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Feb 09 2025SCIENCE

Picking Pockets of Research

Let's Talk Funding for Science. NIH made a big announcement. They said they are cutting down on money given to universities for things like equipment and maintenance. A scientist gets a grant of 500k a year, the university will get an extra amount for these other costs.

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Feb 09 2025HEALTH

The Hidden Link: Gut Health and Mental Disorders

Ever thought that your belly could be chatting with your brain? Well, our instincts matter, and Its being discovered very important. Recently, scientists have been making some cool discoveries about some serious conditions: anorexia nervosa and depression. Science is realizing that our intestines,

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Feb 09 2025HEALTH

New Drugs to Tame High Cholesterol.

Heart trouble is a big problem people face across the globe. They often come from having too high cholesterol levels. Doctors have been trying various medicines to keep them in check. For decades, a type of medicine called statins had been the go to. However, adverse reactions showed up quite often

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Feb 09 2025HEALTH

Toxic Friendly Bacteria - A Metabolite Miracle

Imagine a world where bacteria are your friends at the table. In the game of metabolism and gut health, these friendly bacteria are the secret agents. Probiotics produce metabiotics that are like little superheroes. Just like Trans-Vaccenic Acid (TVA), Indole-3-Lactic Acid (ILA), thiamine (vitamin B

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Feb 09 2025HEALTH

Mystery in the Mountains: A Deadly Virus Hits the Himalayas

A virus called Lumpy Skin Disease Virus (LSDV) is making life tough for cows and buffaloes in the hilly regions of India. Imagine a virus that is not only super infectious but also deadly and can travel across borders. This is exactly what LSDV is. It is part of a bigger family called Poxvi

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Feb 09 2025HEALTH

An Engaging Quest to Make HS Diagnosis Timely

Hidden skin disease HS is more than just a skin issue. It has a strong impact on the life of the patients. The main problem is, doctors aren"t always familiar with it. This causes delays on patients getting the help they need. This new study hopes to change that. The study is called HELyx, happe

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Feb 09 2025SCIENCE

Small Molecules from Microbes Fight Back Against Colorectal Cancer

Colorectal cancer is a tricky enemy, with mutations in proteins like APC and AXIN boosting the Wnt/β-catenin pathway. The Wnt/β-catenin pathway is a key player in tumor growth and spreading. The pathway can be turned on in an unwanted way, leading to a buildup of β-catenin. This buildup is caused by

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Feb 09 2025TECHNOLOGY

Apple's Big Move to the Cloud?

Apple's potential entry into the business productivity market is an exciting prospect. Google has been a major player in this space for almost 20 years, starting with Google Apps for Your Domain in 2006. This service allowed businesses to use Gmail, Calendar, and Docs on their own

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Feb 09 2025HEALTH

Boosting Patient Feedback: Making Healthcare Surveys Work for Everyone

Picture this: you're in a hospital or clinic, and you're asked to fill out a survey about your health. Easy, right? Not so much for everyone. Turns out, many people from diverse backgrounds and Indigenous communities find these surveys, called Patient Reported Outcomes (PROMs), a bit tricky to com

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Feb 09 2025HEALTH

The ERAS game plan

In 2019, the high stakes world of esophageal surgery in Belgium took a bold step toward consistency. The importance of this type of surgery was clear to everyone in the field which dealt with the management and successful carrying out of the operation. What changed when these centers of surgical exc

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