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Changes to the heart linked to marathon running vary by age, sex and training level, finds a synthesis of the available data, published in BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine. But it is not clear whether these changes represent ...

In South Florida, heat shapes daily routines long before summer officially arrives. For people living with cancer, that heat can feel like an added, continuous health burden that influences daily decisions about care, movement ...

Moderate screen time in the first three days after concussion is linked to faster recovery, with an average 141 minutes of daily use speeding symptom resolution by 35%, according to a study of 80 concussed teens published ...

To function properly, neurons need to recycle cellular waste before it becomes toxic. When neurons can no longer do that, either due to aging or harmful genetic mutations, neurodegenerative disease can set in. One sign that ...

The School of Public Health at the LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), together with a multinational team, has found that the effective use of hearing aids is associated with a lower risk of probable ...

The hospital discharge summary—a document that outlines a patient's hospital stay for their outpatient providers—can take up a lot of doctors' time. It needs to comprehensively and succinctly summarize days, sometimes weeks, ...

University students who aren't always enthused about walking across campus for class can take heart in new research that suggests lots of daily steps translate to improved mental health and better sleep.

A drug called apitegromab may help preserve lean body mass during weight loss with tirzepatide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist, according to a phase 2 clinical trial published in Nature Medicine. The findings suggest that blocking ...

A cancer researcher at the University of Houston is reporting what makes malignant soft tissue cancer grow in children, identifying key mechanisms and molecular targets to prevent tumor progression in patients in future therapies ...

Wearing a cooling cap for 30 minutes may improve a person's sense of well-being, according to a new study by Penn State researchers. In a recent publication in Acta Psychologica, the researchers demonstrated that head cooling ...

Three commercially available radiology AI systems have shown the potential to flag early signs of breast cancer up to six years before a diagnosis, according to a study published in Radiology.

Microtubules, part of heart muscle cells' internal "skeleton," help determine how the heart changes shape under stress, and a common signaling pathway called the ERK pathway acts as a key controller of where the building ...