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Key findings from global medical research, explained for clinicians and the public
Moving in Multiple Ways, Not Just More, May Add Years to Life
Adults engaging in three or more distinct types of physical activity have 20–30% lower all-cause mortality risk over a decade…
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Trace Lithium in Drinking Water Linked to Lower Suicide and Dementia Rates Across Decades of Research
Fifty years of epidemiological evidence, spanning the United States, Japan, Europe, and Scandinavia, suggests that naturally occurring trace lithium in…
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Harvard researchers develop electric silicon chip for rapid DNA synthesis—a breakthrough toward portable genetic engineering
Harvard researchers have engineered a silicon microchip that synthesizes dozens of DNA sequences simultaneously using…
Intermittent fasting produces equivalent weight loss to calorie restriction with reduced dietary burden, new trial shows
A new trial shows intermittent fasting produces weight loss equivalent to calorie restriction whilst reducing…
How Amyloid Plaques Trigger Tau and Alpha-Synuclein Pathology in the Aging Brain
Researchers at TGen, part of City of Hope, have identified a cascade mechanism in which…
Post-stroke heart failure triples risk of poor outcome in large vessel occlusion patients treated with endovascular therapy
New research from a pooled analysis of 3,415 stroke patients reveals that post-stroke acute heart…
Pig Liver Xenografts Show Promise in Early Human Trials for Liver Failure
Gene-edited pig liver xenografts successfully functioned in extracorporeal cross-circulation with human blood, generating the first…