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At 60, you still feel mostly invincible. Sure, recovery takes longer after that weekend tennis match, and you’ve started holding restaurant menus at arm’s length. But 80? That’s another planet, barely visible from where you stand. Here’s what geriatricians know that you don’t: the choices you make right now—not next year, not after retirement—are writing the script for whether you’ll …

Northwestern University researchers have unveiled a first-of-its-kind cancer treatment strategy that doesn’t attack tumors directly, but instead strips cancer cells of their ability to adapt and resist therapy. Credit: Shutterstock Restoring cellular memory blocks cancer cells from adapting to escape treatment. Northwestern University biomedical engineers have developed a completely new approach to cancer therapy that doubled the effectiveness of chemotherapy …

An HIV-infected H9 T cell, as seen by a scanning electromicrograph. In a landmark first for the continent hardest hit by HIV, a new clinical trial in South Africa has delivered a rare but extraordinary outcome: One young woman may be cured of the virus. Image Point FR/NIH/NIAID/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Image Point FR/NIH/NIAID/BSIP/Universal …

From Stanley Tucci to Terry Crews, some men have made baldness their signature style. But if you’re not so keen to say goodbye to those luscious locks, medics say you may want to avoid one type of popular drink. Portuguese researchers found people who regularly consume sodas and fizzy drinks could dramatically raise their risk of hair loss.  But maintaining …

Immunotherapy vaccine attacks cancer cells A virus that infects the humble black-eyed pea plant is showing great promise as a low-cost, potent cancer immunotherapy—thanks to researchers at the University of California San Diego. The team led by chemical and nano engineers just published their study in Cell Biomaterials, showing how the cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV), unlike other plant viruses, is …

When most people think of COVID now, they picture a short illness like a cold – a few days of fever, sore throat or cough before getting better. But for many, the story doesn’t end there. Long COVID – defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as symptoms lasting at least three months after infection – has become a lasting …

THANKS to social media platforms like TikTok, there is a lot of hype around magnesium. But is the obsession warranted? The Express spoke with general practitioner and social media content creator Dr Mariana Browne to learn more about the different types of magnesium and what they are good for. There are about five different types of magnesium salts that can …

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Pittsburgh-area doctors are sounding the alarm on medetomidine, a veterinary tranquilizer that’s increasingly permeating street drugs like “flysky” in Western Pennsylvania. And it’s not abating anytime soon. The drug continues to become more prevalent, and doctors say there are minimal clear treatment options for the severe withdrawal process. Unlike heroin or fentanyl, medetomidine doesn’t respond to naloxone products such as …

Menopause can usher in a host of disruptive symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats and sleep problems. Hormone therapy promises relief.But many women wonder about taking it. That’s because the treatment, the subject of a recent expert panel convened by the Food and Drug Administration, has long been shrouded in uncertainty.It was once used routinely. But in 2002, research testing …