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Glowing lines and spots encircling a human brain

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This metabolic brain boost revives memory in Alzheimer’s mice

An experimental cancer drug that helps the brain turn glucose into energy was able to reverse memory loss in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.

September 02, 2024
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  • Jon Hamilton
Many women experience pain with the insertion of an IUD or intrauterine device used for birth control. Doctors can do more to manage that pain, according to new recommendations from the CDC.

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IUD insertions can hurt. The CDC advises doctors to do more to reduce the pain

Women have been complaining that doctors don't warn them how much an IUD insertion can hurt — or offer pain relief. Now the CDC is recommending that doctors do more to help.

August 29, 2024
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By:
  • Sarah Boden
GLP-1 drugs, like Wegovy and Ozempic, may not be good only for diabetes and weight-loss. They are also showing promise for preventing some cancers.

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  • Health

Weight-loss drugs like Wegovy may help stave off some cancers

Several new studies find promising evidence that the GLP-1 class of drugs may have a cancer-preventive effect, especially for cancers linked to obesity.

August 12, 2024
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  • Yuki Noguchi
A dose of MDMA. The drug has been studied as a treatment for PTSD and FDA has declined to approve it so far, asking for further research.

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  • Health

FDA gives thumbs down to MDMA for now, demanding further research

The much-anticipated decision has rattled supporters of psychedelic therapies. The drugmaker says it will ask the agency to reconsider.

August 10, 2024
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  • Will Stone
New blood tests that help detect Alzheimer's disease are opening up a new era in diagnosis and treatment, doctors say.

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New blood tests can help diagnose Alzheimer's. Are doctors ready for what's next?

A new generation of blood tests can help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. But many doctors don’t yet know how to use them.

August 02, 2024
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  • Jon Hamilton
Controversy has clouded efforts to get MDMA, or ecstasy, approved as a treatment for PTSD. But supporters haven't given up and are lobbying for FDA approval.

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  • Health

Can a lobbying push led by veterans help MDMA get approved for PTSD treatment?

Advocates are still fighting to get the psychedelic drug approved as a mental health treatment, despite its rejection by the FDA's advisory committee in June. They face an uphill battle.

August 01, 2024
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  • Will Stone
A key protein called Reelin may help stave off Alzheimer's disease, according to a growing body of research.

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  • Research News

A protein called Reelin keeps popping up in brains that resist aging and Alzheimer’s

Early in life, the protein Reelin helps assemble the brain. Later on, it appears to protect the organ from Alzheimer’s and other threats to memory and thinking.

July 29, 2024
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  • Jon Hamilton
A study finds that psilocybin can desynchronize networks in the brain, potentially enhancing its plasticity.

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A scientist took a psychedelic drug — and watched his own brain 'fall apart'

Scientists scanned the brains of people who took psilocybin, including a member of the research team. The scans showed how the drug disrupts key networks, potentially enhancing brain plasticity.

July 18, 2024
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  • Jon Hamilton
A T-shirt from fashion brand Namilia shown during Berlin Fashion on July 3, 2024 sparked an outcry on the brand's Instagram, with readers noting that Ozempic is in short supply for people with a medical need for it.

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  • Health

Ozempic's popularity leads to shortages for people with Type 2 diabetes

Drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro are in such high demand that many patients with Type 2 diabetes can't get them when they need them.

July 10, 2024
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  • Sydney Lupkin
Dr. Marty Sellers, wearing a red scrub cap, and his team from Tennessee Donor Services perform a normothermic regional perfusion organ recovery at a hospital in eastern Tennessee.

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  • Health

Doctors try a controversial technique to reduce the transplant organ shortage

Doctors say they can boost the odds donated organs will be usable by restarting blood circulation with a pump after donors are declared dead. Critics say the procedure blurs the definition of death.

July 08, 2024
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  • Rob Stein
Lab experiments show that some ants will treat the injured legs of comrades, and when it's necessary will even perform medical amputations.

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  • Health

Ants treat certain leg injuries with lifesaving amputations

Medical amputation isn't a uniquely human form of medicine, it turns out. Some ant species will cut off the limbs of injured buddies when it's necessary to save them.

July 02, 2024
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  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
MDMA or ecstasy is under consideration for FDA approval for treating PTSD but it's future is uncertain.

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  • Health

Trouble for ecstasy? What MDMA’s FDA setback could mean for psychedelics

Psychedelics researchers and investors are still reeling from last week’s no vote for MDMA by a panel of advisers to the FDA.

June 14, 2024
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  • Will Stone
This illustration shows how the thin film of sensors could be applied to the brain before surgery.

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  • Science

This new brain-mapping device could make neurosurgery safer

A flexible film bristling with tiny sensors could make surgery safer for patients with a brain tumor or severe epilepsy.

June 13, 2024
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  • Jon Hamilton
A dose of MDMA. The drug has been studied as a treatment for PTSD and FDA has declined to approve it so far, asking for further research.

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  • Health

FDA advisors reject MDMA therapy for PTSD, amid concerns over research

A panel of advisors to the FDA voted against the potential use of MDMA for treating PTSD.

June 04, 2024
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By:
  • Will Stone
Sheryl J. Moore has been advocating for the past decade to update the rules about gay men donating tissue since she lost her eldest son, Alexander “AJ” Betts Jr., to suicide in 2013 and his corneas went to waste.

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  • Health

Gay and bisexual men can donate blood and organs but not tissue like corneas

Federal regulations prevent the donations, including of ligaments, and blood vessels. Advocates say this needs to change.

May 24, 2024
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  • Rae Ellen Bichell
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