Neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Huntington’s disease occur when neurons gradually deteriorate and die. This progressive loss of brain cells leads to severe symptoms including memory decline, cognitive impairment, and difficulty with movement. Over time, these…
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Scientists find the brain’s hidden pulse that may predict Alzheimer’s
Scientists at the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have created a pioneering brain imaging method that captures how the brain’s smallest blood vessels pulse in time with each heartbeat. These subtle movements may…
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Big Rebates Make High Drug Prices Look Like Savings. Here’s The Fix
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JULY 23: Prescription drugs are displayed at NYC Discount Pharmacy in Manhattan on July 23, 2024, in New York City. In the U.S. drug market, higher list prices can paradoxically look like savings. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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A simple fatty acid could restore failing vision
Changes in eyesight are one of the most familiar effects of getting older. Sit in a dim restaurant with someone over 60, and you might hear, “Hold on — let me pull out my cell phone. I need more light to read the menu!” But what if declining vision with age could actually be reversed?
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Verily Launches Landmark Partnership With CU Anschutz And UCHealth
This landmark partnership between CU Anschutz, UCHealth and Verily is aiming to unlock significant insights from vast datasets.
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Precision health and medicine giant Verily announced today that it will be partnering with CU Anschutz and UCHealth to create an AI enabled ecosystem entailing…
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Your brain’s power supply may hold the key to mental illness
In a new interview published today (October 14) by Genomic Press in Genomic Psychiatry, Dr. Bruce M. Cohen shares research findings that are reshaping how scientists around the world understand and treat neuropsychiatric disorders. As the Robertson-Steele Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard…
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This new blood test can catch cancer 10 years early
Human papilloma virus (HPV) is responsible for about 70% of head and neck cancers in the United States, making it the leading HPV-related cancer and one that continues to rise in frequency each year. Unlike cervical cancer, which can be detected through routine screening, there is currently no…
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A single protein could stop sudden death after heart attacks
Nina Kumowski, MD, of the Department of Radiology and Center for Systems Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the lead author and Matthias Nahrendorf, MD, PhD of the Department of Radiology and Center for Systems Biology at MGH, is the senior author of a paper published in Science,…
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HHS Is Driving A Paradigm Change Onto The Pharmaceutical Industry
There’s something for every illness. Photo of shelves stocked with various medicinal products in a pharmacy.
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Last month the Trump Administration announced sweeping changes to the decades old rules that allow pharmaceutical manufacturers to advertise products direct-to-consumer. FDA…
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Popular hair-loss pill linked to depression and suicide
A new analysis by a public health expert at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has found that finasteride, a widely used treatment for hair loss, has been associated with depression and suicide for more than twenty years. Despite these long-standing concerns, neither regulators nor the drug’s…