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- Women Get the Same Exercise Benefits as Men, but with Less Effort https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/women-get-the-same-exercise-benefits-as-men-but-with-less-effort/ 4 comments
- Antibiotics have sex-specific effects on the gut microbiome in rats https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/preclinical-study-antibiotics-affect-male-and-female-gut-microbiomes-differently/ 42 comments
- Research shows how microorganisms in the human gut can trigger constipation in some people. About 16% of adults experience bloating, abdominal pain, and difficulty having bowel movements; the numbers nearly double for people over 60. https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/gut-microorganism-may-play-a-role-in-constipation/ 3 comments science
- Women Get the Same Exercise Benefits As Men, But With Less Effort. Men get a maximal survival benefit when performing 300 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity per week, whereas women get the same benefit from 140 minutes per week https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/women-get-the-same-exercise-benefits-as-men-but-with-less-effort/ 708 comments science
- Study found that 50% of individuals who experienced a sudden cardiac arrest also experienced a telling sex specific symptom 24 hours before their loss of heart function https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/study-individuals-feel-sex-specific-symptoms-before-impending-cardiac-arrest/ 226 comments science
- Is Artificial Intelligence Better at Assessing Heart Health? https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/is-artificial-intelligence-better-at-assessing-heart-health/ 10 comments futurology
- AI proved superior in assessing and diagnosing cardiac function when compared with echocardiogram assessments made by sonographers https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/is-artificial-intelligence-better-at-assessing-heart-health/ 68 comments science
- Rates of pancreatic cancer are rising faster among younger women, particularly Black women, than among men of the same age https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/study-confirms-pancreatic-cancer-rates-rising-faster-in-women-than-men/ 5 comments science
- Getting COVID Boosts Odds for Diabetes in Unvaccinated. Among nearly 24,000 COVID patients in the study, there was a 58% increase in risk of diabetes afterwards. But vaccination erased any post-infection risk, further suggesting that COVID infection is the culprit https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/verified-covid-19-infection-increases-diabetes-risk/ 250 comments science
- Researchers have developed a new nanotechnology-based “liquid biopsy” test that can detect and profile prostate cancers—even in microscopic amounts https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/invention-a-blood-test-to-unlock-prostate-cancer-mysteries/ 2 comments science
- New Research Detects Potential Hidden Cause of Dementia https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/new-research-detects-potential-hidden-cause-of-dementia 4 comments health
- Stem Cell-Gene Therapy Shows Promise in ALS Safety Trial https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/stem-cell-gene-therapy-shows-promise-in-als-safety-trial/ 3 comments science
- The majority of people who were likely infected with the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, didn’t know they had the virus, according to a new study https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/study-most-people-infected-with-omicron-didnt-know-it/ 389 comments science
- Study Uncovers New Treatment Approaches for Liver Cancer https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/study-uncovers-new-treatment-approaches-for-liver-cancer-patients/ 2 comments science
- Deaths involving alcohol use disorder increased dramatically during the pandemic, new study shows https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/study-deaths-from-alcohol-use-disorder-surged-during-pandemic/ 258 comments science
- Biomanufacturing in low Earth orbit for regenerative medicine. Scientists have found that microgravity has the potential to contribute to life-saving advances on Earth by facilitating the rapid mass production of stem cells. https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/leveraging-space-to-advance-stem-cell-science-and-medicine/ 6 comments science
- New Technique Shows Promise in Preventing Recurrent Stroke https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/new-technique-shows-promise-in-preventing-recurrent-stroke/ 4 comments science
- Most COVID-19 (coronavirus) patients in Southern California during the early months of the pandemic appear to have been infected by a variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus introduced to the region from New York state via Europe, not directly from China, where the virus was first detected https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/early-covid-19-cases-in-southern-california-linked-to-new-york/ 224 comments science
- Weekday mornings are no longer peak times for sudden cardiac arrest. A new study shows those peak times have disappeared and now, sudden cardiac arrests are more likely to happen on any day at any time, and stress is likely a major factor. https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/weekday-mornings-are-no-longer-peak-times-for-sudden-cardiac-arrest/ 4 comments science