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April 19, 2024

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Nasal Spray Safely Treats Recurrent Abnormal Heart Rhythms, Clinical Trial Suggests

Apr. 9, 2024 — A clinical trial showed that a nasal spray that patients administer at home, without a physician, successfully and safely treated recurrent episodes of a condition that causes rapid abnormal heart ...

'Exhausted' Immune Cells in Healthy Women Could Be Target for Breast Cancer Prevention

Mar. 28, 2024 — People carrying BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations are at high risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer. Researchers have found that changes occur in the immune cells of breast tissue in carriers of ...

In the Fight Against Breast Cancer, Researchers Identify Malignancy Hibernation as the Next Battleground

Mar. 20, 2024 — There is a surprising dearth of research about how breast cancer cells can go dormant, spread and then resurface years or even decades later, according to a new review of in vitro breast cancer ...

Study Sheds Light on How Neurotransmitter Receptors Transport Calcium

Feb. 29, 2024 — A new study is shedding light on our understanding of the molecular origins of some forms of autism and intellectual disability. Researchers were able to successfully capture atomic resolution images of the fast-moving ionotropic glutamate receptor ...

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Fish Fed to Farmed Salmon Should Be Part of Our Diet, Too, Study Suggests

Mar. 20, 2024 — Scientists found that farmed salmon production leads to an overall loss of essential dietary nutrients. They say that eating more wild 'feed' species directly could benefit our health while reducing ...

Coronary Artery Calcium Score Predictive of Heart Attacks, Strokes

Mar. 5, 2024 — Coronary artery calcium scoring with CT can identify symptomatic patients with a very low risk of heart attacks or strokes. Researchers said the findings may one day help some patients with stable ...

Compounds in Female Ginseng Could Lead to New Osteoporosis Treatments

Feb. 21, 2024 — With ever-increasing life expectancy comes the challenge of treating age-related disorders such as osteoporosis. Although there are effective drugs for treating this metabolic bone disease, they can ...

Damage to Cell Membranes Causes Cell Aging

Feb. 22, 2024 — Researchers have discovered that damage to the cell membrane promotes cellular senescence, or cell ...

How AI Can Help Spot Early Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Disease

Feb. 21, 2024 — Scientists have found a way to predict Alzheimer's Disease up to seven years before symptoms appear by analyzing patient records with machine ...

Annual Breast Cancer Screening Beginning at 40 Saves Lives

Feb. 20, 2024 — Annual breast cancer screening beginning at age 40 and continuing to at least age 79 results in the highest reduction in mortality with minimal ...

Menopause and Migraines: New Findings Point to Power of Prevention

Feb. 14, 2024 — Women who have both migraines and a long-term history of hot flashes and/or night sweats have a slightly higher risk of heart disease and stroke, and young women who have migraines have a higher risk ...

Strongest Contender in Decades in Fight Against Breast Cancer

Feb. 12, 2024 — For decades, hormonal treatment of breast cancer has been going in one direction -- blocking estrogen. Now a global study has discovered there may be another, less toxic way to defeat the most common ...

Novel Technique Has Potential to Transform Breast Cancer Detection

Feb. 9, 2024 — An innovative breast imaging technique provides high sensitivity for detecting cancer while significantly reducing the likelihood of false positive results. Researchers said the technique has the ...

The Unexpected Long-Term Consequences of Female Fertility

Feb. 7, 2024 — The constant remodeling of the organs of the female reproductive tract during the reproductive cycle leads to fibrosis and chronic inflammation over the years. Scientists have now uncovered these ...

Researchers Develop Deep Learning Model to Predict Breast Cancer

Mar. 19, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new, interpretable artificial intelligence (AI) model to predict 5-year breast cancer risk from mammograms, according to a new ...

How Ovarian Tissue Freezing Could Prevent Menopause -- Possibly Forever

Feb. 6, 2024 — A new paradigm around the biological processes of menopause is capturing the attention of scientists. The primary question: can menopause be delayed in healthy women, allowing them to extend their ...

Destroying Tumor Cells With Calcium

Jan. 29, 2024 — Calcium ions are essential for cells, but can be toxic in higher concentrations. A team of researchers has now designed and prepared a combination drug that kills tumor cells by modulating the ...

Women Exposed to Toxic Metals May Experience Earlier Aging of Their Ovaries

Jan. 25, 2024 — Middle-aged women who are exposed to toxic metals may have fewer eggs in their ovaries as they approach menopause, according to new ...

Cold Water Swimming Improves Menopause Symptoms

Jan. 24, 2024 — Menopausal women who regularly swim in cold water report significant improvements to their physical and mental symptoms, finds a new ...

Walking Fitness Can Predict Fracture Risk in Older Adults

Jan. 23, 2024 — The ability to walk one kilometer comfortably can help predict fracture risk, according to researchers. The findings suggest that simply asking a patient about walking limitation could allow ...

Early Detection of Breast Cancer: Study Confirms the Effectiveness of a New Approach

Jan. 17, 2024 — Early detection of disease is considered positive -- but what if it finds 'too much'? While early diagnosis can improve the chances of recovery, early detection can also have unwanted side ...

Study Pinpoints Breast Cancer 'Cells of Origin' in High-Risk Women

Jan. 17, 2024 — Australian scientists have pinpointed likely 'cells of origin', the source cells that can grow into breast cancer, in women carrying a faulty BRCA2 gene who are at high risk of developing ...

Incontinence Could Point to Future Disability

Jan. 14, 2024 — Having more frequent urinary incontinence and leakage amounts is associated with higher odds of disability, according to ...

Infertility: Sperm Need a Breakthrough for Fertilization

Jan. 8, 2024 — A new study identifies the defective function of CatSper, an ion channel controlling calcium levels in sperm, as a common cause of seemingly unexplained male infertility. CatSper-deficient human ...

Reprogrammed Fat Cells Support Tumor Growth

Jan. 3, 2024 — Mutations of the tumor suppressor p53 not only have a growth-promoting effect on the cancer cells themselves, but also influence the cells in the tumor's microenvironment. Scientists have now ...

Calcium Channel Blockers Key to Reversing Myotonic Dystrophy Muscle Weakness

Jan. 2, 2024 — New research has identified the specific biological mechanism behind the muscle dysfunction found in myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) and further shows that calcium channel blockers can reverse these ...

How Do Painful Fibroids Grow?

Dec. 21, 2023 — Insights into how uterine tumors grow could give hope to millions of women who deal with painful ...

New Therapeutic Target for Rare Type of Childhood Epilepsy

Dec. 11, 2023 — Researchers have identified a potential treatment target for a genetic type of epilepsy. ...

Manipulation of Gut Microbiota With Flaxseed Could Reduce Breast Cancer Risk

Dec. 7, 2023 — A new study demonstrates that the human gut microbiome may be a factor in breast ...

Early Life Gene Epimutation May Cause Breast Cancer

Dec. 7, 2023 — Research reveals that around 20 per cent of all cases of the most severe form of breast cancer may arise from the small group of normal tissue cells carrying an epimutation of a specific gene, called ...

Blood Hormone Levels Key to Identifying Which Post-Menopausal Women Will Benefit Most from Taking Anastrozole to Prevent Breast Cancer

Dec. 6, 2023 — has found that hormone levels, measured through blood tests, are an important indicator of whether women will benefit from recently licensed medication for the prevention of breast ...

Vitamin D Supplements Do Not Prevent Bone Fractures in Children

Dec. 1, 2023 — A major clinical trial has found that vitamin D supplements do not increase bone strength or prevent bone fractures in children with vitamin D deficiency. The findings challenge widely held ...

How Pre And Postnatal B-12 Vitamins Improve Breast Milk Vitamin B-12 Levels, Which Supports Infant Brain Development

Dec. 1, 2023 — According to a new study B-12 vitamins increase the presence of the micronutrient in mothers' breast milk, which is especially helpful in countries where it can be difficult to eat what is ...

New Study Uses Genetic Data to Support Use of Thiazide Diuretics for Kidney Stone Prevention

Nov. 30, 2023 — Kidney stones affect nearly 10% of the global population. For more than three decades, thiazide diuretics, a common medication used for high blood pressure, have been the standard of care for kidney ...