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    A new study presented at the European Congress on Obesity reveals that weight gain during late teens and early 20s can increase a man’s risk of dying from prostate cancer later in life. The research highlights the association between weight gain throughout life and the development of prostate cancer, particularly aggressive and fatal forms. Learn more about the study’s findings, the implications…

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    A new study presented at the European Congress on Obesity reveals that combining a procedure-free swallowable gastric balloon and liraglutide, an anti-obesity drug, is a safe and effective method for boosting weight loss. Learn about the study’s findings, the benefits of the Allurion Balloon and liraglutide, and the potential of this treatment approach. Published by Scientific Diet

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    New research shows that smartphones and watches can capture important features of early, untreated Parkinson’s disease, providing researchers with more objective and continuous ways to measure the disease and develop new treatments. The study followed individuals with early Parkinson’s and age-matched controls for 12 months, tracking motor and non-motor features using research-grade sensors, an…

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    In a study from Massachusetts General Hospital, scientists examined the severity of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron BA.2 subvariant (the strain making a re-emergence this fall). They found that the BA.2 subvariant is less severe than the previous delta variant and less severe to an even greater extent than the original omicron variant. This pattern revealed in […]

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    Scientists from the University of Washington and Harvard have developed artificial intelligence software that can create proteins that may be useful as vaccines, cancer treatments, or even tools for pulling carbon pollution out of the air. The research is published in the journal Science and was conducted by David Baker et al. For decades, scientists have […]

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    As meetings shifted online during the COVID-19 lockdown, many people found that chattering roommates, garbage trucks and other loud sounds disrupted important conversations. This experience inspired three University of Washington researchers, who were roommates during the pandemic, to develop better earbuds. To enhance the speaker’s voice and reduce background noise, “ClearBuds” use a novel…

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    A fleet of tiny “nanocardboard” aircraft could help explore Mars, researchers say. They each weigh about as much as a fruit fly and have no moving parts. This summer, NASA plans to launch its next Mars rover, Perseverance, which will carry with it the first aircraft to ever fly on another planet, the Mars Helicopter. […]

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