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Better Brain Health Linked to Lower Future Hypertension Risk
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/better-brain-health-linked-to-lower-future-hypertension-risk/ Better cognitive function is linked to a lower risk for hypertension in the future, with certain unhealthy behaviors partially accounting for this risk, a study finds. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/better-brain-health-linked-lower-future-hypertension-risk-2025a10010dn?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-26 04:01:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post…
Frozen Platelets Don’t Beat SOC for Cardiac Surgery Bleeding
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/frozen-platelets-dont-beat-soc-for-cardiac-surgery-bleeding/ The use of cryopreserved platelets is associated with higher perioperative blood loss, higher transfusion use, and longer ICU and hospital stays than the use of liquid-stored platelets, a study shows. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/frozen-platelets-dont-beat-soc-cardiac-surgery-bleeding-2025a10010dk?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-26 02:16:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the…
A ghostly glow was seen emanating from living things in 2025
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/a-ghostly-glow-was-seen-emanating-from-living-things-in-2025/ Living things produce “biophotons” Mike_shots/Shutterstock This year, scientists observed an eerie glow emanating from mice that disappears after death, reminiscent of paranormal ideas of a bodily aura. The discovery led to a flurry of interest in the underlying science of biophotons. Biophotons are ultraweak particles of light that are produced by…
The world’s first fully 3D-printed microscope blew up in 2025
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/the-worlds-first-fully-3d-printed-microscope-blew-up-in-2025/ The 3D-printed microscope Dr Liam M. Rooney/University of Strathclyde At the beginning of 2025, a preprint of a paper about a new microscope caused an awful lot of excitement among researchers. It was the world’s first fully 3D-printed microscope, made in only a few hours and for a fraction of the…
6 incredible new dinosaurs we discovered in 2025
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/6-incredible-new-dinosaurs-we-discovered-in-2025/ Zavacephale rinpoche Masaya Hattori If there’s ever a creature you would not want to bump heads with, it is Zavacephale rinpoche. This dome-headed dinosaur found in Mongolia lived 108 million years ago, making it the oldest of its kind ever discovered. When palaeontologists first saw the fossil skull protruding from the…
Chronic Skin Diseases Tied to Addiction, Study Reveals
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/chronic-skin-diseases-tied-to-addiction-study-reveals/ A cross-sectional pan-European study reports that a high prevalence of addictive behaviours is affected by sociodemographic and disease-related factors in patients with chronic skin diseases. Medscape News UK Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/pan-european-study-reveals-high-prevalence-addictive-2025a100102p?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-25 12:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post Chronic…
SGLT2 Inhibitors Can Modulate Adiposopathy in CKD
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/sglt2-inhibitors-can-modulate-adiposopathy-in-ckd/ The use of SGLT2 inhibitors, especially dapagliflozin, can lower adiposopathy parameters in patients with CKD, regardless of diabetes status, a cohort study finds. Medscape News UK Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/sglt2-inhibitors-can-modulate-adiposopathy-ckd-2025a100104n?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-25 12:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post SGLT2 Inhibitors Can…
PRP Shows Potential for Hair Growth in Cancer Survivors
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/prp-shows-potential-for-hair-growth-in-cancer-survivors/ Platelet rich plasma may increase hair density in breast cancer survivors with endocrine- and chemotherapy-induced alopecia, with acceptable safety, a pilot study finds. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/platelet-rich-plasma-shows-potential-hair-growth-breast-2025a100109t?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-25 13:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post PRP Shows Potential…
Diabetes Tied to Worse Bladder Cancer Survival in Finland
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/diabetes-tied-to-worse-bladder-cancer-survival-in-finland/ Post-diagnostic hyperglycaemia in patients with bladder cancer is associated with poor cancer-specific and overall survival, a population-based cohort study shows. Medscape News UK Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/diabetes-tied-worse-bladder-cancer-survival-finland-2025a100108g?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-25 12:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post Diabetes Tied to Worse Bladder Cancer…
Lottery Wins: Separating Myths From Evidence
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/lottery-wins-separating-myths-from-evidence/ Joyful excitement from a lottery win is unlikely to cause cardiac events; however, unmanaged stress after sudden wealth may pose health risks. Medscape News UK Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/lottery-wins-separating-myths-evidence-2025a10010a2?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-25 10:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post Lottery Wins: Separating Myths…
Physicists used ‘dark photons’ in an effort to rewrite physics in 2025
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/physicists-used-dark-photons-in-an-effort-to-rewrite-physics-in-2025/ Dark photons offer a new explanation for the double-slit experiment RUSSELL KIGHTLEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A core tenet of quantum theory was imperilled this year when a team of researchers put forward a radical new interpretation of an experiment about the nature of light. At the centre of the new work was…
19 States Sue HHS Over Move to Curtail Youth Gender-Affirming Care
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/19-states-sue-hhs-over-move-to-curtail-youth-gender-affirming-care/ (MedPage Today) — A coalition of 19 states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday sued HHS, its secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and its inspector general over a declaration that could complicate access to gender-affirming care for young people… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/washington-watch/119191 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-24 17:09:00…
First Drug for Deadly Transplant Complication Gets FDA’s Blessing
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/first-drug-for-deadly-transplant-complication-gets-fdas-blessing/ (MedPage Today) — The FDA has approved narsoplimab (Yartemlea) as the first treatment for hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT)-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TA-TMA) in adults and kids ages 2 years and up, said maker Omeros on Wednesday… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/transplantation/transplantation/119200 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-24 19:12:00 Copyright for syndicated content…
FDA Approves Mitapivat for Thalassemia-Related Anemia
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/fda-approves-mitapivat-for-thalassemia-related-anemia/ (MedPage Today) — The FDA approved mitapivat (Aqvesme) as a disease-modifying treatment for anemia in adults with alpha- or beta-thalassemia, a rare inherited blood disease that affects hemoglobin production. An oral pyruvate kinase (PK) activator… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyoncology/anemia/119194 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-24 17:19:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs…
Nick Reiner’s Schizophrenia Meds; Depression and Heart Risk; State Mental Hospitals
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/nick-reiners-schizophrenia-meds-depression-and-heart-risk-state-mental-hospitals/ (MedPage Today) — Nick Reiner, who has schizophrenia, had his medications changed prior to the killings of his parents, according to sources familiar with the case. (NBC News) The FDA recommended Reviva Pharmaceuticals conduct another phase III… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/generalpsychiatry/119195 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-24 17:25:00 Copyright for syndicated…
Deck the Halls With Ow’s From Folly: What the Numbers Tell Us About Holiday Injuries
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/deck-the-halls-with-ows-from-folly-what-the-numbers-tell-us-about-holiday-injuries/ (MedPage Today) — Jingle bells don’t belong in the esophagus. Santa’s lap isn’t a safe zone for the fall-prone. And men might not want to try certain alternative sexual maneuvers after loading up on eggnog and pumpkin pie. These are just a few… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/emergencymedicine/emergencymedicine/119181 Author : Publish date…
Psoriasis Advances That Could Change Daily Practice
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/psoriasis-advances-that-could-change-daily-practice/ (MedPage Today) — In the second half of his Maui Derm recap, George Martin, MD, founder and program director of the meeting, highlights new strategies on the horizon for psoriasis — from an interleukin (IL)-23 biologic dosed just once or twice… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/video-coverage/psoriasis-video-pearls/119189 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-24…
Who’s Really Running NIH? Kennedy Promotes CDC Contact; Toxic Airplane Fumes
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/whos-really-running-nih-kennedy-promotes-cdc-contact-toxic-airplane-fumes/ (MedPage Today) — Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week. Who’s Really in Charge at NIH? Inside the NIH, some have described director Jay Bhattacharya… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/119186 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-24 15:44:00 Copyright for syndicated…
HPV Vaccine Protection Extends to High-Grade Vulvovaginal Precancers
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/hpv-vaccine-protection-extends-to-high-grade-vulvovaginal-precancers/ (MedPage Today) — Women vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) had a significantly lower risk of high-grade vulvovaginal lesions, a large cohort study from Sweden showed. Vaccinated women had a 37% lower risk of developing lesions, which… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyoncology/othercancers/119184 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-24 15:03:00 Copyright for syndicated content…
Flu cases falling ahead of Christmas, experts say
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/flu-cases-falling-ahead-of-christmas-experts-say/ The amount of flu circulating has started to fall in England, latest data suggests. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said it was encouraging news heading into Christmas, but warned the virus could always bounce back in the new year. The UKHSA uses a range of different measures to monitor flu…
Biosimilars Tip NICE Decision on Bowel Cancer Drug
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/biosimilars-tip-nice-decision-on-bowel-cancer-drug/ NICE has approved bevacizumab with chemotherapy for untreated metastatic colorectal cancer, citing improved survival and better value from biosimilars. Medscape News UK Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/biosimilars-tip-nice-decision-bowel-cancer-drug-2025a10010bb?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-24 14:12:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post Biosimilars Tip NICE Decision on Bowel Cancer…
High-Dose Buprenorphine for OUD With High Fentanyl Use?
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/high-dose-buprenorphine-for-oud-with-high-fentanyl-use/ Heavy fentanyl users may derive greater benefit from a higher dose of extended-release buprenorphine maintenance therapy, a randomized controlled trial suggests. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/high-dose-buprenorphine-oud-high-fentanyl-use-2025a10010ba?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-24 12:33:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post High-Dose Buprenorphine for OUD With…
Get Active: Leisure-Time Activity May Reduce Sleep Issues
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/get-active-leisure-time-activity-may-reduce-sleep-issues/ Higher levels of leisure-time physical activity are linked to a lower likelihood of sleep issues, highlighting the potential of exercise in mitigating these problems. Medscape News UK Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/get-active-leisure-time-physical-activity-may-reduce-sleep-2025a1001029?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-24 12:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post Get Active:…
Mediterranean Diet Linked to Lower Multiple Sclerosis Risk
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/mediterranean-diet-linked-to-lower-multiple-sclerosis-risk/ The association between multiple sclerosis and a diet focusing on fresh produce, fish, and olive oil is particularly strong among younger adults and nonsmokers. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/mediterranean-diet-linked-lower-multiple-sclerosis-risk-2025a100109x?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-24 10:51:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post Mediterranean Diet…
Does Prenatal Phenol Exposure Affect Early Child Behaviour?
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/does-prenatal-phenol-exposure-affect-early-child-behaviour/ Researchers report links between third-trimester exposure to endocrine disruptors and higher behavioural risk scores in early childhood. Medscape News UK Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/does-prenatal-phenol-exposure-affect-early-child-behaviour-2025a100109g?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-24 10:05:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post Does Prenatal Phenol Exposure Affect Early Child Behaviour? first…