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JUNE 4, 2024

Driven by an older, more diverse population, along with a significant increase in risk factors including high blood pressure and obesity, total costs related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) conditions are likely to triple by 2050, according to recent projections. At least 6 in 10 U.S. trillion price tag in direct and indirect costs.

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Disease 331

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

APRIL 15, 2024

Over a ten-year period, biobank participants who met recommended levels of physical activity had a 23% lower risk of cardiovascular disease, and the protective effects were even more pronounced in individuals with depression.

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Disease 344

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AUGUST 19, 2024

Two new studies are pointing the way toward round-the-clock personalized care for people with Parkinson's disease through an implanted device that can treat movement problems during the day and insomnia at night.

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Disease 298

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Consuming moderate amounts of coffee and caffeine regularly may offer a protective effect against developing multiple cardiometabolic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease and stroke, according to new research.

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JANUARY 3, 2025

Interactions with friends and family may keep us healthy because they boost our immune system and reduce our risk of diseases such as heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes, new research suggests. Researchers drew this conclusion after studying proteins from blood samples taken from over 42,000 adults recruited to the UK Biobank.

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Science Daily: Pharmacology News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

A class of drugs for diabetes may be associated with a lower risk of dementia and Parkinson's disease, according to a new study.

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Disease Drugs 325

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Research has revealed clear evidence that changes in the orchestration of brain oxygenation dynamics and neuronal function in Alzheimer's disease contribute to the neurodegeneration.

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Science Daily: Pharmacology News

JANUARY 8, 2025

Unstable proteins are the main drivers of many different heritable diseases, according to a new study, including genetic disorders responsible for the formation of cataracts, and different types of rare neurological, developmental and muscle-wasting diseases.

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Disease 284

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

JANUARY 15, 2025

Most treatments being pursued today to protect against Alzheimer's disease focus on amyloid plaques and tau tangles that accumulate in the brain, but new research points to a novel -- and noble -- approach: using Xenon gas. A phase 1 clinical trial of the treatment in healthy volunteers will begin in early 2025.

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

Researchers have found that semaglutide may lower the risk of Alzheimer's disease in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D).

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Science Daily: Pharmacology News

MARCH 31, 2025

A newly developed blood test for Alzheimer's disease not only aids in the diagnosis of the neurodegenerative condition but also indicates how far it has progressed, according to a new study.

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Disease 267

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The findings indicate that concentrated physical activity patterns may be just as effective for disease prevention as patterns where exercise is spread out throughout the week.

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Disease 312

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

16, 2024 -- Fatty liver disease linked to diabetes and obesity can easily progress to liver cirrhosis, but new research suggests that GLP-1 medicines like Ozempic can help stop that. MONDAY, Sept. In a new decades-long study, veterans with diabetes.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

26, 2024 -- Bacteria that causes gum disease can also raise a person’s risk of head and neck cancers, a new study says.More than a dozen bacterial species have been linked to a collective 50% increased risk of head and neck cancer, r. THURSDAY, Sept.

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Disease 278

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NOVEMBER 18, 2024

18, 2024 -- AI can help doctors diagnose early cases of fatty liver disease, a new study says.An AI program trained to spot a leading type of the disease, called metabolic-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), unearthed hundreds. MONDAY, Nov.

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Science Daily: Pharmacology News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

A bone marrow transplant process is safe and curative for adults with sickle cell disease, according to results of a trial completed at about 20 cancer centers.

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Science Daily: Pharmacology News

JUNE 26, 2024

Engineers have developed a pill that releases microscopic robots, or microrobots, into the colon to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The experimental treatment, given orally, has shown success in mice. It significantly reduced IBD symptoms and promoted the healing of damaged colon tissue without causing toxic side effects.

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Science Daily: Pharmacology News

JULY 2, 2024

With further research, doctors could one day use this simple and non-invasive approach for early detection of diseases. These temperature differences are not easily perceptible by one's own touch but can instead be identified using specific AI-derived spatial temperature patterns that require a thermal camera and a data-trained model.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

14, 2024 -- Periodontal (gum) disease and diabetes are locked in a grim partnership aimed at undermining your health, experts warn.“Recent THURSDAY, Nov. Recent research has shown that diabetes is not only a major risk factor for periodontitis but that t.

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Science Daily: Pharmacology News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Our organs age at different rates, and a blood test determining how much they've each aged could predict the risk of conditions like lung cancer and heart disease decades later, finds a new study.

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Disease 284

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) progression and could be applied to other motoneuron diseases, including ALS.

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Disease 313

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

JANUARY 31, 2025

Low levels of traffic-related air pollution harms the liver and may raise the risk of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease, a new study in mice suggests.

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Disease 312

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Without immediate action, humanity will potentially face further escalation in resistance in fungal disease, a group of scientists from the around the world has warned. According to the scientists most fungal pathogens identified by the World Health Organization -- accounting for around 3.8

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Science Daily: Pharmacology News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Researchers have conducted one of the largest eye studies in the world to reveal new insights into retinal thickness, highlighting its potential in the early detection of diseases like type 2 diabetes, dementia and multiple sclerosis.

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Disease Research 295

Drugs.com

OCTOBER 30, 2024

30, 2024 -- In the highest tally ever recorded for tuberculosis cases, the World Health Organization reported Tuesday that over 8 million people worldwide were diagnosed with the lung disease last year.Of WEDNESDAY, Oct. that number, 1.25

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Disease 279

Drugs.com

OCTOBER 28, 2024

28, 2024 -- The weight-loss drug Ozempic can guard against kidney disease in obese people, a new study shows.Patients taking semaglutide -- the active agent in Ozempic and Wegovy -- had as much as a 52% reduction in kidney damage, as. MONDAY, Oct.

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Disease Drugs 278

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

By combining 25 datasets, researchers have created the largest cohesive cell atlas of the human gut and uncovered a new way that stomach cells may play a role in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

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Science Daily: Pharmacology News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Biobank, a database of medical histories and genetic, lifestyle and other disease risk factors, to study the effect of those early-life sugar restrictions on health outcomes of adults conceived in the U.K. The researchers used contemporary data from the U.K. just before and after the end of wartime sugar rationing.

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Disease Research 329

Drugs.com

MAY 24, 2024

FRIDAY, May 24, 2024 -- Ozempic provides a wide variety of health benefits for people with kidney disease and type 2 diabetes, a major clinical trial has found. The drug significantly reduces the risk of severe kidney events, heart problems and.

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Science Daily: Pharmacology News

JANUARY 23, 2025

Researchers have found that a newly developed diet inspired by the eating habits of non-industrialized societies can significantly reduce the risk of a number of chronic diseases -- and are to share recipes with the public.

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Disease Research 309

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

JUNE 18, 2024

The discovery could lead to more targeted treatments, with fewer side-effects, for issues from lengthy COVID infections to autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis. Current anti-inflammatory drugs used for this purpose suppress the body's whole immune system, making patients more vulnerable to infection.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

8, 2024 -- The brain has a waste-disposal system that clears away junk proteins that contribute to the development of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, a new study finds.Advanced imaging scans have revealed a network of fluid-filled s. TUESDAY, Oct.

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Disease 278

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

2, 2024 -- Could a simple blood test help predict a woman’s three-decade risk of heart disease?Yes, MONDAY, Sept. Yes, claims new research that found women with high levels of three specific blood markers had a greater than threefold increased risk for h.

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Disease Research 279

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

9, 2024 -- Cases of a tick-borne parasitic disease have steadily increased in recent years, a new study shows.Rates of babesiosis increased an average 9% a year in the United States between 2015 and 2022, researchers reported in. WEDNESDAY, Oct.

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Disease Research 264

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JANUARY 13, 2025

13, 2025 -- Gum disease appears to disrupt brain activity, potentially increasing a persons risk of cognitive decline.People with gum disease experienced altered connections between different brain regions, compared to folks with good. MONDAY, Jan.

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Disease 246

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

13, 2024 -- Obesity, alcohol use and other factors are driving up rates of fatty liver disease among American adults, new research warns.By 2018, federal data showed that 42% of adults had some form of fatty liver disease -- higher. WEDNESDAY, Nov.

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Disease Research 246

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

2, 2024 -- Cases of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are rising at an alarming rate among young Americans, a new study reveals."Prevalence MONDAY, Dec.2, Prevalence rates [are] among the highest reported worldwide," said researcher Dr. Michael Kappelman, a.

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