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Adopting 8 healthy habits could add decades to a person's life

A new study involving over 700,000 U.S. veterans reports that people who adopt eight healthy lifestyle habits by middle age can expect to live substantially longer than those with few or none of these habits.

24 Jul 2023

New technique can make radiation therapy safer for patients with prostate cancer

A technique that uses imaging technology as a guide can make radiation therapy safer for patients with prostate cancer by helping clinicians accurately aim radiation beams at the prostate while avoiding nearby tissue in the bladder, urethra, and rectum.

24 Jul 2023

The impact of COVID-19 on colorectal cancer screening and outcomes

The effect of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on colorectal cancer screening.

24 Jul 2023

Time-restricted eating can be a good alternative for weight loss in people with type 2 diabetes

Losing weight is often a goal for people with type 2 diabetes, which is strongly associated with being overweight or obese.

24 Jul 2023

Dietary omega-3 fatty acids may protect against age-related hearing loss

Researchers report that blood levels of the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) were inversely correlated with hearing difficulty in a new population-based cross-sectional study.

24 Jul 2023

Opting for olive oil may reduce the risk of fatal dementia

A new study suggests that incorporating olive oil into your diet could help reduce the risk of dying from dementia.

24 Jul 2023

Comparing COVID-19 symptom burden and quality of life in positive and negative PCR test results

Reports evaluated to what extent symptoms are present before, during, and after a positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR test.

24 Jul 2023

Senolysis holds great promise for developing new therapeutics for cancers and age-related diseases

Announcing a new publication for Acta Materia Medica journal. The prevalence of age-related diseases has been progressively increasing worldwide.

24 Jul 2023

Arming phages with heterologous effectors paves the way for successful UTI treatment

Study demonstrated how phage can be engineered to produce bacteriocins and cell wall hydrolases as antimicrobial effector genes.

24 Jul 2023

Could alpha lipoic acid treat polycystic ovary syndrome?

Authors analyzed the efficacy of alpha lipoic acid (ALA) in treating polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

24 Jul 2023

An exploration of the attitudes towards teleaudiology for clinicians before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers explored audiologists' attitudes towards and usage of teleaudiology.

24 Jul 2023

Do probiotics supplements really make a difference during antibiotic treatment? Probably not, says research

Researchers evaluated previous work conducting controlled trials of patients undergoing antibiotic therapy.

24 Jul 2023

Study offers a comprehensive analysis of bacterial and fungal alterations in COVID-19

Researchers use nanopore sequencing to determine the fungal and bacterial microbiota in the lungs of COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients.

24 Jul 2023

Community COVID-19 disease is associated with increased risks of post-viral-illness, fatigue, embolism, and respiratory conditions

Researchers determined the magnitude of changes in healthcare utilization attributable to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

24 Jul 2023

Research reveals therapeutic potential of novel compound in inhibiting oncogene translation

Cutting-edge research at the Luxembourg Institute of Health reveals the ground-breaking therapeutic potential of the compound FL3 in inhibiting oncogene translation and rewiring cancer cell metabolism, opening up new therapeutic opportunities for leukemia patients.

24 Jul 2023

Genes may explain why some people with abdominal obesity do not develop diabetes

Conventional wisdom holds that storing fat around your belly puts you at increased risk for type 2 diabetes. But surprising new findings from the University of Virginia School of Medicine suggest that naturally occurring variations in our genes can lead some people to store fat at the waist but also protect them from diabetes.

24 Jul 2023

The association of dietary patterns with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia symptomology

A new paper discusses the impact of diet on the risk of AD, in which researchers describe the interrelationship between specific nutrients, dietary patterns, other risk factors for AD, and psychosocial factors driving these patterns.

24 Jul 2023

Could brain age be used to measure disease stratification in Huntington's disease?

Study evaluated the biological age of the brain as a disease stratification measure for Huntington's disease (HD).

24 Jul 2023

Is there an association between dementia risk and neighborhood disadvantage?

Researchers determined the association between the Area Deprivation Index (ADI) quintile and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) incidence.

24 Jul 2023

Breakthrough stress sensor discovery reveals new mechanism of antimicrobial resistance

Researchers from the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, in collaboration with Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have discovered a new stress signaling system that enables bacteria cells to adapt and protect themselves against the immune system and certain antibiotics.

24 Jul 2023

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Adopting 8 healthy habits could add decades to a person's life

New technique can make radiation therapy safer for patients with prostate cancer

The impact of COVID-19 on colorectal cancer screening and outcomes

Time-restricted eating can be a good alternative for weight loss in people with type 2 diabetes

Dietary omega-3 fatty acids may protect against age-related hearing loss

Opting for olive oil may reduce the risk of fatal dementia

Comparing COVID-19 symptom burden and quality of life in positive and negative PCR test results

Senolysis holds great promise for developing new therapeutics for cancers and age-related diseases

Arming phages with heterologous effectors paves the way for successful UTI treatment

Could alpha lipoic acid treat polycystic ovary syndrome?

An exploration of the attitudes towards teleaudiology for clinicians before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Do probiotics supplements really make a difference during antibiotic treatment? Probably not, says research

Study offers a comprehensive analysis of bacterial and fungal alterations in COVID-19

Community COVID-19 disease is associated with increased risks of post-viral-illness, fatigue, embolism, and respiratory conditions

Research reveals therapeutic potential of novel compound in inhibiting oncogene translation

Genes may explain why some people with abdominal obesity do not develop diabetes

The association of dietary patterns with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia symptomology

Could brain age be used to measure disease stratification in Huntington's disease?

Is there an association between dementia risk and neighborhood disadvantage?

Breakthrough stress sensor discovery reveals new mechanism of antimicrobial resistance

A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

Obesity, GLP-1s, and metabolic care

Automation in cell-based workflows

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