Rob Knight, Ph.D. Credit: Kyle Dykes/UC San Diego Health Sciences
By demonstrating that genetic influences can be coupled with gut microbe transmission, the work reveals a novel mechanism…
Category: 6. Health
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HbA1c Variability Predicts Cognitive Decline in Type 1 Diabetes
CHILDREN living with type 1 diabetes (T1D) are increasingly recognised as being at risk of neurocognitive impairment, potentially driven by chronic exposure to glycaemic extremes. While mean HbA1c has traditionally been used to assess…
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Genetic influences on health can ripple through social groups via shared microbes – Medical Xpress
- Genetic influences on health can ripple through social groups via shared microbes Medical Xpress
- Could Your Genes Influence the Gut Microbiome of Others? UC San Diego Today
- Your Genes Could Be Affecting Someone Else’s Gut SciTechDaily
- Social…
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The motorcyclist fighting a deadly disease in the African bush
More than 600 million people globally are at risk of contracting visceral leishmaniasis, with the vast majority (73% in 2022) of cases confined to East Africa. The disease remains poorly studied and relatively unknown outside of the impoverished…
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Study tracks seizure freedom over thirty years after epilepsy surgery
A new study has shown that 69% of people who undergo brain surgery for epilepsy do not have seizures with impaired consciousness one year later. This figure decreases to 45% at 10 years, 41% at 20 years and 38% at 30…Continue Reading
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Gut Bacteria Support Immune Tolerance in Pregnancy
Gut microbes may play a key role in training a mother’s immune system to adapt to the developing fetus during pregnancy, according to a preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.
The findings show that beneficial gut…
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Welsh Government funding delivers nearly 100,000 extra NHS appointments
Almost 100,000 extra outpatient appointments will have been delivered across Wales by the end of December.
In June, Health Secretary Jeremy Miles announced £120m to help tackle waiting times. This has seen…
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Reason behind women’s poor heart health revealed
Many women’s heart conditions go undiagnosed.
A cardiologist writing for Knowridge mentioned,…
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Update on marburg virus disease outbreak in Ethiopia (beyond our borders)
Overview
On 14 November 2025, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health (MoH) officially confirmed the country’s first Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak, following laboratory confirmation of the detection of Marburg virus (MARV) from specimens…
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Young adults are using cannabis as sleep aid
Researchers in a recent study have identified alarming trends among adults who…
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