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Climate Change Exacerbates Poor Air Quality, Risking Human Health

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On Monday, February 12, 2024, First Street Foundation, a nonprofit focused on quantifying and relaying the risks of climate change globally, released a report outlining the impacts of climate change on...

47% of Trans Individuals Considered Moving Due to State Laws

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According to a recently published survey, nearly half of transgender individuals in the United States have considered moving because of restrictive anti-trans laws, including banning access to...

CDC Data Raises Concerns About Rising Syphilis Cases

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CDC data published on Tuesday, January 30, 2024, prompted discussions around the alarmingly high and continually rising rates of syphilis across the United States. The CDC gathered data on over 2.5...

Discontinued Treatment for GHD Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease

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On Monday, January 29, 2024, researchers from the United Kingdom published an article in Nature Medicine identifying iatrogenic Alzheimer’s disease in individuals who were treated with cadaveric...

CDC States JN.1 Accounts for Nearly 90% of Circulating COVID Variants

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Despite federal representatives ending the national public health emergency associated with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the CDC’s COVID-19 tracking data continually reveals that the pandemic is far...

Four States Identify Measles Outbreak This Year

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Throughout the past month, four states, including Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, confirmed measles cases, indicating a potential outbreak and sparking concerns about vaccination...

Adding Salt to Food Increases CKD Risk by 4–11%

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Last week, a public health investigation published in JAMA Network Open analyzing the correlation between salt consumption and chronic kidney disease (CKD) risk identified a positive correlation...

COVID Rates Surge Amidst the Holiday Season

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Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data from the National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) identifying high SARS-CoV-2 viral activity levels in...

Researchers Identify Potential Cause of Hypertension-Induced Dementia

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Yesterday, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a press release identifying a potential pathway for hypertension-induced dementia. The announcement cites a study published in Nature...

NIH Researchers Identify Sleep Deficiency as a T2D Risk Factor

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Yesterday, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the results of a study that identified chronic sleep deficiency as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes (T2D). The study, published in Diabetes...

Heat-Related CV Deaths to Greatly Impact Black and Elderly Communities

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Earlier this week, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that heat-related cardiovascular deaths are expected to increase drastically between 2036 and 2065. The press release cites an...

Researchers Develop a Blood Test to Diagnose Bipolar Disorder

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Earlier this week, researchers at the University of Cambridge reported on metabolomic biomarker signatures for bipolar disorder, comparing them to unipolar depression. In a press release from the...

Tuberculosis Cord-Like Bacterial Aggregates Revealed in Breakthrough Study

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In a landmark study recently published in the esteemed journal Cell, researchers have unraveled how Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), the causative agent of tuberculosis, forms cord-like structures...

Red Meat Consumption Increased T2D Risk by over 50%

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Last week, researchers published a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition echoing claims from previous studies on the potential dangers of red meat consumption. Adding to the growing...

Researchers Develop Largest Atlas of Human Brain Cells

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Last week, Science, Science Advances, and Science Translational Medicine compiled an atlas of over 3,000 types of cells in the human brain. The project was a substantial undertaking that collected...

Study Reveals Adult ADHD Nearly Triples the Risk of Dementia

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Earlier this week, an article published in JAMA Network Open evaluated the connection between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and dementia. Investigators in the publication calculated...

Reduced Serotonin Levels in Long COVID Patients Impair Cognition

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A recent study published in Cell hypothesizes the potential pathophysiology of long COVID, also called post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), noting that some cognitive symptoms may be linked to...

Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis at 30 Reduces Life Expectancy by 14 Years

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A recent study published in the Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, funded by the British Heart Foundation, Medical Research Council, National Institute for Health and Care Research, and Health Data...

NIH-Funded Study Links Seizure Activity in the Amygdala to SUDEP

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In a recent press release by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the organization announced the results of a study published by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS),...

Loneliness Linked to 37% Increase in Parkinson’s Disease Risk

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Earlier this week, a study published in JAMA Neurology linked reports of loneliness to an elevated risk of Parkinson’s disease, indicating that social connection or loneliness is a psychosocial...