For years, many women have faced a confusing message about menopause hormone therapy. It can be extremely effective for hot flashes and night sweats, yet older research created fears that the same treatment might harm the heart. A new U.S. study offers a more detailed picture. Researchers found that women with menopause symptoms who started […]

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For decades, one of the biggest problems in pain medicine has been surprisingly simple: the strongest medicines often come with the greatest risks. Opioids can make severe pain manageable, but they can also cause dependence, addiction, overdose and troublesome side effects. A new drug called LTG-001 is being developed to see whether powerful pain relief […]

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Losing weight is one challenge, but keeping it off while maintaining a healthy diet can be even harder. New research suggests that a Mediterranean-inspired eating plan redesigned for the American South can help adults maintain weight loss for two years while improving the nutritional quality of their diets. The program is called Med-South and was […]

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A person being treated for heart disease may also have a hidden problem in the kidneys. New European guidelines say doctors should look for that connection much earlier, because damage to the heart and kidneys can feed into each other and increase the risk of serious illness. The European Society of Cardiology developed the new […]

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Fatty liver disease is extremely common, and many people have it without knowing. For years, it was often treated as a problem mainly involving the liver, especially when patients had no obvious symptoms. A new scientific review argues that this view may be too narrow. Researchers led by the University of Manchester and Northern Care […]

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Diabetes can slowly damage nerves throughout the body, leaving some people with pain, burning, tingling, or numbness that can become difficult to manage. Now, scientists at UTHealth Houston have developed an experimental treatment that slowed and even reversed this type of nerve damage in mice. The research was published in Science Translational Medicine. Although the […]

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A mammogram does more than search for suspicious lumps. It can also show whether a woman’s breasts contain a large amount of dense tissue, a feature that has long been associated with a higher chance of developing breast cancer. For many years, breast density was especially important because it could hide small tumors on mammograms. […]

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Air pollution is often discussed as a long-term health threat, but new research suggests the body may begin responding after only a few hours. Scientists at the University of Louisville found that about three hours of exposure to polluted air was linked to a small but measurable change in the way the nervous system controls […]

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Living with type 1 diabetes means making decisions about blood sugar every day. Even when people carefully count carbohydrates, use insulin correctly, and check their glucose regularly, their levels can still rise or fall unexpectedly. Researchers at Kaunas University of Technology, or KTU, are testing whether artificial intelligence could make these changes easier to anticipate. […]

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A study has found a possible link between vitamin B12 and inflammation in the body. People with higher levels of vitamin B12 in their blood tended to have lower levels of two important signs of inflammation. The research was published in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. The findings add to growing […]

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Signals that appear to show ions moving through a battery material may sometimes be caused by nothing more than a rough surface, according to new research from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, or KAIST. The discovery could help scientists avoid misleading measurements while developing faster-charging and longer-lasting batteries. It may be especially […]

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A reliever inhaler can feel indispensable during an asthma or COPD flare because it can open narrowed airways within minutes. Yet needing that quick relief again and again may signal a bigger health problem. New research involving more than 280,000 patients found that frequent use of short-acting inhalers was associated with greater risks of heart […]

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A strange-looking sea animal may offer scientists new clues about how the brain changes with age. Researchers found that aged mice given supplements containing plasmalogens, natural fat-like molecules found in sea squirts, performed better on memory tests and showed several biological changes linked with healthier brain aging. Sea squirts are soft marine animals that attach […]

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Low back pain is something most people experience at some point in life. Long hours at a desk, repeated lifting, reduced activity and many other factors can contribute, but in most cases doctors cannot identify one specific injury or disease that explains the pain. This common form is called nonspecific low back pain. It accounts […]

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A vaccine given to older adults to prevent shingles may have an unexpected connection with heart health. Researchers at the University of Oxford found that people who received the newer Shingrix vaccine had fewer cardiovascular problems than similar people who received an older shingles vaccine. The finding matters because heart and blood vessel diseases remain […]

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For many people referred to hospital because of blood in their urine, the next steps can be worrying. Blood in urine can be caused by infections, kidney stones and several other conditions, but it can also be an early warning sign of bladder cancer. Doctors therefore need a reliable way to find the smaller number […]

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For men considering testosterone treatment, reaching the highest possible hormone level may not be the safest goal. A new scientific review suggests that atrial fibrillation risk may increase when testosterone is either too low or too high. The review was published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society by researchers including Rajat S. Barua of […]

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Takotsubo syndrome is a sudden heart problem that can look almost exactly like a heart attack. It is sometimes called “broken heart syndrome” because strong emotional stress, such as grief or fear, can trigger it, although physical illness and other forms of stress can also bring it on. The condition is seen most often in […]

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A major artery in the brain can be successfully reopened after a stroke, yet a patient may still be left with serious problems walking, speaking or thinking. For years, doctors have struggled to explain why restoring circulation does not always lead to the recovery they expect. A new study suggests that the trouble may continue […]

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Many people begin taking statins in middle age to lower cholesterol and protect themselves from heart disease. But doctors have had an important unanswered question: does starting a statin still help someone who has already reached their 70s without having a heart attack or stroke? A major Australian trial suggests that it does. Researchers from […]

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