July 14, 2025

I tried the walking method that offers ‘10 times the benefits’ of walking 10,000 steps per day

Movement in any form can benefit your health, says senior fitness writer Harry Bullmore. But can this latest walking trend help time-poor people step up their exercise plans? Friday 11 July 2025 10:24 BST 6Comments 36.4K Chelsea Lift Trophy Alongside Trump After Club World Cup Final Win Over Paris Saint-German Japanese walking method vs 10000 steps […]

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How one elite rehab center is ‘obliterating’ all kinds of cravings with GLP-1s

Rachel Wisniewski for STAT Ever since blockbuster weight loss medications burst on to the scene, GLP-1s have shown promise as not just a way to lose weight, but to revolutionize our understanding of desire. Early data showing the potential to treat addiction has been particularly exciting. But only a handful of clinical trials are underway, with several

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Researchers redesign vaginal speculum to ease fear and pain

Edited by Andrew Zinin Credit: Stéf -b. from Pexels It is cold, hard, metallic and commonly associated with pain. Not a medieval torture instrument, but the vaginal speculum used every day around the world for essential gynecological exams. Two engineers at Delft University in the Netherlands are now rethinking the decades-old design of the speculum—long

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New blood test predicts multiple sclerosis risk years before symptoms appear

by Medical University of Vienna edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin EBNA-1381-452-specific IgG antibody titers are a biomarker for the future diagnosis of MS. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61751-9 A research team at the Medical University of Vienna has developed a blood test that allows the identification of individuals at risk for developing multiple sclerosis (MS) with

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New drug offers hope of cure for hormone-driven high blood pressure

by Queen Mary, University of London edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Credit: Thirdman from Pexels An international team of researchers led by Professor Morris Brown FRS at Queen Mary University of London found that Baxdrostat, a drug belonging to a new class of aldosterone synthase inhibitors, led to an average fall in blood pressure of

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New insights into malaria: Proteins in the blood can reveal the severity of the disease

by Karolinska Institutet edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin   Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have identified over 250 proteins that are strongly affected by malaria, which could help predict the severity of the disease and thus enable faster treatment for the most critical patients. The study, published in the journal Immunity, was conducted on 72

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WHO adds Gilead’s twice-yearly injection to global PrEP guidelines

July 14, 2025 09:52 AM EDT R&DPharma WHO adds Gilead’s twice-yearly injection to global PrEP guidelines Kyle LaHucik Biotech Correspondent KIGALI, RWANDA — Weeks after the FDA’s watershed approval of Gilead’s twice-yearly HIV prevention injection, the World Health Organization recommended the product to further stop the spread of HIV. The WHO on Monday added Gilead Sciences’

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Revealing how senescent cells shape aging at the single-cell level

by Kyoto University edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin caMEK1 and caMKK6 induced senescence in vivo. Credit: Nature Aging (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s43587-025-00917-y A research team led by Professor Takuya Yamamoto (Department of Life Science Frontiers) and Professor Yasuhiro Yamada at the University of Tokyo has developed a novel in vivo system that reveals how senescent cells behave in

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Novel open-source diagnostic tool offers affordable, reliable pathogen detection for resource-limited settings

by Rockefeller University Press edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Researchers have developed an open-source reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) assay that is lyophilized for heat stability and uses non-proprietary components, making it an affordable tool for pathogen detection in diverse settings. Credit: 2025 Matl et al. Originally published in Life Science Alliance. 10.26508/lsa.202403167?PR A bottleneck

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What Happens to Your Body When You Skip Meals?

  By Vijay Kumar MalesuReviewed by Benedette Cuffari, M.Sc. Introduction Physiological response to meal skipping Cognitive and behavioral effects Impact on metabolic health Skipping meals vs. intermittent fasting Individual variability and risk factors Clinical and public health implications References Further reading Are skipped meals harmless, a metabolic shortcut, or a hidden health risk? Explore how the timing,

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