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Trial investigates how quickly human milk responds to common plant based meat swaps
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 tightly controlled crossover trial shows that short-term food swaps can reshape the fats infants receive through milk, even when mothers feel no difference in appetite, metabolism, or feeding patterns. Study: The Effect of Consuming Diets…
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Experts call for bold policies to curb the health harms of ultra-processed foods
The increase of UPFs in diets worldwide presents an urgent challenge to health that demands coordinated policies and advocacy action to address, says a new three paper Series authored by 43 global experts and published in The Lancet. The Series exposes the tactics UPF companies use to drive consumption and prevent effective policy. It outlines a roadmap for change towards…
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Low-dose colchicine may help lower risk
Share on PinterestScientists have repurposed a common gout drug to see if it helps reduce heart attacks and strokes in people with cardiovascular disease. Design by MNT; Photography by Eversame, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons & Thomas Barwick/Getty Images Colchicine is a medication typically used to help treat gout, mainly by treating pain and inflammation. A recent review found…
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New transplant approach resets the immune system to stop Type 1 diabetes
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 combination blood stem cell and pancreatic islet cell transplant from an immunologically mismatched donor completely prevented or cured Type 1 diabetes in mice in a study by Stanford Medicine researchers. Type 1 diabetes arises when…
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Patients at risk as India drug plants falsify records, destroy data, insiders warn
WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — Thousands of miles away from the pharmacies we trust, Indian pharmaceutical companies produce the drugs that fill our medicine cabinets and hospitals. What happens inside those plants that make everything from cough syrup to cancer drugs is rarely seen. Nearly half of America’s generic medicines now come from India. We got a glimpse inside the global…
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Study exposes new health dangers of even occasional cigarette smoking
Research Highlights: Adults who were light smokers — smoking 2-5 cigarettes daily — were more than twice as likely than those who did not smoke to have serious health problems and had a 60% increased risk of death from any cause, according to a study of more than 320,000 adults followed for 20 years. While quitting smoking greatly…
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Ayurveda Can Harm Your Liver | Office for Science and Society
“I know where you live. I know your address. I know who you are. Trust me, they won’t even find your dead body.” This threat was not made privately; rather, it was posted on Twitter and addressed to Dr. Abby Philips, who is often assumed to be a white, Hinduphobic woman on a crusade to rid the world of the healing miracle…
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RNA therapy silences KRAS gene and boosts immune attack on cancer cells
Blocking KRAS and activating immune system by RIG-I pathway makes the tumor microenvironment inflamed, helping the body fight cancer better. Credit: Trinh Tran, Department of Pharmacology, NUS Medicine Two complementary studies led by researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), have demonstrated a new RNA-based therapeutic strategy that effectively targets one of…
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Millions Face Health Risks From Fossil Fuel Infrastructure
Fossil fuels release pollutants into the air when extracted and burned, but there’s more to their production than massive oil rigs diving deep into the Earth and smoky power plants. Those processes are examples of only the first and last—and generally most visible—moments in a fossil fuel’s five-stage journey. Between the initial extraction site and the final power-generating facility, oil…
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Does ketamine shrink your bladder? How one woman ended up going to the toilet 50+ times a day |
Paige Collins’ bladder shrank to just 30ml, leaving her running to the toilet more than 50 times every single day. Ketamine has long existed in two sharply different worlds: an essential anaesthetic used in hospitals and veterinary care, and a recreational substance whose hallucinogenic effects fuel its popularity on the club scene. But as its use grows among young adults,…
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