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Vitamin D and calcium supplements may not protect against bone fractures, large new study

For years, many people have taken calcium and vitamin D supplements to help keep their bones strong as they age. Walk into any pharmacy or supermarket and you'll find shelves full of products promising to support bone health, prevent fractures and reduce the risk of falls.

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Cave reveals influence of Antarctica and El Niño on extreme rainfall in the South of Brazi

A cave in the interior of Paraná state in Brazil contains a "climate archive" that enabled Brazilian researchers to reconstruct the history of extreme rainfall in Brazil's South Region over the past 7,500 years. Their findings revealed that the frequency of these events in the 20

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PCOS becomes PMOS: Condition that affects one in eight women has been renamed

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has been renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS). Professor Helena Teede led this name change after 14 years of research and global collaboration. But why was it needed?

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Ultraviolet light uncovers the first known juveniles of a mysterious Jurassic fish family

For more than 150 years, fossils of Jurassic fish scattered across Europe's museums were studied and drawn by generations of scientists. However, when a paleontologist decided to shine an ultraviolet light on them, a hidden world lit up.

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'Food noise' discussion on social media helps define the term

With the rise of weight-loss drugs such as GLP-1 medications in recent years, the phrase "food noise" has taken off, particularly in conversations about health and wellness on social media. While thinking about food during the day is normal, food noise is often used to describe e

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Faster breast MRI—AI unlocks one image per second and sharper tumor tracking

A group of researchers from the Technion and the United States reports a breakthrough in MRI scanning in a paper published in Nature Communications. The researchers developed an innovative method that accelerates and enhances MRI scans for breast cancer imaging, a disease diagnos

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‘I’ve never worked with so many conservatives’: the Texans fighting the Big Bend border wa

Residents across party lines say Trump’s proposed wall threatens their homes, livelihoods and wilderness along the Rio GrandeLast February, 41-year-old Molly Walker posted an Instagram story: a photo of herself standing in the desert, sunglasses hooked over the front of her shirt

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Research on mate choice and gametes may bring new hope to the childless

So you have finally found the partner of your dreams—but no matter how hard you try, no children have come along. Could science offer new answers to mate choice and infertility? For several years, researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have been studying human reproduct

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For chronic knee pain, genicular artery embolization provides a new alternative

The procedure was "remarkably" successful. That's how Cynthia Schraf-Fletcher, 74, describes her experience with genicular artery embolization (GAE), a minimally invasive procedure that treats chronic knee pain. Nearly a year after the outpatient surgery on her right knee, Schraf

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Medicare's AI push snarls patients and doctors in errors and delays

Bill Curry, 65, raises cattle on the same land in rural Oklahoma once owned by his father and generations before him. Each quarter, for several years, he has made the 2½-hour drive to Oklahoma City for an epidural in his spine to treat his back pain.

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Study finds psychological and urogenital menopause symptoms similar regardless of timing o

There has been a lot of discussion about how the age at menopause can affect menopause symptoms. A new study compared the prevalence and severity of menopause symptoms in women experiencing menopause around the average age of 51 years and those with premature ovarian insufficienc

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Dementia could cost US $818 billion in 2026, with unpaid care driving burden

A new USC-led study finds Alzheimer's disease and related dementias will cost the United States an estimated $818 billion this year, driven largely by often-overlooked costs to persons living with dementia and family and friends providing their care.

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