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Summary: A new study has raised concerns about the safety of acetaminophen use during pregnancy, linking prenatal exposure to higher risks of autism and ADHD. Using the gold-standard Navigation Guide review method, the team analyzed 46 studies with over 100,000 participants, finding that stronger studies more consistently showed a connection. While the evidence does not prove causation, it highlights biological …

Hearing aids could slash the risk of dementia by almost two thirds, new findings suggest.  Hearing loss has been strongly linked to neurogenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.  While the exact mechanisms are unclear, one of the theories is that when the brain has to work harder to process a degraded auditory signal, it diverts resources …

Gabapentin use for back pain linked to higher risk of dementia, study finds  PsyPost Source link

Summary: A new study uncovers a pancreas–hippocampus feedback loop that may help explain mood swings in bipolar disorder. Using patient-derived pancreatic islets, researchers found reduced insulin secretion linked to elevated RORβ, a bipolar risk gene. In mice, pancreatic RORβ overexpression caused depression-like behaviors during the day and mania-like behaviors at night through shifts in insulin release and hippocampal activity. The …

Lumberjack amputates ears and penis during psychotic episode linked to cannabis and kratom use  PsyPost Source link

A Missouri resident has been hospitalized with what health officials described as a deadly “brain-eating infection” after possibly waterskiing in a local lake. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said in a Wednesday news release that the patient — who they have not identified — appears to have been exposed to a Naegleria fowleri. The agency described Naegleria …

New research has discovered certain weight-loss medications could be associated with an increased risk of serious eye conditions, and even vision loss. Two studies, published in JAMA, analyzed how semaglutide and tirzepatide — which include popular drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound — impacted eye health in Americans with type 2 diabetes over a two-year period. One study found …

First base is a weak spot in the Boston Red Sox lineup. Ever since Triston Casas went down with a knee injury, Romy Gonzalez and Abraham Toro have handled the bulk of the innings at first. As a whole, Red Sox first basemen rank 24th in the league in wRC+. That ranking is heavily propped up by Gonzalez’s performance against …

PULLMAN, Wash. — Scientists at Washington State University’s (WSU) Puyallup Research & Extension Center have been working to find out why coho salmon in Puget Sound creeks seem to suffocate after rainstorms. Coho, or silver salmon are born in freshwater streams in the Pacific Northwest, swimming hundreds of miles to the ocean, where they spend most of their lives. A …

The ALPACA algorithm We introduce ALPACA, an algorithm to infer allele-specific copy-number profiles of every tumour clone, given three inputs that can be inferred by existing methods: estimates of allele-specific fractional copy number from multiple bulk tumour samples; a fixed number of clones and the proportion of each clone in each tumour sample; and a fixed topology of the tumour …