A research team at the Federal University of ABC (UFABC) in Brazil has created a new chemical compound that may offer a promising way to treat Alzheimer’s disease. Their work involved a combination of computer-based modeling (in silico), laboratory tests with cell cultures (in vitro), and…
Category: 5. Health
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Inflammation turns bone marrow into a breeding ground for disease
Every moment, the bone marrow generates millions of fresh blood and immune cells. This nonstop renewal depends on a carefully balanced relationship between hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), supportive stromal cells, and a network of immune signals.
Over the years, this balance becomes vulnerable….
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Immigrant Health Care Workers Vital Despite U.S. Immigration Policies
Three ambulances are parked in front of the emergency room at Childrens Health of Orange County. As America’s population ages, immigrants will play a significant role in providing health care to Americans, according to new research. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Los…
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New antibody breakthrough could finally slow polycystic kidney disease
Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is an inherited disorder in which clusters of fluid-filled cysts gradually develop within the kidneys. As these cysts enlarge and multiply, they damage the surrounding tissue and limit the organs’ ability to function. Many people with advanced PKD eventually…
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Limiting childhood vaccines puts everyone’s health at risk
In September, the federal committee that makes vaccine recommendations voted to change the childhood immunization schedule. That in itself isn’t unusual; past committees have done so over the years. But this time, careful deliberations and evidence-based decisions, hallmarks of past…
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How ADHD Benefits Help Physicians Excel: ADHD Comes With Strengths
Doctors with ADHD benefit from ADHD strengths to become outstanding clinicians.
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Across medicine, a quiet revolution is underway. More and more physicians (many of them leaders in their fields) are discovering in midlife that they have ADHD. For decades, we were told that ADHD was a…
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Vice President Dick Cheney’s life followed the arc of the biggest breakthroughs in cardiovascular medicine
The life and political legacy of former Vice President Dick Cheney, who died on Nov. 4, 2025, at the age of 84, has been well documented. But his decades-long battle with heart disease may be less appreciated.
Cheney benefited from almost every major advance made in cardiovascular…
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Florida residents’ anxiety is linked to social media use and varies with age, new study shows
Over 40 million American adults – approximately 19% – live with an anxiety disorder, according to the National Institutes of Health.
Studies show this anxiety is most prevalent in young people. In recent years, social psychologists such as Jonathan Haidt have started to draw…
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Jeff Bezos Is Backing AI Drug Development Startup Profluent
Profluent founder Ali Madani
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Profluent has raised $106 million to scale up use of its AI models for biology in drug development and agriculture.
Ali Madani started thinking about how AI could be programmed for biology in 2020, years before the launch of ChatGPT. The machine learning…
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Everyday microplastics could be fueling heart disease
A research team at the University of California, Riverside has found that routine exposure to microplastics — tiny pieces released from packaging, fabrics, and common consumer plastics — may speed up the formation of atherosclerosis, the artery-narrowing condition associated with heart attacks…
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