December 15, 2025

Fish oil supplement halves serious cardiovascular events in patients on dialysis, clinical trial finds

by Monash University edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan  Editors’ notes Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A daily fish oil supplement has been shown to significantly reduce serious cardiovascular events in people receiving dialysis for kidney failure. The findings come from a major international clinical trial co-led in Australia by Monash Health and the School of Clinical […]

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Semaglutide Tied to 50% Lower Risk for Epilepsy in Diabetes

Pauline Anderson December 10, 2025 Semaglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist (RA), was associated with a significantly lower risk for adult-onset epilepsy in patients with diabetes than other glucose-lowering drugs (GLDs). Notably, this risk reduction appeared largely independent of improvements in glycemic control or weight. Approved for type 2 diabetes and obesity management, semaglutide has shown neuroprotective effects in stroke and dementia, but these new findings

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IL-6 Vaccine Shows Early Benefit in Knee Osteoarthritis

Vincent Richeux December 09, 2025 Vaccine immunotherapy targeting interleukin 6 (IL-6) has shown promising results in the treatment of inflammatory osteoarthritis of the knee, according to a phase 1 double-blind controlled study. Published in Nature Communications, the results demonstrated a good safety profile and an anti-IL-6 immune response in all treated patients. Although the trial was not designed

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Switching immune cells to ‘night mode’ could limit damage after a heart attack

by Rockefeller University Press edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan  Editors’ notes In the daytime (left), neutrophils (green) accumulate in tissue bordering the initial site of injury caused by heart attack–induced oxygen deprivation (region surrounded by the dotted line). However, treatment with a drug that inhibits the neutrophils’ internal clock and shifts them into nighttime mode

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Tanning beds mutate skin cells far beyond the reach of ordinary sunlight, study shows

by Northwestern University edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan  Editors’ notes Dr. Pedram Gerami examines the skin of patient and melanoma survivor Heidi Tarr. Credit: Ben Schamisso / Northwestern University Tanning bed use is tied to almost a three-fold increase in melanoma risk, and for the first time, scientists have shown how these devices cause melanoma-linked

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‘Don’t use them’: Tanning beds triple skin cancer risk, study finds

Daniel Lawler Fri, December 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM MST 4 min read Add Yahoo on Google Heidi Tarr, who was diagnosed with melanoma years after regularly using a tanning bed, is examined by dermatologist Pedram Gerami (Ben Schamisso) (Ben Schamisso/NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY-UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM/AFP)More When Heidi Tarr was a teenager, she used a tanning bed

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