People with heart disease who received a shingles vaccine had nearly half the rate of serious cardiac events a year later compared with those who did not get the vaccine, according to a study being presented at the American ...
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Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that an FDA-approved compound promotes neuroprotective effects in experimental models of Parkinson's disease. The compound, N-acetyl-L-leucine (NALL), simultaneously targets ...
Mar 18, 2026
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Following a rapid increase in popularity of GLP-1 drugs for diabetes and weight loss, such as semaglutide and tirzepatide, approximately one in eight U.S. adults now take these medications, which also provide cardiovascular ...
Mar 18, 2026
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New Monash University-led research has, for the first time in Australia, found that children with an infection in the past 60 days had roughly twice the risk of stroke. Published in Neurology, the study provides the first ...
Mar 13, 2026
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Older people with a genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease did not experience the expected increase in cognitive decline and dementia risk if they consumed relatively large amounts of meat. This is shown in a new study from ...
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Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have increased the effectiveness of a standard antibiotic by a factor of 60 through targeted chemical modifications. In laboratory and animal studies, the new drug candidate ...
Mar 18, 2026
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When e-cigarettes first appeared around 2010, they were hailed as a breakthrough: nicotine delivery without the toxic tar and combustion byproducts of traditional cigarettes. Public health bodies cautiously endorsed them ...
Mar 14, 2026
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A new kind of blood test promises to find cancer early—sometimes even before symptoms appear. The pitch is compelling: a single sample of blood could scan the body for dozens of different cancers at once, catching disease ...
Mar 15, 2026
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In type 1 diabetes, the immune system starts to destroy insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. Progressive loss of these cells destabilizes the body's glucose levels and drives the course of the disease, so preserving ...
Mar 12, 2026
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The number of meningitis cases being probed by UK authorities has risen to 20, health officials said Wednesday, following an "unprecedented" deadly outbreak centered on a university.
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