South Carolina man’s 300-POUND weight-loss photos set social media alight — but slimmer is left with extremely loose skin after losing fat too quickly  A man went viral on Twitter this week after sharing his dramatic weight loss   Cole Prochaska of South Carolina lost 336 pounds in just under two years  Mr Prochaska is now left with excess skin, which […]

A new machine-learning method could help us gauge the time of our internal body clock, helping us all make better health decisions, including when and how long to sleep. The research, which has been conducted by the University of Surrey and the University of Groningen, used a machine learning program to analyze metabolites in blood to predict the time of […]

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CHICAGO (Reuters) – Wendy Nelson watched her mother slowly die of Alzheimer’s disease, unable to move or swallow at the end. “All her pleasures of life were gone,” Nelson said. Grief-stricken, terrified of facing the same death, Nelson ordered 23andMe DNA test kits for Christmas 2020 for herself and three adult daughters. A Boston-based biotech executive who is now 52, […]

Patients taking metformin for type 2 diabetes had a lower risk of developing osteoarthritis than did patients taking a sulfonylurea, according to a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open. The findings jibe with those seen in a 2022 systematic review of preclinical and observational human studies finding potentially protective effects of metformin on osteoarthritis. “Our study provides further, robust epidemiological evidence […]

An international team of 100 researchers at 70 sites in 17 countries has found no reduction in death for treatment guided by cerebral oximetry monitoring in extremely preterm infants. In the paper “Cerebral Oximetry Monitoring in Extremely Preterm Infants,” published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers report on the outcome of a phase 3 trial in which 1,579 […]

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Repairing or replacing injured tendons or similar load-bearing tissues represents one of the major challenges in clinical medicine. Natural tendons are water-rich tissues exhibiting outstanding mechanical strength and durability. Their mechanical properties originate from sophisticated microscale structures involving stiff collagen fibrils aligned in parallel and interlaced with soft water-retaining biopolymers. Over the past decades, researchers have been trying to use […]

In a recent review published in the journal Nutrients, researchers at Australia’s CSIRO reviewed existing literature on the nutritional implications of soy intake concerning the intestinal microbiome. Soybean, an economically essential legume worldwide, is enriched in dietary plant-based protein, comprising several ingredients that make suitable meat substitutes. Soy protein may modulate gut health and significantly mitigate the risk of colorectal […]

Musculoskeletal conditions-;which encompass impairments of the joints, bones, or muscles-;affect more than 1.5 billion people around the world. Like most health problems, catching these issues early could potentially prevent serious disorders, but few quantitative and objective tests to assess musculoskeletal health are available. There is a significant need for inexpensive, scalable tools to objectively measure and monitor changes in physical […]