at $576,000 and pediatricians on the “low end” of the pay scale at $258,000, according to an AMN Healthcare report.
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The average starting salary for physicians has…
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Johns Hopkins scientists grow a mini human brain that lights up and connects like the real thing
Johns Hopkins University researchers have grown a novel whole-brain organoid, complete with neural tissues and rudimentary blood vessels — an advance that could usher in a new era of research into neuropsychiatric disorders such as autism.
“We’ve made the next generation of brain organoids,”…
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Alzheimer’s risk may start at the brain’s border, not inside it
The brain’s health depends on more than just its neurons. A complex network of blood vessels and immune cells acts as the brain’s dedicated guardians — controlling what enters, cleaning up waste, and protecting it from threats by forming the blood-brain barrier.
A new study from Gladstone…
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Resource-Sharing Consortium Charts The Future In Student Mental Health
Education concepts for success.
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In 2024, Higher Ed Drive detailed how a credit reporting agency warned that higher education would face significant financial pressures in 2025. Data suggests that these financial pressures have increased beyond what was forecasted. The Chronicle of Higher…
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‘Days Of Wine And Roses’ Depicts The Rapture And Ravage Of Alcoholism
‘Days of Wine and Roses’ is one of many films showcasing the glitz, glamor and gore of alcohol. But Hollywood needs to show that recovery is possible using medications and therapy.
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