by I. Edwards edited by Robert Egan Editors’ notes The GIST Add as preferred source California health officials are urging people to stay away from wild mushrooms entirely after a sharp rise in poisonings tied to the deadly death cap mushroom. Since Nov. 18, more than three dozen people have been poisoned after eating death caps, […]
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by Miriam Fauzia edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors’ notes The GIST Add as preferred source Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain UTIs can be painful, and they’re not something people like to talk about. But they happen often, affecting an estimated 60% of women and 20% of men in their lifetimes. While we might view
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edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors’ notes The GIST Add as preferred source Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research indicates that a drug commonly prescribed for gout may also lower the risk of heart attack and stroke when taken at an appropriate dose. Researchers from the UK, Sweden and Italy analyzed data from the Clinical
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by Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes The GIST Add as preferred source Dying cells in an injured area of the fruit fly brain appear in pink, while activated glial cells producing protective anti-oxidant proteins appear in green. Credit: Carolina Alves Oxidative stress is a direct consequence of an
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by NYU Langone Health edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes The GIST Add as preferred source Credit: CC0 Public Domain The increased size of, and lesser blood supply to, a key brain structure in patients with long COVID tracks with known blood markers of Alzheimer’s disease and greater levels of dementia, a new study
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by Taylor Kubota, Stanford University Editors’ notes The GIST Add as preferred source Credit: Prakash lab Engineers at Stanford University have developed a high-efficiency, battery/solar-operated, autonomous microscope with integrated artificial intelligence that automatically diagnoses malaria in blood smears—a previously tedious process done manually, slide-by-slide, by technicians in the field. The researchers call it Octopi, and believe
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by UT Southwestern Medical Center Editors’ notes The GIST Add as preferred source Credit: Cell Reports (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116653 A study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has found that certain antibodies inhibit Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the cause of tuberculosis (TB), the infectious disease that claims the most lives worldwide. Published in Cell Reports, the study identified characteristics of these antibodies and
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by University of Southampton Editors’ notes The GIST Add as preferred source Professor Reza Nouraei performing an endoscopy on an awake patient using mindfulness techniques, including aura light projection, known locally as the ‘Bridgeford Borealis’. Credit: University of Southampton A new study has shown that mindfulness helps patients to relax during an endoscopy, allowing doctors to
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by University of Arkansas Editors’ notes The GIST Add as preferred source William Richardson, an associate professor of chemical engineering, developed AI diagnostic tools to find cases of masked hypertension. Credit: University of Arkansas About 10% of people with hypertension have normal blood pressure readings at the doctor’s office. Now researchers at the University of Arkansas
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by Paul Arnold, Medical Xpress edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes The GIST Add as preferred source Graphical abstract. Credit: Current Biology (2026). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2026.01.025 According to conventional wisdom, a great way to lose weight is to do some exercise. While being active is beneficial in many ways for our health, it may not be very
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