Smoking pot appears to affect teens’ brain development, altering it in ways that could diminish their reasoning, decision-making and memory skills as they age, a new study reports. Brain scans of about 800 teenagers found that those who started smoking…
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Extra COVID vaccine may help protect transplant patients
A small study offers the first hint that an extra dose of COVID-19 vaccines just might give some organ transplant recipients a needed boost in protection. Even as most vaccinated people celebrate a return to near normalcy, millions who take…
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Weak brain waves may warn of age-related neurodegenerative disease
Weakened electrical signals in the brain may be an early warning sign of age-related neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, suggests a study published today in eLife. The findings hint at new ways to identify early on patients who may…
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The Serious Addiction You May Not Know You Have And What To Do About It
When you hear the word “addiction,” what are some of the things that come to mind? Perhaps you may associate the word with substance abuse, or maybe it brings to mind tobacco smoking, vaping, drinking, or binge eating. There are also certain…
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Intense light may hold answer to dilemma over heart treatment
Looking to safely block a gene linked to factors known to cause heart disease, scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus may have found a new tool—light. The study, published Monday in the journal Trends in Molecular Medicine,…
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Higher BMI in childhood may help protect women against breast cancer in later life, both before and after the menopause
A study of more than 173,000 women in Denmark, presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) held online this year, suggests that girls with a higher body mass index (BMI) during childhood are less likely than their peers with…
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Skeletal defects may be ameliorated after immobility in the womb
Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have discovered that some skeletal defects associated with a lack of movement in the womb during early development may still be ameliorated after such periods of immobility if movement resumes. The researchers’ discovery was made…
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COVID Survivors May Need Only One Dose of Vaccine
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People who have recovered from COVID-19 may only need a single dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine to generate a sufficient antibody response, but COVID-naive individuals need two doses to achieve strong levels of…
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Fatal police violence may be linked to preterm births in neighborhoods nearby
Building on generations of work by activists and organizers, there is currently a national reckoning with the impacts of police violence on Black communities underway in the United States. It’s well established that killings, injuries and intense surveillance by police…
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Studies suggest people with blood cancers may not be optimally protected after COVID-19 vaccination
Two new studies published in Blood suggest that the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine may have reduced efficacy in individuals with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and multiple myeloma, two types of blood cancer. According to researchers, these studies could help inform the…
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