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People Were Unwittingly Implanted With Fake Devices in Medical Scam, FBI Alleges
Stimwave allegedly told doctors that the plastic implantable rods would help ease patients' chronic pain.
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Colon Cancer
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'Truth serum' drugs do exist. Here's how medicines like sodium pentothal and scopolamine can manipulate the brain.
"Truth serum" comes in several forms, including sodium pentothal. Find out how the drugs work to make it more difficult — but not impossible — to lie.
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Is reverse aging already possible? Some drugs that could treat aging might already be on the pharmacy shelves
At 67 years old, Dr. Nir Barzilai looks about the same as, if not younger than, he did 10 years ago. It’s apparent in side-by-side photographs, and it’s what most people who know him say. Barzilai lives a healthy lifestyle. He exercises every day, eats right, and practices intermittent fasting. He’s also been taking the diabetes drug metformin off label for 10 years. He has never been diagnosed with diabetes or prediabetes—the conditions for which the drug is approved and prescribed—but takes it for a different off-label reason.
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In a 1st, scientists grow stem cells that could show how bats harbor lethal viruses without dying
For the first time, scientists generated stem cells from bats that can give rise to any type of cell found in the animals' fuzzy bodies. These cells, the researchers say, may help explain how bats can carry so many viruses that are lethal to humans but cause the flying mammals no harm.
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Multiple Sclerosis Discovery Could End Disease's Chronic Inflammation
A new study IDs a key contributor to the hyperactive autoimmune response and neuroinflammation that are the hallmarks of multiple sclerosis.
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Third person cured of HIV after stem cell transplant, researchers say
The patient in Germany was given the transplant to help treat a blood disorder, which in his case was leukaemia, that had developed alongside his HIV infection, and after four years of not taking anti-retroviral medicine, he has not relapsed.
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Stroke survivor moves her hand for first time in a decade after groundbreaking treatment
Heather Rendulic cries tears of joy as pioneering electrical stimulation gives her enough mobility to complete everyday tasks.
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FDA no longer requires animal testing for new drugs. Is that safe?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) no longer requires new drugs to be tested in animals before being approved. Thanks to a law passed in December 2022(opens in new tab), the agency now has the option to approve drugs that are tested in only non-animal studies, including those that use lab-grown tissues or computer models, before being tested in clinical trials with humans.
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Study Suggests Fructose Could Drive Alzheimer's Disease
An ancient human foraging instinct, fueled by fructose, may hold clues to the development of Alzheimer’s disease, according to researchers.
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Girl with deadly inherited condition is cured with gene therapy on NHS
A girl born with a rare and deadly genetic condition is expected to live a long and normal life after becoming the first person to be cured on the NHS with the help of a revolutionary gene therapy. Teddi Shaw was diagnosed with metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD), an inherited condition that causes catastrophic damage to the nervous system and organs. Those affected usually die young.
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Politics May Trump Medicine In Shaping Doctors' COVID Treatment Beliefs
Conservative physicians were about five times more likely than their liberal and moderate colleagues to say that they would treat a hypothetical COVID-19 patient with hydroxychloroquine. The authors of a new study suggest that this willingness to prescribe controversial pandemic drugs shows just how much political ideology shapes a physician’s attitudes towards scientific evidence.
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Robert H. Lustig | Cariology and Cardiology Chronic Disease and the Toxic Food Environment.
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TWiV Special: One COVID vaccine for them all with Paul Offit
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Lower bacterial diversity is associated with irritable bowel syndrome
People with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have lower bacterial diversity in the intestine than do healthy people, according to a team of investigators. The investigators believe that theirs is the first analysis to find a clear association between IBS and reduced diversity in the microbiota of the gut.
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A biotech firm says the U.S. has approved its vaccine for honeybees
The federal government has granted a conditional license for a honeybee vaccine, the developer of the drug announced Wednesday. The vaccine will be used to help fight American Foulbrood disease in the insects and was approved by the Department of Agriculture, Dalan Animal Health, the biotech company behind the vaccine, said.
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Hope for humans as scientists restore erections in injured pig penises
Scientists have made a promising step forward in repairing penis injuries in humans - by repairing injuries and restoring erectile function in pigs. In a study published in the journal Matter, the researchers showed how an artificial sheet of tissue, which mimics the characteristics of real penile tissue, can be used to repair the reproductive organ.
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Researchers make miniature ‘bone marrows in a dish’ to improve anti-cancer treatments
Scientists from Oxford University and the University of Birmingham have made the first bone marrow ‘organoids’ that include all the key components of human marrow. This technology allows for the screening of multiple anti-cancer drugs at the same time, as well as testing personalised treatments for individual cancer patients.
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Gene therapy restored immune system in children with rare disorder
Children born without a working immune system due to a rare genetic disorder called Artemis-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency (Artemis-deficient SCID) may be able to lead normal lives thanks to a new gene-replacement therapy. A trial found that the therapy either partially or fully restored the immune systems of 10 infants with the condition.
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Potential New Treatment for “Brain Fog” in Long COVID Patients
Individuals with long COVID, sometimes referred to as “long-haulers,” experience symptoms that may persist for weeks, months, or even years after their acute viral infection. While symptoms vary widely, a common complaint among patients is “brain fog”—a colloquial term for significant, persistent cognitive deficits, with consistent impairment of executive functioning and working memory.
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