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15 May
A major women’s health condition affecting more than 170 million women worldwide has been renamed PMOS in an effort to improve diagnosis, awareness, and long-term care.
14 May
Using advanced biological aging clocks, researchers measured aging in 17 organ systems and found too little or too much sleep impacts the brain, heart, lungs, and more.
13 May
In a new study, breast cancer patients using GLP-1 medications for obesity and/or diabetes had a lower risk of recurrence and death over 10 years of follow-up.
Women suffering from the muscle weakness disease myasthenia gravis can become pregnant without any ill effects, a new study says.
Pregnancy is not linked with an increased risk of serious flare-ups or worse symptoms for women with myasthenia gravis, researchers reported May 13 in the journal Neurology.
“This is wonderf...
Long-term exposure to smog might increase the risk of Lewy body dementia, the brain disease that CNN founder Ted Turner battled for several years before his recent death, a new study says.
Even small increases in particle pollution and nitrogen dioxide are linked to increased risk of Lewy body dementia (LBD) and Parkinson’s disease-r...
A New York City mold removal program cut asthma-related ER visits by a quarter among residents of public housing, a new study says.
The city created “Mold Busters” in 2019 in response to a class-action lawsuit filed by residents suffering from asthma due to mold in their apartments, researchers said.
The program led to a ...
Just a single dose of psilocybin can provide rapid relief from depression, a new small-scale clinical trial has shown.
Within a week, people treated with one psilocybin dose had four times the decrease in their depression symptoms compared to a control group given the vitamin niacin, researchers reported May 15 in JAMA Network Open
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an AI-powered early warning system to detect sepsis, one of the deadliest infections for hospital patients.
The tool, developed at Johns Hopkins University (JHU), detects sepsis hours faster than doctors. It has already reduced deaths by nearly 20% in dozens of hospitals across ...
A major women’s health condition is getting a new name—and experts say it could change how millions are diagnosed and treated worldwide.
Polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, will now be known as polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or PMOS.
The condition affects more than 170 million women worldwide and is linked to h...