Think cannabis helps you sleep better? Think again
Millions of Americans use cannabis products as sleep aids, but a new Northwestern Medicine study suggests marijuana may not improve sleep the way many people believe it does.
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Shared signaling regulator may link liver and pancreas dysfunction in type 2 diabetes
Maintaining healthy blood glucose levels involves striking a balance between the glucose produced by the liver during fasting and the insulin released from pancreatic beta cells after meals. In type 2 diabetes, glucose production ...
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When it comes to health care access, more isn't always better
Hospitals and policymakers routinely face a difficult question when investing in specialized emergency services: Will adding another facility improve care, or would those resources do more good somewhere else?
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Menstruation invisible to homelessness support services
Stigma, male-centric systems and structural neglect have rendered homeless women's menstrual health largely out of sight and out of mind, according to the authors of a study by the University of Southampton.
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Cardiac rehabilitation programs not keeping up with global increases in cardiovascular disease
Despite the rising incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD), along with evidence that cardiac rehabilitation programs improve outcomes for those living with CVD, availability of these programs has not increased worldwide ...
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More active mitochondria may help chronic myeloid leukemia cells withstand treatment
Researchers in Adelaide and Singapore have uncovered new clues as to why some people with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) respond better to treatment than others, finding that mitochondrial function in cancer cells could be ...
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Changes in marital status may heighten vulnerability for alcohol-related problems
People who have experienced mixed marital transitions or who have never been married may be more likely to have alcohol-related problems than people with stable marital status. According to a study published in Alcohol: Clinical ...
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Experiments reveal how DNA-packaging protein mutation promotes breast cancer spread
A research team led by professor Chan Kui-ming from the Department of Biomedical Sciences at CityUHK discovered that H2BE113K, a missense H2B mutation, promotes colony formation and lung metastasis in breast cancer. The research ...
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Gaming disorder screening may overlook women who play to cope with stress
Playing more and more, struggling to cut back, or continuing to game despite its negative impact on everyday life can all be signs of gaming disorder. But what about women who play video games and may be overlooked by conventional ...
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Global dementia study reveals 11.4 million new cases in 2023—projected to more than double by 2050
International research has produced some of the most comprehensive and comparable estimates of new dementia cases worldwide, revealing that an estimated 11.4 million people developed dementia in 2023—a figure projected to ...
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