Category: 6. Health
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What Drinking Too Much Coffee Does to Your Body—And How to Recover, According to RDs
Key Takeaways
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Drinking too much coffee can overstimulate your nervous system, leading to jitters, anxiety, digestive upset, a racing heart, and sleep trouble—especially above about 400 mg of caffeine per day.
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If you overdo it, stop caffeine,…
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Hull babies to be offered genetic screening at birth
Newborn babies in Hull will be able to be screened for more than 200 rare genetic conditions as part of a national study to identify disorders earlier.
The Generation Study offers genomic sequencing using a small blood sample, usually taken from…
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Blood-based epigenetic signatures enable early risk assessment in prediabetes
Prediabetes is an extremely heterogeneous metabolic disorder. Scientists from several partner institutes of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) have now used artificial intelligence (AI) to identify epigenetic markers…
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ACE Inhibitor Use Tied to Better Survival in IPF – European Medical Journal ACE Inhibitor Use and Mortality in IPF
IN idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, ACE inhibitor therapy correlated with reduced all-cause mortality in matched records unlike COPD.
ACE Inhibitor Use and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Survival
Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors are…
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Parents raising awareness after son’s death
Joe Skirkowskiand
Carys Nally,Bristol
Family handoutHudson was weeks from celebrating his third birthday when he collapsed and died The family of a toddler who died after collapsing while playing at home have paid tribute to their “fearless” little…
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What Your Farts Can Tell You About Your Gut Health
- Gas is a normal part of life and can actually reveal a lot about your health.
- Differences in sound, smell and frequency of gas are usually due to lifestyle factors, like diet and stress.
- If you experience sudden changes in gas or bowel habits,…
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Short-term oatmeal diet improves cholesterol and metabolic health markers
A short-term oat-based diet appears to be surprisingly effective at reducing the cholesterol level. This is indicated by a trial by the University of Bonn, which has now been published in the journal Nature Communications. The…
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Ultra-thin nanotechnology enables safe wireless stimulation for retinal degeneration
An international research team led by Prof. Dr. Sedat Nizamoğlu from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Koç University has developed a next-generation, safe, and wireless stimulation technology for retinal…
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Bacterial infections in patients with liver cirrhosis show rising prevalence and high mortality
Background and aims
Bacterial infections (BIs) are common and severe complications in patients with liver cirrhosis, but global data are limited. Here, we aimed to evaluate the global prevalence, temporal changes, and associated…
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