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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▫️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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▫️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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▫️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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▫️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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▫️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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▫️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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FDA Approved Alzheimer’s Blood Test For Adults as Young as 40
▫️The US Food And Drug Administration (FDA) Announced That It Has Cleared C2N Diagnostics' PrecivityAD2 Blood Test For Use in Adults As Young As 40 Who Are Experiencing Signs of Cognitive Impairment, Making It The First FDA-Cleared Alzheimer's Blood Test Available to Patients This Young.
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▫️The US Food And Drug Administration (FDA) Announced That It Has Cleared C2N Diagnostics' PrecivityAD2 Blood Test For Use in Adults As Young As 40 Who Are Experiencing Signs of Cognitive Impairment, Making It The First FDA-Cleared Alzheimer's Blood Test Available to Patients This Young.
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Urogenital immune signatures are associated with birth outcomes after maternal urinary tract infection
Immune responses to urinary tract infections distinguished preterm birth in mice and were linked to birth outcomes in a human pregnancy cohort.
Maternal Immune Response to Urinary Tract Infection May Drive Preterm Birth Risk
▫️A New Study Published in Science Translational Medicine Shows That The Increased Risk of Preterm Pregnancies Associated With Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), Is Linked to The Body's Immune Response to The Infection Rather Than to The Bacteria Themselves.
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▫️A New Study Published in Science Translational Medicine Shows That The Increased Risk of Preterm Pregnancies Associated With Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), Is Linked to The Body's Immune Response to The Infection Rather Than to The Bacteria Themselves.
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The Adult Brain Can Repair Itself Better Than Scientists Thought
▫️The Adult Brain May Be Far Better at Repairing Itself Than Scientists Once Believed. In Mice, Researchers Discovered A Special Group of Support Cells Called Astrocytes That Respond to Damaged Brain Tissue by Rebuilding Lost Cellular Networks.
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▫️The Adult Brain May Be Far Better at Repairing Itself Than Scientists Once Believed. In Mice, Researchers Discovered A Special Group of Support Cells Called Astrocytes That Respond to Damaged Brain Tissue by Rebuilding Lost Cellular Networks.
See More: Nature Neuroscience
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A Simple Supplement Could Help The Immune System Fight Cancer And Viruses
▫️Low Arginine Levels May Allow Cancer Cells And Viruses to Slip Past The Immune System by Reducing Production of A Crucial Cellular Warning Protein.
▫️In Mice, Arginine-Rich Diets Led to Fewer Colon Tumors And Milder Viral Infections, Suggesting A Simple Supplement Could Have Powerful Therapeutic Potential.
▫️When Arginine Is Scarce, Cells Struggle to Produce MHC-1, A Protein That Helps Alert The Immune System to Threats Such As Mutated Cells And Invading Viruses.
▫️The Findings Were Published in Cell.
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▫️Low Arginine Levels May Allow Cancer Cells And Viruses to Slip Past The Immune System by Reducing Production of A Crucial Cellular Warning Protein.
▫️In Mice, Arginine-Rich Diets Led to Fewer Colon Tumors And Milder Viral Infections, Suggesting A Simple Supplement Could Have Powerful Therapeutic Potential.
▫️When Arginine Is Scarce, Cells Struggle to Produce MHC-1, A Protein That Helps Alert The Immune System to Threats Such As Mutated Cells And Invading Viruses.
▫️The Findings Were Published in Cell.
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Alzheimer’s May Leave A Mark On The Brain Long Before Plaques Appear
▫️Brain Changes Associated With Alzheimer’s May Begin at Least Seven Years Before Amyloid Plaques Become Detectable With Current PET Scans.
▫️Researchers Uncovered The Signal by Tracking Healthy Older Adults With Repeated Brain Imaging Over Nearly 20 Years.
▫️The Study Suggests That The Current Gold Standard For Alzheimer's Imaging (Amyloid-PET) May Not be Sensitive Enough to Capture Some of The Earliest Brain Changes Associated With The Disease.
▫️The Work Was Led by Scientists in The Department of Psychology at The University of Oslo And Was Published in Nature Neuroscience.
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▫️Brain Changes Associated With Alzheimer’s May Begin at Least Seven Years Before Amyloid Plaques Become Detectable With Current PET Scans.
▫️Researchers Uncovered The Signal by Tracking Healthy Older Adults With Repeated Brain Imaging Over Nearly 20 Years.
▫️The Study Suggests That The Current Gold Standard For Alzheimer's Imaging (Amyloid-PET) May Not be Sensitive Enough to Capture Some of The Earliest Brain Changes Associated With The Disease.
▫️The Work Was Led by Scientists in The Department of Psychology at The University of Oslo And Was Published in Nature Neuroscience.
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Obesity Leaves A Lasting Memory in Immune Cells
▫️Obesity May Leave A Long-Lasting Biological Imprint on The Immune System, Potentially Keeping Some Health Risks Elevated For Years After Weight Loss.
▫️A 10-Year Study Published in EMBO Reports Suggests That People Who Have Lived With Obesity Can Retain A Molecular "Memory" of That State in Important Immune Cells.
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▫️Obesity May Leave A Long-Lasting Biological Imprint on The Immune System, Potentially Keeping Some Health Risks Elevated For Years After Weight Loss.
▫️A 10-Year Study Published in EMBO Reports Suggests That People Who Have Lived With Obesity Can Retain A Molecular "Memory" of That State in Important Immune Cells.
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Money Problems May Age Your Brain Faster
▫️Persistent Financial Hardship May Speed Up Age-Related Cognitive Decline, According to New Research Led by University College London (UCL).
▫️Published in Innovation in Aging, The Study Analyzed Information From 2,759 People in The UK.
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▫️Persistent Financial Hardship May Speed Up Age-Related Cognitive Decline, According to New Research Led by University College London (UCL).
▫️Published in Innovation in Aging, The Study Analyzed Information From 2,759 People in The UK.
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Estrogen Hormone Combination May Help Relieve Menopausal Brain Fog
▫️Many Women Going Through Menopause Report Struggling With Memory Lapses, Trouble Concentrating And Slower Thinking, A Set of Symptoms Often Described As "Brain Fog."
▫️The Study, Published in The Journal Scientific Reports by Nature Portfolio, Was An Observational Case Series That Followed 20 Menopausal Women With An Average Age of 53.
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▫️Many Women Going Through Menopause Report Struggling With Memory Lapses, Trouble Concentrating And Slower Thinking, A Set of Symptoms Often Described As "Brain Fog."
▫️The Study, Published in The Journal Scientific Reports by Nature Portfolio, Was An Observational Case Series That Followed 20 Menopausal Women With An Average Age of 53.
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Eating Chili Peppers May Raise The Risk of One Deadly Cancer
▫️A Large Review Published in Frontiers in Nutrition Examined The Available Evidence And Found That People Who Consumed The Most Chili Peppers Were More Likely to Develop Certain Gastrointestinal Cancers, Especially Esophageal Cancer.
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▫️A Large Review Published in Frontiers in Nutrition Examined The Available Evidence And Found That People Who Consumed The Most Chili Peppers Were More Likely to Develop Certain Gastrointestinal Cancers, Especially Esophageal Cancer.
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Whole goat milk versus cow milk formula and atopic dermatitis in infants: A randomized clinical trial
Atopic dermatitis (AD) poses a substantial burden on affected children and their families.
The evidence of the role of feeding choices in infancy for AD development is limited.
The evidence of the role of feeding choices in infancy for AD development is limited.
Goat Milk Formula Associated With Less Risk for Atopic Dermatitis in Infants
▫️Feeding Whole Goat Milk-Based Formula to Infants Can Reduce The Incidence of Atopic Dermatitis (AD) in The First Year of Life, Especially If There Is A Parental History of The Skin Condition, A Multi-Site, Randomized Clinical Trial Published in Clinical Nutrition Has Found.
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▫️Feeding Whole Goat Milk-Based Formula to Infants Can Reduce The Incidence of Atopic Dermatitis (AD) in The First Year of Life, Especially If There Is A Parental History of The Skin Condition, A Multi-Site, Randomized Clinical Trial Published in Clinical Nutrition Has Found.
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Estrogen-Only Menopausal Hormone Therapy Linked to Lower Alzheimer’s Pathology, Dementia Risk
▫️Women Who Used Estrogen-Only Menopausal Hormone Therapy (MHT) Had 35% Lower Odds of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) Neuropathologic Change at Autopsy And 39% Lower Odds of Clinician-Defined Dementia in A Large Observational Study Led by Stanford Researchers.
▫️The Findings, Published in Neurology, Add to Decades of Conflicting Evidence On Hormone Therapy And Cognitive Health.
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▫️Women Who Used Estrogen-Only Menopausal Hormone Therapy (MHT) Had 35% Lower Odds of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) Neuropathologic Change at Autopsy And 39% Lower Odds of Clinician-Defined Dementia in A Large Observational Study Led by Stanford Researchers.
▫️The Findings, Published in Neurology, Add to Decades of Conflicting Evidence On Hormone Therapy And Cognitive Health.
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Paternal Valproate Use Not Linked to Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Offspring
▫️Paternal Use of Valproate During Sperm Development (3 Months Before Conception) Was not Associated With An Increased Risk For Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NDDs) or Congenital Malformations Compared With No Valproate Use in The Offspring, A Large Taiwanese Cohort Study Shows.
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▫️Paternal Use of Valproate During Sperm Development (3 Months Before Conception) Was not Associated With An Increased Risk For Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NDDs) or Congenital Malformations Compared With No Valproate Use in The Offspring, A Large Taiwanese Cohort Study Shows.
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Short‐Term Dietary Intervention Alters Physiological Profiles Relevant to Ageing
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Scientists Reversed Biological Age in Older Adults in Just 4 Weeks
▫️New Research From The University of Sydney Found That Australians Aged 65 to 75 Who Reduced Either Dietary Fat or Animal-Based Protein Showed Signs of A Lower Biological Age After Just Four Weeks.
▫️Biological Age Is An Estimate of How Old The Body Appears Based On Its Health And Physiological Condition, Rather Than The Number of Years A Person Has Been Alive.
▫️The Findings Were Published in Aging Cell.
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▫️New Research From The University of Sydney Found That Australians Aged 65 to 75 Who Reduced Either Dietary Fat or Animal-Based Protein Showed Signs of A Lower Biological Age After Just Four Weeks.
▫️Biological Age Is An Estimate of How Old The Body Appears Based On Its Health And Physiological Condition, Rather Than The Number of Years A Person Has Been Alive.
▫️The Findings Were Published in Aging Cell.
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Common Antibiotic Linked to Possible Higher Death Risk
▫️Cefepime is a fourth-generation antibiotic widely used to treat serious bacterial infections and febrile neutropenia - a fever in patients with abnormally low white blood cell counts.
▫️Unlike many antibiotics that are falling prey to antimicrobial resistance, cefepime is relatively stable against AmpC β-lactamases, giving it an advantage against bacteria that produce these enzymes. However, scientists are concerned that this widely effective antibiotic may increase the risk of death, a concern first brought to light by a 2007 meta-analysis.
▫️In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers re-examined data from a series of clinical trials and studies to investigate whether patients treated with cefepime were more likely to die than those treated with other β-lactam antibiotics.
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▫️Cefepime is a fourth-generation antibiotic widely used to treat serious bacterial infections and febrile neutropenia - a fever in patients with abnormally low white blood cell counts.
▫️Unlike many antibiotics that are falling prey to antimicrobial resistance, cefepime is relatively stable against AmpC β-lactamases, giving it an advantage against bacteria that produce these enzymes. However, scientists are concerned that this widely effective antibiotic may increase the risk of death, a concern first brought to light by a 2007 meta-analysis.
▫️In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers re-examined data from a series of clinical trials and studies to investigate whether patients treated with cefepime were more likely to die than those treated with other β-lactam antibiotics.
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