Bayer Received FDA Approval For Non-Hormonal Menopause Therapy

▫️The Food And Drug Administration (FDA) Has Approved A New, Non-Hormonal Treatment For Postmenopausal Women Who Experience Vasomotor Symptoms, Also Known As Hot Flashes.
▫️The Drug, Called Lynkuet And Developed by Bayer, Was Cleared to Treat Moderate Severe Hot Flashes Due to Menopause. Approval Was Supported by Three Late-Stage Trials That Enrolled Thousands of Women.
▫️Vasomotor Symptoms Typically Occur During And After Menopause, A Transition When A Woman’s Menstrual Cycle Stops.

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First Pig Liver Transplant in Living Recipient Shows Promise

▫️A Multidisciplinary Team From China Performed The World’s First Successful Genetically Modified Pig Auxiliary Liver Xenotransplant in A Living Human.
▫️The liver was able to function and support the patient for 38 days, with no evidence of rejection. However, the patient eventually developed xenotransplant-related thrombotic microangiopathy (xTMA), requiring graft resection, and died on postoperative day 171.
▫️The case report was published online on October 9 in the Journal of Hepatology.

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Parental Mental Disorders May Double Offspring Mortality Risk

▫️Offspring of parents with mental disorders had nearly double the risk for mortality, especially from unnatural causes, compared to those with parents did not have a mental disorder, a new Swedish cohort study showed.
▫️Additionally, mortality risk was highest when both parents had mental disorders but was not affected by the sex of the affected parent.
▫️It was published online on September 24 in JAMA Psychiatry.

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Oral Arginine Reduces Amyloid Buildup in Alzheimer’s Models

▫️In A New Study, Made Available Online On October 30, 2025, in Neurochemistry International, Researchers From Kindai University And Collaborating Institutions Discovered That Oral Administration of Arginine, A Naturally Occurring Amino Acid And Safe Chemical Chaperone, Effectively Suppresses Aβ Aggregation And Its Toxic Effects in Animal Models of AD.

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Amazon Scorpion Venom Shows Stunning Power Against Breast Cancer

▫️The venom of an Amazonian scorpion species may contain a compound capable of helping treat breast cancer, a disease that remains one of the top causes of death among women. See More

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Amoxicillin Challenge May Be Safe For Kids Labeled Allergic

▫️Direct Amoxicillin Challenges Were Tolerated by 96.8% of Infants And Toddlers With Suspected Penicillin Allergy, According to a Retrospective Study. Those Who Reacted During The Challenge Typically Developed Mild Cutaneous Eruptions That Were Treated With Antihistamines.
▫️The Study Was Published Online on October 23, 2025, in The Journal of Pediatrics.

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Scientists Discover Strange Link Between Vitamin D And Pain

▫️Women With Low Vitamin D Levels May Face A More Painful Recovery After Breast Cancer Surgery And Could Require Significantly More Opioid Medication Afterward, According to Research Published Online in The Journal Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine.

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Higher Abdominal Fat Linked to Faster Biological Aging

▫️Abdominal Adiposity Was Associated With Accelerated Biological Aging Across Measures Based on Metabolomics, Clinical Biomarkers, And DNA Methylation.
▫️Accelerated Biological Age Predicted Higher Risks For Cardiovascular (CV) Disease, Death, And Frailty. Metabolic Aging Explained Many of These Associations.
▫️It Was Published Online On May 17 in Heart.

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Giving Antibiotics For Throat Infections Overrates Their Power Against Sepsis

▫️Antibiotics for sore throats have hardly any preventive effect against serious streptococcal infections in the population, according to a study from the University of Gothenburg.

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Aspirin Use May Help Unmask Early Asymptomatic Bladder Cancer

▫️The presence of blood cells in urine is a sign of bladder cancer. Because aspirin blocks platelets from forming harmful blood clots, the medication can cause mild bleeding or worsen existing bleeding in the urinary tract.
▫️Results from a study in the Journal of Internal Medicine suggest that this may prompt a clinician to run tests that uncover an asymptomatic bladder tumor.

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Omega-3 Fish Oil Shows Promise Against Type 2 Diabetes

▫️Fish oil may have a surprising role in the fight against insulin resistance, especially in a form of type 2 diabetes that is often overlooked.
▫️A Brazilian study published in Nutrients found that omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil reduced glucose intolerance and weakened insulin resistance in rats that were not obese but showed a diabetes-like metabolic condition.

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Drinking Orange Juice Every Day May Change Thousands of Genes

▫️A Recent Study Has Shown That Regular Orange Juice Consumption Can Influence The Activity of Thousands of Genes Inside Our Immune Cells.
▫️The Study Followed Adults Who Drank 500ml of Pure Pasteurized Orange Juice Every Day For Two Months. After 60 Days, Many Genes Associated With Inflammation And Higher Blood Pressure Had Become Less Active.

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Modern Blood Thinners Slow Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer's Patients

▫️People With Both Atrial Fibrillation And Alzheimer's Disease Who Are Treated With Modern NOAC Blood-Thinning Medicines May Experience A Slower Rate of Cognitive Decline. This is Shown by A Study From Karolinska Institutet Published in The European Heart Journal.
▫️Non-Vitamin K Oral Anticoagulants (NOACs) Are Blood Thinners Prescribed to Treat or Prevent Various Heart Conditions, Including Atrial Fibrillation And Venous Thromboembolism.

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Women Taking Estrogen Had Fewer Signs of Alzheimer’s in Their Brains

▫️A Large Study Has Found That Women Who Used Hormone Therapy Later in Life Had A Lower Risk of Developing Dementia. The Findings Were Published August 12, 2026, in Neurology, The Medical Journal of The American Academy of Neurology.

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Urinary Drug Tadalafil Linked to Glaucoma Risk

▫️A Multinational Cohort Study Found The Use of Tadalafil, A Phosphodiesterase Type 5 (PDE5) Inhibitor, For Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Was Associated With A 22% Higher Risk For Glaucoma Over 5 Years Than Non-PDE5 Inhibitor Use.
▫️Using Tadalafil Was Also Associated With Higher Risks For Ocular Hypertension, Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma, And Initiation of Treatment For Glaucoma.

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Dry Cleaner Proximity Associated With Increased Parkinson's Disease Risk

▫️People Living Near Dry Cleaners May Have A Higher Risk of Developing Parkinson's Disease According to A New Nationwide Study Led by Researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix.
▫️The Association Gradually Declined With Increasing Distance, Suggesting The Closer Someone Lived to A Dry Cleaner.
▫️The Study Was Recently Published in NPJ Parkinson's Disease As An Unedited Manuscript to Provide Early Access to The Findings.

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FDA Authorized First-Of-Its-Kind Robotic Blood Draw Device

▫️The US Food And Drug Administration (FDA) Has Authorized The Aletta, The First Standalone Robotic Device That Can Draw Blood From A Patient’s Arm Without Hands-On Operator Intervention.
▫️The Device Is Authorized For Use in Adults In Outpatient Settings And Must Be Operated Under The Oversight of A Supervisor Trained in Phlebotomy.
▫️One phlebotomist Can Oversee Up to Three Aletta Devices at The Same Time, Which May Help Address The Current Phlebotomist Shortage in The US.
▫️The Device Guides The Patient to Position Their Arm, After Which The Patient or Supervisor Presses A Button to Start The Blood Draw. The Aletta Then Uses Near-Infrared Light And Doppler Ultrasound to Locate A Suitable Vein And Tell It Apart From Arteries. If No Appropriate Vein Is Found, The Device Will Not Attempt The Procedure.

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Scientists Discover A Protein That Protects The Brain From Alzheimer’s Damage

▫️Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Reported On July 17, 2026, in Science Advances, A Protein Called SORLA May Act As A Powerful Defense Against The Toxic Tau Tangles Involved in Alzheimer’s Disease. Mice With Extra SORLA Had Less Tau Accumulation, Less Brain Atrophy, And Healthier Connections Between Neurons, While Mice Without It Experienced More Severe Damage.

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This Common Vitamin Was Linked to 13% Better Cognitive Scores

▫️Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment And Sleep Problems Who Took at Least 5,000 IU of Vitamin D Daily Scored More Than 13% Higher on A Cognitive Test Than Those Taking None.
▫️The Findings, Recently Published in Sleep Medicine.

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Multilingual People May Have Brains Up to 13 Years Younger

▫️People Who Speak More Than One Language May Have Brains That Appear Younger Than Expected For Their Age, According to Research Presented at The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Forum 2026.

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