Diabetes
What Did the Research Discover? Researchers investigated whether low-dose aspirin could reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in older adults. The study included 16,209 people aged 70 and older (or 65 and older for some U.S. minority groups) who were generally healthy and did not have
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What Did the Research Discover? Researchers studied whether benzodiazepine use is linked to a higher risk of dementia or cognitive decline in older adults. The study followed 3,434 participants aged 65 and older in Seattle, Washington, who did not have dementia at the beginning of the study. They were
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What did the research discover? Parkinson’s disease is becoming more common and progresses from a pre-motor stage, where early non-motor symptoms like REM sleep behavior disorder appear, to the more disabling motor stage. Detecting the disease early is critical to slowing its progression, but there is currently no reliable
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What did the research discover? Researchers tested a new treatment for depression called Stanford Accelerated Intelligent Neuromodulation Therapy (SAINT). This treatment uses intermittent theta-burst stimulation (iTBS), a type of brain stimulation already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treatment-resistant depression. SAINT was designed to work
Cancer
What did the research discover? Researchers tested if a voice-activated therapy using cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) could help breast cancer survivors who have trouble sleeping. CBT-I is a type of talk therapy that teaches ways to improve sleep by changing habits and thoughts that make it hard to
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What Did the Research Discover? Researchers in Japan conducted a large online survey with 10,000 adults to study how common belching disorders are and what factors might be linked to them. The study found that 1.5% of participants (151 people) had belching disorders. These conditions, which cause frequent
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What Did the Research Discover? High blood pressure (hypertension) is a major risk factor for heart disease, stroke, and kidney disease. While experts have developed guidelines to help manage hypertension, recent data show that blood pressure control in the U.S. is getting worse instead of better. From 1999 to
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A new study shows that inflammation, measured by high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP), may be a stronger predictor of heart attacks and cardiovascular events than LDL cholesterol levels—even in people already taking statins. The findings suggest that monitoring and managing inflammation could p
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New research from the University of Michigan suggests that low vitamin D levels may increase the risk of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in breast cancer patients. The study found that women with low vitamin D had a higher chance of developing nerve pain during paclitaxel treatment. Testi
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Scientists at the University of Colorado have discovered that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) isn’t just one disease—it actually has six different types. This breakthrough could transform how RA is diagnosed and treated, paving the way for personalized medicine and more effective therapies.
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What Did the Research Discover? Researchers investigated whether COVID-19 infection increases the long-term risk of developing autoimmune and autoinflammatory connective tissue disorders. The study included 6,912,427 participants in South Korea, with 3,145,388 individuals who had COVID-19 and 3,767,039 who did not. The participants were
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<div class="inset-column"> <dl class="lcds-description-list--grid"> <dt class="cell-1_1">For Immediate Release:</dt> <dd class="cell-2_1"><time datetime="2025-03-07T05:00:00Z">March 07, 2025</time&