Can your diet soda habit affect your baby? New study explores low-calorie sweeteners in breastmilk

Scientists in the US are conducting a study to determine whether mothers can transmit low-calorie sweeteners to their infants through breastfeeding. In advance of completion, the study details are published in the journal Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. Study: The MILK study: Investigating intergenerational transmission of low-calorie sweeteners in breast milk. Image Credit: Created with the assistance of DALL·E 3 Background Low-calorie […]

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Roche to pay $7.1 bn for Telavant Holdings

Swiss pharmaceutical group Roche said Monday it will pay $7.1 billion to buy Telavant Holdings, a group developing new treatments for inflammatory bowel diseases. The company is currently owned by British laboratory Roivant and American pharma giant Pfizer. The agreement includes the “development, manufacturing and commercialization rights in the US and Japan” for the antibody RVT-3101, used for treating people […]

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Mindfulness meditation can help address the teen mental health crisis, researcher says

In a paper published in Nature Mental Health, Northeastern psychology professor Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli advises policy makers to consider turning to the low-cost, readily available practice of mindfulness meditation to change brain activity associated with mental illness. “We wanted to show that lifestyle changes and behavioral interventions such as mindfulness meditation and exercise actually target the same (brain) network as quite […]

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A recent study published in the journal Nutrition reviewed the available evidence on the effects of low- and non-calorie sweeteners (LNCSs) on the gut microbiota. Higher rates of obesity, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases have become a significant public health concern. Increased sugar intake has been identified as the cause of these disorders, leading to the introduction […]

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Chads first dengue fever outbreak

Chad has reported its first dengue outbreak, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The country’s health ministry declared an outbreak on 15 August and so far 1,342 suspected cases have been reported, 41 of them confirmed in the laboratory. One death was reported among the patients with lab-confirmed cases. The outbreak started in Ouaddaï province in eastern Chad, currently […]

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New study calls into question the superiority of stem cell therapy for treating knee pain

Characterized by extensive damage to joints and debilitating pain, osteoarthritis (OA) impacts millions of people worldwide and has long posed a substantial clinical and economic burden. In spite of advances in diagnosis, medications, and short-term pain management solutions, the elusive goal of a disease-modifying OA drug has remained out of reach. In recent years though, the use of stem cell […]

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Dementia expert shares five of the earliest signs of vascular dementia

Alzheimer's Society explains what vascular dementia is Dementia expert Bernadette Mossman revealed five of the earliest signs of one of the more common types of dementia, vascular dementia. Approximately one in five people can go on to develop dementia up to six months following a stroke, according to Healthcare Director at Vida Healthcare, Bernadette Mossman. Mossman explained that this second […]

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Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques may provide a more accurate approach to predicting the risk of periprosthetic infection after implant-based breast reconstruction, reports a study in the November issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery “Our study shows promise in using artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve the ability to predict the risk of serious postoperative complications in patients undergoing breast […]

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Does guideline-based treatment prevent racial disparities in cardiovascular outcomes?

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death for women within most racial and ethnic groups in the United States. A new study in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology characterizes the risk profile for Black and non-Black women with obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) enrolled in the Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) cohort study. It concludes that racial and ethnic […]

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