Hugh PymHealth editor
BBCGuts have become a source of immense fascination. Social media influencers promote unproven supplements said to boost gut health, whilst milk and kombucha brands promise to nourish them with “good bacteria”.
Some have…
Category: 6. Health
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The curious question of whether gut health affects ageing
Not everyone is as excited about the power of our gut to control ageing. Prof Kamila Hawthorne, chair of the Royal College of GPs, says research into the gut microbiome is “exciting” and “has certainly piqued the public’s interest” – but, she…
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Surgery-induced weight loss may be associated with lower mortality rates in women with obesity but not men
1. Surgery-induced weight loss was associated with lower cancer incidence and mortality rates in women with obesity, but not men.
Evidence Rating Level: 2 (Good)
Obesity is a risk factor for cancer, and surgery-induced weight loss has…
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Addition of Lurbinectedin Improves Duration of Maintenance in ES-SCLC | Targeted Oncology
The phase 3 IMforte trial(NCT05091567) demonstrated benefit for expanding on maintenance immunotherapy in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) by adding the chemotherapy lurbinectedin (Zepzelca). During a live Community Case Forum…
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Moderna COVID vaccine 53% effective against adult hospitalization in 2024-25 season, data suggest
A large observational study using US healthcare claims and electronic health record data suggests that Moderna’s updated 2024-25 COVID vaccine was 39% effective at preventing medically attended illness among adults and 53% effective against…
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Researchers uncover how E. coli bacteria sneak into the prostate – Medical Xpress
- Researchers uncover how E. coli bacteria sneak into the prostate Medical Xpress
- Uropathogenic Escherichia coli invade luminal prostate cells via FimH–PPAP receptor binding Nature
- Secret Route Of Prostate Infections Mirage News
- University of…
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Cross-cohort resistome and virulome gradients structure the colorectal cancer microbiome
Bray, F. et al. Global cancer statistics 2022: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries. CA. Cancer J. Clin. 74, 229–263 (2024).
Sung, H. et al….
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CDC changes flu vaccine recommendation for children : Shots
A child receives an immunization at a Florida pediatrician’s office in Sept. 2025.
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Astronauts’ brains change shape and position in space: study
Astronauts’ brains can change shape and shift positions during stays in space, according to a new study with implications for NASA’s goals to conduct long-duration missions to the moon and Mars.
The study, published Monday in the journal…
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Are Declining Stocking Rates Underexplored By Scientists?
If you stood in front of a map of the world, subtracted its oceans and threw a dart, you would have about a one-in-four chance of hitting land humans use for grazing livestock. But concentrations of grazing animals used for human…
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