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Innovative topical cream relieves chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy
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: Most patients receiving chemotherapy with taxanes or platinum salts develop pain and loss of sensitivity in their hands and feet—a severe side effect that can interfere with proper treatment. Addressing this unmet clinical need, researchers at…
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Scientists identify a new dendritic nanotubular network in the brain that may contribute to Alzheimer’s disease
Neuronal nanotubes mediate intercellular transport and disease. Credit: Science (2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.adr7403 Neurons in the brain communicate with each other through synapses—connection points that allow the passage of electrical and chemical signals. In non-neuronal cells, direct cell-to-cell connections have been found to occur with the assistance of nanotube structures. In particular, tunneling nanotubes (TNT) have exhibited material exchange in some…
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NHS offers free prescriptions to certain Brits – see if you can avoid the £9.90 cost
Prescription charges can quickly add up, but some people are entitled to free NHS prescriptions The NHS automatically grants free prescriptions to certain groups of people(Image: georgeclerk via Getty Images) Prescription charges can significantly bump up your monthly expenses, particularly if you’re on multiple medications. While some treatments are free, others cost £9.90 per item, meaning someone on just three…
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‘Planetary health diet’ could prevent 15 million deaths a year and climate disaster
About 15 million deaths could be avoided each year and agricultural emissions could drop by 15 per cent if people worldwide shift to healthier, predominantly plant-based diets, according to the EAT-Lancet Commission. The commission brought together scientists worldwide to review the latest data on food’s role in human health, climate change, biodiversity, and people’s working and living conditions. Their conclusion:…
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New ultrasound technique used to stimulate multiple locations in the brain simultaneously
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: For the first time, a new ultrasound technique allows researchers to stimulate multiple locations in the brain simultaneously. This opens up new possibilities for treating devastating brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and depression in the…
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Stabilization of neuropathy scores seen after gene editing therapy for rare nerve disease
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain University College London’s National Amyloidosis Center leads a multinational team reporting that a single infusion of an in vivo gene-editing therapy (nexiguran ziclumeran) produced rapid, deep, and durable reductions in serum transthyretin for hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with polyneuropathy, with disease measures largely stable or improved through 24 months. Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with polyneuropathy is a rare,…
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Pill millions of us take every day linked to surge in deadly scurvy
Around 15 per cent of people in the UK take the same medication with 73million doses presecribed every year 09:25, 29 Sep 2025Updated 09:39, 29 Sep 2025 Omeprazole 20 mg capsules Doctors have warned that a condition caused by a serious vitamin deficiency is making a comeback thanks to a common pill millions of people in the UK take every…
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First Acetaminophen, Are Prozac And Ozempic Next?
A looming government shutdown could add to the travel industry’s woes. The U.S. travel economy could lose $1 billion a week if the government shuts down, which is set to happen on Wednesday without a deal in Washington. It risks disrupting air and rail travel and could result in the closure of national parks and museums—at a time when visitor…
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Enzyme technology enables first successful blood type conversion in kidney transplant
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: The first successful human transplant of a kidney converted from blood type A to universal type O used special enzymes developed at the University of British Columbia to help prevent a mismatch and rejection of the…
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Metabolically active visceral fat linked to aggressive endometrial cancer, new study reveals
Credit: CC0 Public Domain High metabolic activity of visceral fat may be associated with more aggressive endometrial cancer, new research presented at the 38th Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM’25) has shown. While obesity is a recognized risk factor for endometrial cancer, the findings indicate that disease aggressiveness may be driven not only by the amount…
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