progscrape: health

Long-term supplementation with plant-based protein, compared with animal-based protein, did not result in differences in body composition, muscle strength, physical performance, or cardiometabolic risk parameters, meta-analysis of 18 randomized controlled trials finds

18 days ago frontiersin.org health

JAMA research letter: Long-term opioid prescribing fell, but millions still receive extended opioid therapy

26 days ago sph.umich.edu health

Researchers at the Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, successfully treated a complex single-ventricle heart defect by using ultrasound to plug a bypassing vein directly through the patient's back.

19 days ago onlinelibrary.wiley.com health

GLP-1 medicine improves liver health, independently of weight loss: Semaglutide acts directly on a subset of liver cells, improving organ function and clinical trials show that patients who lose very little weight experience the same reductions in liver inflammation

17 days ago temertymedicine.utoronto.ca health

‘Passive’ screen time may raise dementia risk | Mentally Active Versus Passive Sedentary Behavior and Risk of Dementia: 19-Year Cohort Study

29 days ago cnn.com health

Treatment with a low-dose triple-combination pill (GMRx2) reduced the risk of recurrent stroke by 39% in patients with previous brain bleeding and high blood pressure

11 days ago nejm.org brain health

New Research from the COSMOS Trial Reveals More Than 75% of Older Adults Have Used Complementary Therapies

9 days ago massgeneralbrigham.org health trial

Children exposed to maternal smoking before birth are more likely to experience behavioral and mental health challenges, according to a large study on 16,335 U.S

29 days ago echochildren.org health

Even active athletes can develop cardiovascular disease - New recommendations offer greater support for middle-aged and older athletes

29 days ago radboudumc.nl disease health

Audit on popular AI chatbots (in 2025) finds approx 50% "problematic" responses to adversarial health misinformation prompts on the topics of vaccines, cancer, stem cells, nutrition…

14 days ago bmjopen.bmj.com ai cancer health