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Breakthrough as cheap blood pressure drug fights deadly breast cancer  Vanguard News This Medicine Could Fight a Deadly Form of Breast Cancer. And It May Already Be in Your Medicine Cabinet  People.com New study uncovers how beta blockers could halt the progression of triple negative breast cancer  Monash University Massive cancer find on med used by millions  News.com.au Cheap heart drug may halt spread …

Harry Chinchinian M.D. died Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, at age 99 of heart failure complications due to coronary artery disease. In 1993 he underwent a successful 5-coronary by-pass. He was born of Christian Armenian immigrants, Ohanness and Armen Chinchinian, on March 7, 1926, in upstate New York. His older brother Levon died almost thirty years earlier. On Sept. 11, 1944, …

The Healthy Brain Aging Initiative was developed by Tulane’s Neurology Chair, Dr. Demetrius Maraganore, in response to the notably high incidence of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia in Louisiana. The research from this program is focused on Alzheimer’s and dementia prevention and memory disorder treatments using the latest evidence-based research and movement disorders treatment, like Parkinson’s, related to brain aging. Maraganore, …

For years, grapes have been viewed skeptically due to their high sugar content, with nutrition advice often suggesting minimal consumption in favor of other fruits. Now, a new study challenges that notion, arguing not only that grapes deserve a place in a healthy diet, but also that they may soon be recognized as a “superfood” for their wide-ranging benefits. The …

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Computed tomography, better known as a CT scan, has become one of those medical tests that doctors rely on all the time—and for good reason. It’s fast, detailed, and helps catch problems that other scans might miss. Over the years, technology has made CT scans even sharper and more useful, which explains why hospitals and clinics are using them more …

Immune cells in the human brain may be critical to orchestrating the organ’s development in the womb because they trigger a dramatic increase in an important type of nerve cell, new research suggests. Estimates suggest that these key cells, known as inhibitory interneurons, make up some 25% to 50% of the neurons in the adult cortex, the wrinkled tissue that …

Summary: A new study reveals that listening to music immediately after an experience can enhance memory—if the emotional response is just right. Researchers found that volunteers who experienced moderate arousal while listening to music were better at recalling details, while those with stronger or weaker emotions remembered only the gist. This suggests that music can shift the balance between gist- …

“Ozempic vulva” is an unoffcial term that women have been using to describe what they’ve been noticing in their genital areas after starting Ozempic or some other glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist. (Photo: Getty) getty You may have heard of “Ozempic mouth”, “Ozempic tongue” and “Ozempic penis.” Well, here’s yet another “O” body part term that is making the rounds on social …

Rice feeds billions. It thrives in warm, wet fields and stores energy in a way that fits busy lives and tight budgets. Those same flooded fields can also make arsenic more available to rice plants, and some of that arsenic can end up in the grain. A growing body of field evidence points to a new twist: as the planet …