Severe obesity is on the rise in the US

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A subject’s waist is measured during an obesity prevention study in Chicago on Jan. 20, 2010. Credit: AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File Obesity is high and holding steady in the

New tech could improve care for Parkinson’s patients

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The device being developed by Stanford Medicine researchers to enable remote Parkinson’s monitoring. It’s called the KeyDuo. Credit: Helen Bronte-Stewart The number of people living with Parkinson’s disease globally has

Racial justice activism, advocacy found to reduce depression, anxiety in some teens

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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Black and LatinX teenagers enrolled in an eight-week racial justice activism program reported fewer symptoms of depression and anxiety, according to research presented during the American

Children’s emergency department visits for heat-related illnesses increased 170% over past decade

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Credit: CC0 Public Domain The number of children who sought treatment at emergency departments for heat-related illnesses increased by 170% from 2012–2023 at two large children’s hospitals, according to research

Study shows aircraft noise disrupts sleep-wake cycles

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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Noise from aircraft at night is linked with disturbed sleep quality and sleep-wake cycle, a new study using movement trackers has shown. Environmental health experts at

Examining what smoking does to oral bacteria

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Association between qualitative smoking habits (Never, Former and Current) and the salivary microbiota in the CHRISMB cohort. (A) Principal Coordinate Analysis on the Bray–Curtis dissimilarity at genus level. Confidence areas

Electric bandage holds promise for treating chronic wounds

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Photo of a water-powered, electronics-free dressing (WPED) for electrical stimulation of wounds. Credit: Rajaram Kaveti Researchers have developed an inexpensive bandage that uses an electric field to promote healing in

AI could improve detection of severe heart condition through standard medical test

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Central Illustration. Credit: JACC: Advances (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.101176 In a new study published in JACC: Advances, researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) successfully validated an artificial intelligence tool

The gut microbiome can influence hormone levels, mouse study shows

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Illustration of bacteria in the human gut. Credit: Darryl Leja, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown that the balance

Discovery could help with early detection of vision loss in age-related macular degeneration

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Multimodal imaging of four iAMD patients presenting iRORA lesions. Column 1: Infrared SLO images. Column 2: OCT-B scan through the center of the iRORA lesion. Column 3: Magnification of the