Search Result For: clinical trial

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Date: 2025/02/17 - 20:00

Ozempic, Wegovy may help curb alcohol cravings

Semaglutide — the active substance in Ozempic and Wegovy — may help reduce alcohol cravings in people with alcohol use disorder, a new study suggests.

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Date: 2025/02/15 - 11:31

Can drugs like Ozempic help with COPD?

People with type 2 diabetes who take GLP-1 and SGLT-2 medications have a lower risk of having COPD symptom flare-ups than those other diabetes drugs.

Date: 2025/02/14 - 23:32

NSYNC’s Lance Bass Says Managing Type 1.5 Diabetes Is a 'Full-Time Job'

NSYNC’s Lance Bass shares his journey with type 1.5 diabetes, also known as latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA). The singer was misdiagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Here, Bass shares how living with the condition has impacted his well-being and discusses an experimental stem cell treatment.

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Date: 2025/02/14 - 22:00

New test may detect Alzheimer's years before tau clumps show up in scans

Scientists have identified a biomarker for Alzheimer's that may help doctors spot the early signs of protein buildup in the brain before it causes significant damage.

Date: 2025/02/14 - 20:31

Potassium-enriched salt substitutes tied to lower stroke-related risks

Swapping salt for salt substitutes enriched with potassium could help lower the risk of recurrent stroke and death, a new clinical trial has found.

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Date: 2025/02/13 - 22:00

Are eggs good or bad for cholesterol? Outdated misconceptions seem to persist

Despite changed guidelines, a new study has found that misconceptions about eggs and cholesterol may still be keeping people from including them in their daily diets.

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Date: 2025/02/13 - 17:00

An antioxidant in vegetables may help keep hair from turning gray

Researchers compared how three antioxidants affected gray hair outcomes in mice: hesperetin, diosmetin, and luteolin, and found that one helped mitigate hair graying.

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Date: 2025/02/12 - 21:31

Could probiotics help reduce anxiety?

A specific microbial metabolite in the gut microbiome that helps regulate brain activity is linked to anxiety, a new study in mice has found, suggesting that acting on gut bacteria may help improve symtpoms.

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Date: 2025/02/12 - 20:00

Can drinking ketones really improve heart health? What experts say

People with type 2 diabetes who were given ketones before exercise had increased cardiac output, stroke volume, and peripheral muscle oxygenation, which are all indicators of improved heart function.

Date: 2025/02/11 - 21:00

How diet affects cancer risk: What do recent studies say?

Recent studies show how dietary choices may affect a person's risk of cancer, particularly colorectal cancer, and cancer of the head and neck.