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Dec 2025
Rethinking dopamine’s role in movement and Parkinson’s disease
A McGill-led study is challenging a popular theory about how dopamine drives movement, a discovery that could shift how scientists think about Parkinson's disease treatments.
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Dec 2025
New clinical trial offers hope for patients with advanced “dry” age-related macular degeneration
Age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss and blindness for Americans 65 and older, is a progressive disease affecting central vision.
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Dec 2025
New ultrasound method accurately distinguishes fluid from solid breast masses
New ultrasound technology developed at Johns Hopkins can distinguish fluid from solid breast masses with near perfect accuracy, an advance that could save patients, especially those with dense breast tissue, from unnecessary follow-up exams, painful procedures and anxiety.
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Dec 2025
Slower cognitive reaction time associated with higher levels of frailty
Frailty is a syndrome resulting from age-related decline across multiple organ systems. A new study, conducted at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, shows that slower reaction time and lower response accuracy in cognitive tasks are associated with higher levels of frailty.
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Dec 2025
WHO's Global Summit advances evidence-based integration of traditional medicine
The World Health Organization (WHO)'s Second Global Summit on Traditional Medicine, jointly organized with the Government of India, opens today, bringing together government ministers, scientists, Indigenous leaders, and practitioners from more than 100 countries.
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Dec 2025
Parasports offer multiple benefits for individuals with cerebral palsy
A review in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology summarizes the multiple benefits of sport participation for people with cerebral palsy.
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Dec 2025
Severe weather exposure increases long-term mortality risk in older adults
Severe weather events have long-term health consequences for vulnerable older adults, according to a study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society based on data following Hurricane Harvey.
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Dec 2025
Early exposure to child care tax credits has mixed long-term health effects on children
The US Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC), which helps offset a portion of child or dependent care expenses, requires that both parents in married households, or the primary caregiver in single-parent and divorced households, participate in paid employment.
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Dec 2025
Lysophosphatidylcholines show gene-dependent effects in early Alzheimer’s disease
A new study presents robust evidence on the role of lysophosphatidylcholines (LPCs) in the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Researchers discovered that LPCs-compounds that transport a variety of healthy fatty acids to the brain-either promote Alzheimer's or protect against it, depending on a person's genetics.
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Dec 2025
Stress may help explain why patients with depression are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease
Patients with depression are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease, and a new study suggests that stress may help explain why.
