‘Hidden’ DNA regions may influence frailty in ageing — but the specific study behind the claim could not be independently verified Frailty is one of the most important — and hardest to explain — syndromes in ageing. It is not a single disease, and it...
Continue readingChildren’s mental health does not look the same in rural and urban places — but the gap is more complicated than it seems When people talk about child mental health, there is a strong temptation to split the map into two worlds. On one side are urban...
Continue readingFat cells may keep a ‘memory’ of obesity — and that could make it harder to maintain results after bariatric surgery Bariatric surgery is one of the most effective interventions available for severe obesity and its metabolic complications. In many pa...
Continue readingLocally advanced lung cancer treatment is entering a more promising era — but the specific study behind the headline was not provided Locally advanced lung cancer sits in one of the most difficult zones in oncology. In many cases, the disease is alre...
Continue readingFor decades, heart disease was treated as a men’s problem. In women, the risk is different — and too often more overlooked For a long time, cardiovascular disease was presented to the public with a very specific image: a man, usually middle-aged or o...
Continue readingCancer-linked mutations may alter the brain’s immune system in Alzheimer’s — but the effects do not appear to be uniformly harmful For decades, cancer and Alzheimer’s disease were treated as almost opposite biological stories. One was associated with...
Continue readingA new pilot test is trying to measure why some cancer survivors feel physically drained — but the tool is still early-stage One of the most frustrating parts of cancer survivorship is that some of the hardest symptoms to live with are also the hardes...
Continue readingA Western diet and binge drinking may hit the liver as a double insult — and together they may be worse than either alone For a long time, liver disease was often discussed in fairly separate boxes. On one side was alcohol. On the other were poor die...
Continue readingExtreme climate events raise cardiovascular risk — and heat plus air pollution may be an especially dangerous mix For a long time, heatwaves, severe storms, and other extreme climate events were treated mainly as environmental, urban, or infrastructu...
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