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Aspirin cuts liver fat in trial

At the end of the study, Harvard showed that low-dose aspirin reduced the average liver fat content by 10.2 percent compared with placebo. The aspirin was found to be safe and well-tolerated and also improved various markers of liver health The most common chronic liver disease — metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) — is…

A win for science, and patients, against brain injury ‘nihilism’

Hope for progress even after a 450-foot fall, trial shows, defying pessimism that hurts research and families New research may upend the widely held view of traumatic brain injury as a permanently debilitating condition. The findings indicate that electrical stimulation can reawaken quiescent brain circuitry, leading to functional improvements that have the potential to restore…

Scientists identify how fasting may protect against inflammation

Cambridge scientists may have discovered a new way in which fasting helps reduce inflammation – a potentially damaging side-effect of the body’s immune system that underlies several chronic diseases In research published in Cell Reports, the team describes how fasting raises levels of a chemical in the blood known as arachidonic acid, which inhibits inflammation. The…

Researchers improve blood tests’ ability to detect and monitor cancer

The advance makes it easier to detect circulating tumor DNA in blood samples, which could enable earlier cancer diagnosis and help guide treatment Tumors constantly shed DNA from dying cells, which briefly circulates in the patient’s bloodstream before it is quickly broken down. Many companies have created blood tests that can pick out this tumor…

Touching a nerve in the fight against chronic pain and diseases

The human body’s longest cranial nerve has the potential to improve health on numerous fronts, according to researchers Erika Folkes has almost given up on finding pharmaceutical solutions to her chronic pain, which is always present and can sometimes leave her in agony. She has endured this kind of discomfort – defined as pain that…

Researchers explore changes to microbiome following weight-loss surgery

Study suggests that microbiome-based therapies such as probiotics and fecal matter transplants have the potential to improve metabolic health Researchers at the University of Toronto and its partner hospitals are finding that changes in gut microbiota after bariatric surgery can directly improve metabolism, independent of food intake, weight loss and other metabolic factors. Their ongoing…

Brain gain: Europe’s big advances in neuroscience

EU researchers are coming up with new ways to tackle the range of illnesses tied to the human body’s most complex organ In the southern French city of Marseille, health researchers have developed a way to operate more effectively on epilepsy patients. In Milan in northern Italy, scientists have come up with better methods to…