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Helping Your Grandkids Could Have a Surprising Brain Benefit, Study Finds
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Helping Your Grandkids Could Have a Surprising Brain Benefit, Study Finds

Grandparents affect their grandchildren's lives in many ways, but a new study suggests seniors might benefit from this caregiving, too.

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@ciencia@mastodon.online · 11 hours ago

Semaglutide Pill Shows Heart Benefits in One Key Group, Study Finds
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Semaglutide Pill Shows Heart Benefits in One Key Group, Study Finds

Taking oral semaglutide may reduce heart-related hospitalizations and deaths among those with a history of heart failure and type 2 diabetes, a new analysis suggests.

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@ciencia@mastodon.online · 13 hours ago

Study Reveals a Turning Point When Men's Heart Attack Risk Accelerates
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Study Reveals a Turning Point When Men's Heart Attack Risk Accelerates

Screening for heart attack risk should be happening earlier for men, according to a new study that found the risk of cardiovascular disease starts climbing when men are in their mid-30s – significantly earlier than a similar trend is seen in women.

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@ciencia@mastodon.online · 13 hours ago

Painful Side Effect of Statins Explained After Decades of Mystery
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Painful Side Effect of Statins Explained After Decades of Mystery

Around 10 percent of people who take statins to lower cholesterol experience mysterious muscle pains, causing many to discontinue these potentially life-saving medicines.

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@ciencia@mastodon.online · 22 hours ago

Surgeons Kept a Man Alive With No Lungs For 48 Hours. Here's How.
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Surgeons Kept a Man Alive With No Lungs For 48 Hours. Here's How.

In a remarkable act of life preservation, surgeons were able to keep a critically ill man alive for 48 hours without a pair of lungs, while he waited for a double lung transplant – a radical approach that could be used again for selected patients.

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@ciencia@mastodon.online · 23 hours ago

Nipah Virus Outbreak Has Asia on High Alert Amid Deaths in India
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Nipah Virus Outbreak Has Asia on High Alert Amid Deaths in India

An outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus in India has put many countries in Asia on high alert, given the fatality rate in humans can be between 40% and 75%.

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@ciencia@mastodon.online · 2 days ago

There's a Surprising Problem Behind The Modern Mindfulness Trend
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There's a Surprising Problem Behind The Modern Mindfulness Trend

Over the past two decades, the concept of mindfulness has become hugely popular around the world.

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@ciencia@mastodon.online · 2 days ago

Missing Link Between Parkinson's Protein And Damage to Brain Cells Discovered
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Missing Link Between Parkinson's Protein And Damage to Brain Cells Discovered

An investigation by researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in the US has filled in a missing link between the toxic build-up of proteins in the neurodegenerative condition Parkinson's disease and the death of critical brain cells.

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@ciencia@mastodon.online · 2 days ago

Roots of Many Miscarriages May Trace Back To Before The Mother Is Even Born
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Roots of Many Miscarriages May Trace Back To Before The Mother Is Even Born

Pregnancy loss remains common around the world.

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@ciencia@mastodon.online · 3 days ago

Carbon Dioxide 'Pulses' Clears Toxins From Parkinson's Brains in Recent Study
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Carbon Dioxide 'Pulses' Clears Toxins From Parkinson's Brains in Recent Study

Manipulating how much carbon dioxide a person breathes can crank up the brain's 'sewage system', researchers have found.

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@ciencia@mastodon.online · 3 days ago

Expert Advice: What to Do (And Not Do) When You Have a Splinter
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Expert Advice: What to Do (And Not Do) When You Have a Splinter

Splinters are everyday injuries commonly involving a small shard of wood, glass, metal, plastic, or a thorn that becomes embedded in the skin and the soft tissue underneath.

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@ciencia@mastodon.online · 3 days ago

Scientists Identified a New Blood Group After a 50-Year Mystery
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Scientists Identified a New Blood Group After a 50-Year Mystery

A pregnant woman's blood sample taken in 1972 was mysteriously missing a surface molecule found on all other known red blood cells at the time.

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@ciencia@mastodon.online · 4 days ago

Forever Chemicals Linked to Multiple Sclerosis in Concerning New Study
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Forever Chemicals Linked to Multiple Sclerosis in Concerning New Study

People who are exposed to certain forever chemicals may be at greater risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), according to new research.

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@ciencia@mastodon.online · 4 days ago

A Common Sleeping Pill May Reduce Buildup of Alzheimer's Proteins, Study Reveals
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A Common Sleeping Pill May Reduce Buildup of Alzheimer's Proteins, Study Reveals

There's still so much we don't know about Alzheimer's disease, but the link between poor sleep and worsening disease is one that researchers are exploring with gusto.

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@ciencia@mastodon.online · 4 days ago

Mouse Study Flags a Serious Downside to Popular Weight-Loss Diet
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Mouse Study Flags a Serious Downside to Popular Weight-Loss Diet

The high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet has been growing in popularity in recent years, following claims of rapid weight loss.

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@ciencia@mastodon.online · 4 days ago

Cancer May Emit Signals That Protect The Brain Against Alzheimer's
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Cancer May Emit Signals That Protect The Brain Against Alzheimer's

Cancer and Alzheimer's disease are two of the most feared diagnoses in medicine, but they rarely strike the same person.

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@ciencia@mastodon.online · 4 days ago

US Life Expectancy Broke Records in 2024, And Could Still Be Climbing
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US Life Expectancy Broke Records in 2024, And Could Still Be Climbing

NEW YORK (AP) – US life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024 – the highest mark in American history.

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@ciencia@mastodon.online · 5 days ago

A Brain Parasite Infecting Millions Is Far Less Sleepy Than We Thought
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A Brain Parasite Infecting Millions Is Far Less Sleepy Than We Thought

A parasite that lives permanently in the brains of millions may not be as uniformly dormant as scientists once thought.

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@ciencia@mastodon.online · 5 days ago

Exercise Can Actually Make Your Brain Look Younger, MRI Scans Reveal
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Exercise Can Actually Make Your Brain Look Younger, MRI Scans Reveal

Alongside better sleep, improved weight regulation, and extended lifespan – and a range of other physical and mental health benefits – we might be able to add a more youthful brain profile as a reason to exercise.

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@ciencia@mastodon.online · 5 days ago

A Cheap Daily Supplement May Have Surprising Health Benefits For Women
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A Cheap Daily Supplement May Have Surprising Health Benefits For Women

Creatine is one of the most popular sports supplements out there.