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Engineers create designer biobots using human lung cells
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 brand-new engineering approach to generate “designer” biological robots using human lung cells is underway in Carnegie Mellon University’s Ren lab. Referred to as AggreBots, these microscale living robots may one day be able to traverse…
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Five common types of medication you shouldn’t have with coffee
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David Enoch obituary | Mental health
My friend David Enoch, who has died aged 99, made his greatest mark as a campaigner for humane mental health care and was a founding fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. In the 1960s he served as a medical adviser to Barbara Robb, the psychotherapist who exposed neglect and abuse in long-stay NHS psychiatric wards and, through her controversial…
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Not all diabetes is about sugar—understanding diabetes insipidus
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Diabetes mellitus—known to many as type 1 and type 2 diabetes—gets all the attention with its rising global prevalence and connection to lifestyle and autoimmunity. Meanwhile, its lesser-known relative—diabetes insipidus—more quietly affects hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, but is an altogether different condition, unrelated to blood sugar. Both forms share the same defining symptom: excessive…
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Pasteurized milk contains H5N1 proteins without posing health risks
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: Proteins and genetic material from H5N1 influenza viruses have been found in pasteurized milk in the United States, but a study from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital shows those inactive viral pieces represent little to no…
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People’s Pharmacy: Did teen’s recent prescription cause urinary incontinence and bladder problems?
Q. I am wondering if my daughter is supersensitive to the side effects of pharmaceuticals, as I am. One of the documented side effects of Zoloft/sertraline is urinary incontinence and bladder problems. My daughter is no longer on the drug, but she still suffers these side effects four years after stopping it. We have tried everything we can find to…
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Before Trump touted the drug leucovorin for autism, these families had already tried it
Last winter, Brian Noonan read online that some doctors were prescribing an obscure drug, typically given to cancer patients, for autism. Curious, he looked into it for his son Benjamin, who had just been diagnosed with autism in October. “We jumped on it,” Noonan said. “It felt right and it made sense.” The medication was leucovorin, also called folinic acid.…
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Tylenol, autism and the difference between finding a link and finding a cause in scientific research
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Claims from the Trump White House about links between use of the painkiller acetaminophen—often sold under the brand name Tylenol in the U.S.—during pregnancy and development of autism have set off a deluge of responses across the medical, scientific and public health communities. As a father of a child with level 2 autism—meaning autism that requires…
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Is Cane Sugar Bad for You? Health Effects and Comparisons
Cane sugar is a popular sweetener that comes from sugar cane or sugar beets. The most common form is white table sugar, which is highly processed and stripped of most nutrients during refining. Cane sugar isn’t bad for you in small amounts, but having too much too often can raise your risk for health problems. Cane sugar is considered an…
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Solar storms linked to increased heart attack risk in women
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: An article published in the journal Communications Medicine points to a correlation between disturbances in the Earth’s magnetic field resulting from solar storms and an increase in the frequency of heart attacks, especially among women. The…
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