Medical Research
Key Takeaways In a randomized, double-blind trial of 72 adults with stage 3 or 4 chronic kidney disease, six months of Lactobacillus plantarum supplementation improved creatinine-based measures of kidney …
Key Takeaways An experimental oral drug called gildeuretinol acetate slowed the expansion of retinal atrophic lesions in a phase 2 study of people with Stargardt disease. In the primary …
Key Takeaways Some people with advanced cancer are living longer while continuing treatment, creating supportive-care needs that may last for years. In a new Canadian study, 22 patients described …
Key takeaways Researchers followed 104,806 French adults for a median of 8.1 years to investigate “eating jet lag”—differences between weekday and weekend meal timing. Among men, each additional hour …
Key Takeaways A study of 682 adults aged 65 and older found that greater physical activity was generally associated with better muscle mass and physical function. Among women with …
Pregnant women who spent more than 10 hours a day sedentary had a sharply higher predicted risk of developing hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, according to new research that tracked …
Aging is often described as a slow process that gradually affects the entire body. But a new analysis of more than 25,000 human tissue samples suggests the biological reality …
Key Takeaways Oral bacteria may transfer between romantic partners and mirror changes in stress and mood. Healthy spouses of depressed-insomniac partners developed similar oral microbiota and showed increased depression, …
Sleeping longer on weekends may help compensate for sleep lost during the working week, with new research linking moderate weekend catch-up sleep to a lower risk of high blood …
A blood thinner reduced signs of clot formation on replacement aortic valves compared with aspirin after transcatheter aortic valve implantation, according to a randomized clinical trial published August 30, …
