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04 Sep
Popular Sugar Substitutes Linked to Faster Brain Aging
A new study finds artificial sweeteners typically found in ultra-processed foods and drinks may be associated with a faster decline in overall thinking and memory skills – especially in people under 60 and those with diabetes.
03 Sep
New Study Reveals Shifts in Student Mental Health — and Surprising Gaps in Parent Perceptions
HealthDay speaks with Dr. Nicole Brady, CMO of United Healthcare, about the surprising results of their new Behavioral Health Report on college students and recent graduates.
02 Sep
From Cancer Survivor to Transplant Pioneer: Chicago Woman’s Remarkable Journey
Blinded by childhood cancer, a newly engaged Chicago woman receives rare triple-organ transplant at Northwestern Medicine.
Life Expectancy Is Plateauing, Won't Reach 100, Researchers Say
Bad news for folks hoping to become a centenarian: Average life expectancy isn’t expected to exceed 100 years anytime soon, a new study says.
Life expectancy gains made by wealthy countries in the first half of the 20th century have slowed significantly, researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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Community Hospitals Failing To Transfer Injury Patients To Better Facilities
Community hospitals don't often transfer severely injured patients to higher-level trauma centers that could provide the care they need, a new study says.
Fewer than half of severely injured people are transferred from a low-level trauma center to larger or more advanced hospitals, researchers reported in the Journal of the American Co...
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Sugar Substitutes Could Be Bad For Brain Aging, Study Argues
Artificial sweeteners like Equal and Sweet’N Low might help you cut calories, but it might be at the cost of future brain power, according to a new study.
People who consume high amounts of low- and no-calorie sugar substitutes appear to experience faster declines in thinking and memory skills, researchers reported Sept. 3 in the jou...
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Daily Pill Might Help People With Stubborn High Blood Pressure
An experimental pill might help people with stubborn high blood pressure that won’t relent to other treatments, clinical trial results show.
Patients with treatment-resistant high blood pressure saw a significant drop after taking the new drug baxdrostat once a day for three months, researchers reported Aug. 30 in the New England...
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Single-Dose Penicillin Effective Against Early Syphilis
A single dose of penicillin works just as well to cure early syphilis as the three-injection regimen now used by many doctors, a new clinical trial says.
Second and third doses of benzathine penicillin G (BPG) don’t provide any additional benefit in treating early-stage syphilis, researchers reported in the New England Journal of...
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Saliva Might Keep Fruit Juice From Rotting Teeth, Study Says
Some parents avoid giving their kids fruit juice, for fear that it might rot their teeth.
But the bad effects of juice on a child’s oral health could be short-lived, thanks to the remarkable properties of saliva, according to a new study.
Saliva protects teeth and gums from bacteria by creating a slippery film on teeth, and als...
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