Category: 6. Health

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  • Functional MRI Breakthrough Could Mean Better Patient Outcomes

    Functional MRI Breakthrough Could Mean Better Patient Outcomes

    New research suggests that simplifying how brain imaging data are analyzed could make functional MRI scans far better at predicting individual health outcomes, a counterargument to the “just in case” MRI.

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  • Hepatic GPR110 contributes to sex disparity in the development of MASH through oestrogen receptor α-dependent signalling

    Hepatic GPR110 contributes to sex disparity in the development of MASH through oestrogen receptor α-dependent signalling

  • Younossi, Z. M. et al. The global epidemiology of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH): a systematic review. Hepatology 77, 1335–1347 (2023).

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  • Everyday chemicals are quietly damaging beneficial gut bacteria

    Everyday chemicals are quietly damaging beneficial gut bacteria

    Scientists have completed a large laboratory analysis of widely used human-made chemicals and found that 168 of them are harmful to bacteria that normally live in a healthy human gut. These substances slow or stop the growth of microbes that play…

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  • Scalding hot coffee and tea linked to higher esophageal cancer risk

    Scalding hot coffee and tea linked to higher esophageal cancer risk

    Scalding hot coffee and tea linked to higher esophageal cancer risk

    Everyone is a fan of a hot cup of tea or coffee in the winters.

    Some people…

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  • UK junk food advertising ban comes into force

    UK junk food advertising ban comes into force

    The new UK ban on junk food advertising before 9pm and online targets childhood obesity and forces change across food marketing.

    UK junk food advertising ban comes into force


    A landmark UK ban on junk food advertising has come into force today, restricting the promotion of…

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