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Neuroscientists split on whether memories can be extracted from preserved brains
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: Can memories truly be read from the brain’s structure alone? A global survey of neuroscientists reveals surprising agreement on some points, and sharp divides on others, with implications for future brain preservation and emulation. Survey: What…
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How lymphoma rewires the human genome
Engineered mantle cell lymphoma cells. Credit: Roser Zaurin/Centro de Regulación Genómica Translocations are chromosomal “cut and paste” errors that drive many lymphomas, a type of blood cancer and the sixth most common form of cancer overall. This includes mantle cell lymphoma, a rare but aggressive subtype diagnosed in about one in every 100,000 people each year. Translocations are known to…
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Beware snake bites, medication errors and carbon monoxide after a storm, NC Poison Control warns :: WRAL.com
An increase in venomous snake bites, carbon monoxide poisoning and medication errors after storms like Hurricane Erin can lead to illness or even death, a North Carolina Poison Control expert warns. Dr. Michael Beuhler, medical director with N.C. Poison Control, explains storm survivors need to be vigilant after hurricanes, ice storms and other natural disasters. Medication errors during a storm…
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US Supreme Court rules Trump admin can cut nearly $800m in health funding | Donald Trump News
SCOTUS decision impacts DEI programmes that include breast cancer research and HIV prevention. The highest court in the US has ruled that the Trump administration can slash hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of research funding on breast cancer, HIV prevention and suicide, among other issues, in its push to cut federal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts. In a…
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New study uncovers a surprising mechanism of resistance to immunotherapy
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: A new international study led by researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center, the Karolinska Institutet and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has uncovered a surprising mechanism of resistance to immunotherapy: cancer’s ability to injure…
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Serena Williams Reveals She’s Taking Weight-Loss Medication
Photo: Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Vogue Three years after announcing her retirement from tennis, Serena Williams has a new job: advertising weight-loss medication. In an interview with Vogue, she revealed she started taking Zepbound to lose weight after her daughter Adira was born in 2023. Taking GLP-1 medication changed her life, she says — so she partnered with Ro, a telehealth…
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SARS-CoV-2 infects testicular cells and uses cellular machinery to replicate, study finds
(A–D) Photomicrographs of testicular sections of animals from CG and IG submitted to CD68 (A, B) and CD163 (C, D) immunohistochemistry. Nuclear staining with hematoxylin. In (A) the interstitial tissue shows a few CD68+ macrophages (arrows) in comparison to the high incidence of these cells observed in IG (B). In (C, D), CD163-immunolabeled macrophages are seen (arrows); however, in (D),…
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Injectable weight loss drugs linked to rare vision loss
A small percentage of patients on injectable weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy experienced permanent vision loss, according to a new study. The report, published Thursday in the medical journal JAMA Ophthalmology, found that five out of 25,330 patients studied, or less than 0.02%, of those who took Ozempic and Wegovy, also known as GLP-1 drugs, developed non-arteritic…
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Weber Shandwick hires Hannah Hurdle to lead West health practice
Weber Shandwick has hired Hannah Hurdle as EVP, West health practice lead and North America emerging pharma and biotech head. Hurdle started in the role last week, reporting to Jordan Rittenberry, president of Weber Shandwick West and North America practice leader for technology. The last person to hold the role was Maureen Rannet, who left Weber in March 2023, said Kelley…
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Australian researchers identify GATOR1 complex as key to preventing lymphoma
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: Australian researchers have used an innovative genome-wide screening approach to identify genes, and their encoded proteins, that play critical roles in the prevention of lymphoma development, revealing new potential treatment targets for these blood cancers. The…
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