The arrival of GLP-1 analog drugs (such as Wegovy) marked a huge shift in the weight-loss drug market. These drugs have been shown to lead to significant weight loss in users—as much as 15% or […]
More than a dozen bacterial species among the hundreds that live in people’s mouths have been linked to a collective 50% increased chance of developing head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), a new study […]
A new study challenges a 2019 World Health Organization report that microplastics in drinking water are harmless after confirming their presence in kidney, urine and bladder cancer samples.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
The use of circadian-informed lighting, where artificial lighting is synchronized to the natural biological rhythms or a person’s “body-clock,” significantly improves quality of sleep and work performance for night shift workers, a major new trial […]
An ingredient that can be added to food to make it more filling may be less effective at preventing weight gain in young people but could help them build more muscle, new research suggests.This article […]
Do you ever toss and turn in bed after a long day, wishing you could just program your brain to turn off and get some sleep? That may sound like science fiction, but that’s the […]
Buprenorphine, an evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder, is currently underprescribed because of concerns that it can cause “precipitated withdrawal,” in which the first dose causes sudden, intense pain and anxiety that resolves within a […]
FAIR Health has released the Opioid Tracker, a free, interactive tool tracking opioid abuse and dependence state by state. A brief released simultaneously offers a user’s guide to the Opioid Tracker.This article was originally published […]
The safety and effectiveness of donanemab—an Alzheimer’s drug recently approved by the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA)—is called into question in an investigation published by The BMJ.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
The role of the adapter protein PICALM (phosphatidylinositol-binding clathrin assembly protein) in the development of Alzheimer’s disease is well documented. Researchers from the German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE), the German Center for Diabetes […]
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