When I was asked to write this article, my heart began to beat faster, my hands began to shake, and my mind raced, coming up with hundreds of objectively reasonable reasons why I couldn’t do it.I can tell you that as chief deputy editor new scientists I often don’t get a chance to write. But […]
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Microplastic particles linked to heart disease Vitaly Rude/iStockphoto/Getty Images People who have microplastics in their arterial plaques are more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than those without plastic plaques, suggesting that microplastics may contribute to heart disease. Microplastics form when sunlight, water and other media erode plastic into pieces less than 5
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At least one person in Texas has been diagnosed with bird flu after coming into contact with a cow suspected of having the disease. state officials said on Monday. The news casts worrying light on the outbreak, which has affected millions of birds and marine mammals around the world and, most recently, dairy cows in
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Some cancer treatments can cause so-called “chemo brain,” often defined as memory and attention problems Wangbar/Alami An experimental Alzheimer’s disease treatment involving flashing lights and low-pitched sounds may also help prevent cognitive problems after cancer treatment, sometimes called chemo brain, a study in mice suggests. For Alzheimer’s disease, light and sound stimulation have been shown
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Oral diet pill could help obese people who don’t like needles Ksenia Ovchinnikova/Getty Images An experimental drug appears to be better at reducing weight than existing injectable treatments such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro, according to early trial results reported March 7. The drug, amycretin, can cause people to lose 13 percent of their body
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A New York clinic administers ketamine via intravenous drip Victor Llorente/The New York Times/Redux/eyevine Last year, amid intense media coverage, Prince Harry wrote candidly in his memoir free Ketamine was given to help him cope with his mother’s death. He’s not the only one talking about the substance, which has previously been mostly known as
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At 3 a.m., a phone call woke Doug Nordman. A surgeon called from a hospital in Grand Junction, Colo., where Mr. Nordman’s father had arrived at the emergency room, incoherent, in pain and then unconscious. At first, staff thought he was having a heart attack, but a CT scan revealed that part of his small
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Palestinian children wait to receive food cooked by charity kitchen due to food shortages in Rafah Ismail Mohammed/United Press International/Shutterstock The situation in Gaza is rapidly evolving into the worst humanitarian crisis in modern memory, and international health organizations have no long-term plan to address the territory’s post-war needs. More than three-quarters of Gaza’s 2.2
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Alzheimer’s patients suffer from various changes in their brains, but the exact cause of the disease is unknown Science Photo Library/Alamy New understanding of Alzheimer’s disease suggests that its root cause lies in the buildup of fat droplets in brain cells. says targeting these droplets could lead to more effective treatments than current drug strategies
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Anti-aging is big business. From books encouraging diets like intermittent fasting to beauty creams that fight wrinkles, a multi-billion dollar industry is built on the promise of making us live longer and look younger. But how far are we from extending our lifespan and extending our health span? Nobel Prize winner Venky RamakrishnanA molecular biologist
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