Glioblastoma is the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer in adults. There are about 12,000 new cases diagnosed each year in the United States. There are many different risk factors that could lead to glioblastoma. Age is a large risk factor as well…
Category: 5. Health
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Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee Could Deepen America’s Doctor Shortage
Why Trump’s H-1B fee threatens hospitals, foreign physicians, and patients.
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When the White House announced that all new H-1B visa petitions would now carry a $100,000 supplemental fee, headlines quickly focused on tech. Silicon Valley has long relied on H-1B visas to recruit engineers from…
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Gene Therapy Could End Lifelong Transfusions For Rare Blood Disorder
A single one-time gene therapy could free patients with α-thalassemia, a rare and debilitating blood disorder, from the burden of lifelong transfusions.
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A single one-time gene therapy could free patients with α-thalassemia, a rare and debilitating blood disorder,…
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This high-sugar fruit may actually lower diabetes risk
If presented with two snacks, one containing seven grams of sugar and another with over 30 grams of sugar, choosing the healthier option should be a no-brainer, correct? Well, maybe not. Less sugar is not automatically healthier.
For the nearly 100 million adults in the United States who are…
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Smart Scales Are Dumb. ShapeScale Redefines Longevity In The GLP-1 Era
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As GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic boom, ShapeScale’s 3D body scanner claims DXA-level accuracy—revealing whether patients are truly losing fat or critical muscle.
Losing weight isn’t the problem. Losing muscle is. That’s the blind spot ShapeScale is…
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Hidden bacterial molecules in the brain reveal new secrets of sleep
What causes us to sleep? The answer may lie not only in our brains, but in their complex interplay with the micro-organisms spawned in our intestines.
New research from Washington State University suggests a new paradigm in understanding sleep, demonstrating that a substance in the mesh-like…
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Brain fat, not just plaques, may be the hidden driver of Alzheimer’s
It was long thought that fat in the brain played no role in neurodegenerative diseases, but Purdue University researchers are challenging that assumption.
The research findings, published in Immunity, show that excess fat in the brain’s resident immune cells, called microglia, impairs their…
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Scientists reveal pill that helps shed 20% of body weight
New research presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Vienna, Austria (Sept 15-19) and simultaneously published in NEJM shows that daily treatment with the new once-daily GLP-1 agonist orforglipron results in substantial weight loss in people…
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Electric Fields and Fluoxetine Delivery Accelerate Healing
How can machine learning be used to treat and heal wounds? This is what a recent study published in npj Biomedical Innovations hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated how using a portable healing device combining machine learning and…
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Protective Medical Apparel Maker Medline Considering An IPO
Workers at Medline Industries assemble Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) kits to be shipped out to various health facilities at their warehouse in Mundelein, Illinois, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 20, 2014. The personal protection kits, which typically include a hooded body suit, face shield, boot…
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