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Long covid linked to signs of ongoing inflammatory responses in blood

Fatigue is a common long-term COVID-19 symptom Katharine McQueen/Getty Images A study of nearly 700 people shows that people who were hospitalized with severe covid-19 and then infected with the coronavirus for a long time had elevated levels of a number of inflammatory immune molecules compared with people who fully recovered from the hospital. Members […]

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Can AI technology tackle concussion and injuries in American football?

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Repeated blows to the head – like those in boxing and American football – can lead to personality changes, cognitive problems and depression years later. This neurodegenerative disease, called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), is associated with the progressive accumulation of tau protein in the brain. A 2017 study of the brains of 111 deceased former

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The hunt is on to learn why bowel cancer in young people is rising

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The number of people under 50 diagnosed with bowel cancer has been rising for three decades Mohamed Ellamin Alioui/Alamy One of the most worrying cancer trends is the rising incidence of many types of tumors in people under 50, especially bowel cancer. Now a £20m, five-year research project has been approved to find out why

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Therapy that turns lymph nodes into livers gets first human trial

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Solution containing suspended liver cells (hepatocytes) Genesis For the first time, a man has received an experimental treatment that transformed one of his lymph nodes into a functioning mini-liver. We won’t know for several months whether this treatment works, but if it does, it could revolutionize the treatment of liver disease. “This technology could eliminate

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Teen Drug Use Habits Are Changing, For the Good. With Caveats.

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Historically, now is a good time for teenage liver disease. Or lungs. Regular use of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs among high school students has been on a long-term downward trend. 2023, 46% of seniors say they have drank alcohol during the year Before the interview; that’s down sharply from 88 percent in 1979, when the

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Bisexual women expect to have an orgasm with women more than with men

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Women, especially heterosexuals, are less likely to orgasm during sex than heterosexual men, which is known as the “orgasm gap” Zoonar GmbH / Alamy One study found that bisexual women predicted they would be more likely to orgasm when having sex with another woman than when they had sex with a man. Orgasm is often

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What is Disease X and do we need to worry about it?

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What is disease X? Don’t panic! Disease X doesn’t exist yet—but it might one day. Disease The term was coined in 2017 and can be used to refer to a newly discovered pathogen or any known pathogen with newly acquired pandemic potential. By the latter definition, covid-19 is the first Disease X. But another disease

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Could an MRI scan make prostate cancer screening more accurate?

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MRI scans could improve prostate cancer screening accuracy Skeneshe/Getty Images There is good news and bad news when it comes to prostate cancer screening. First the bad news: The blood test in question measures a compound called prostate-specific antigen (PSA), but it’s too inaccurate. As a result, some men end up receiving cancer treatments they

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Bird flu confirmed in person who had contact with infected dairy cows

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dairy cow Shutterstock/Zhang Yuangeng A man in the United States has contracted bird flu from an infected cow in Texas. This is the first confirmed case of the virus subtype H5N1, which is transmitted between humans and another mammal. this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) made the announcement

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What Doctors Want You to Know About Beta Blockers for Anxiety

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Feeling anxious before a big job interview? Worried about giving a speech? Nervous about your first date? The solution, some digital startups suggest, is beta blockers, drugs that slow the heart rate and lower blood pressure, masking some of the physical symptoms of anxiety. Typically, a trip to a doctor’s office is required to get

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