While usage varies significantly by country, millions of people around the world use psychotropic medications, particularly depression treatments like selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) such as Prozac. Scientists have found that SSRI users who…
Category: 5. Health
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Finally, There’s (A Bit Of) Action
Emergency department boarding has a problem for three decades and is showing signs of worsening. … [+]
If you or a relative has been admitted to the hospital through an emergency…
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Stroke rehabilitation drug repairs brain damage
A new study by UCLA Health has discovered what researchers say is the first drug to fully reproduce the effects of physical stroke rehabilitation in model mice, following from human studies.
The findings, published in Nature Communications, tested two candidate drugs derived from their studies…
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Gender gap in teenage depression is twice as large in London than in Tokyo, new study finds
Published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, the study aimed to provide robust insights into adolescent mental health trajectories in two different cultural contexts by comparing large samples of 11 to 16 years olds in London and Tokyo over time. The two studies are the Tokyo Teen Cohort…
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Two astronauts stuck in space for 9 months have returned to Earth
Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore’s extended stay in the International Space Station will add to what we know about how space affects health.
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Non-genetic theories of cancer address inconsistencies in current paradigm
It’s time for researchers to reconsider the current paradigm of cancer as a genetic disease, argued Sui Huang from the Institute for Systems Biology, USA, and colleagues in a new essay published March 18 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology.
The prevailing theory on the origin of cancer is…
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Blood pressure patterns during pregnancy predict later hypertension risk, study finds
Women with blood pressure levels in a range considered clinically normal during pregnancy but no mid-pregnancy drop in blood pressure face an increased risk of developing hypertension in the five years after giving birth. These women — about 12% of the population studied — would not be flagged…
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Latest Alzheimer’s drug shown less effective in females than males
Since becoming only the second Alzheimer’s-modifying drug to gain American Federal Drug Administration approval in 2023, sales of lecanemab, known by its brand name Leqembi, have risen steadily, reaching $87-million USD in the last quarter of 2024.
In its Phase 3 clinical trial, lecanemab slowed…
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Vaccine may improve breast cancer treatment outcomes
Moffitt Cancer Center researchers have discovered a promising new vaccine strategy for treating a specific type of breast cancer. The innovative approach targets human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive, estrogen receptor-negative (HER2-positive, ER-negative) breast cancer and has shown…
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Whose air quality are we monitoring?
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air quality monitors are disproportionally located in predominately white neighborhoods, according to University of Utah research. The EPA’s network consistently failed to capture air quality in communities of color across six major pollutants,…
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