Weight training protects older people’s brains against dementia, study suggests

The benefits of weight training are many: it promotes gains in strength and muscle mass, reduces body fat, and contributes to well-being and mental health. And now a study carried out at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, has demonstrated another important effect: it protects the brains of older people against dementia. The results are published in the journal GeroScience.

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Online diabetes self-management programs help participants lower their blood sugar

Relatively inexpensive and accessible self-management interventions to help people manage type 2 diabetes have been found to significantly reduce the blood sugar marker used to diagnose and manage the disease.

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Improved algorithm for predicting older people’s frailty can help doctors intervene earlier

Researchers have successfully improved the Electronic Frailty Index (eFI)—a tool that uses data to predict older patients’ risks of living with frailty—so medical professionals can provide holistic care, help to prevent falls, reduce burdensome medications and provide targeted exercise programs to maximize independence.

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Exploring care professionals’ perspectives on education, awareness of health issues for TNBI individuals

A recent study by KI-researchers Nadia Davoody and Sravya Katta reveals significant gaps related to health care professionals’ awareness of gender diversity, proper communication strategies, the specific needs of transgender, nonbinary, and intersex (TNBI) individuals, and the societal and structural challenges they face.

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New thesis provides deeper understanding of fetal immune cells

Inga Rødahl from the Center for Infectious Medicine (CIM) at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH) is defending her thesis, titled “Features of innate lymphoid cells in human fetal tissues and adult respiratory infection,” on 4 April, 2025. The main supervisor is Jakob Michaëlsson (MedH).

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Low coronary artery calcium score associated with excellent prognosis regardless of age: New study

Having a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score of zero has generally been accepted as a marker of a very low risk of having a cardiac event within the next five years. However, age is a strong contributor to coronary risk, with risk increasing markedly as people age.

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Digital twin of the heart helps to improve the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias

Millions of people around the world live with cardiac arrhythmias. Only in Spain, it is estimated that more than one million citizens suffer from them. Detecting and treating them accurately continues to be one of the great challenges of cardiovascular medicine.

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One hour’s screen use after going to bed increases your risk of insomnia by 59%, scientists find

Scientists have found another reason to put the phone down: a survey of 45,202 young adults in Norway has discovered that using a screen in bed drives up your risk of insomnia by 59% and cuts your sleep time by 24 minutes. However, social media was not found to be more disruptive than other screen activities.

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Play ‘humanizes’ pediatric care and should be key feature of a child-friendly NHS, report suggests

Play should be a core feature of children’s health care in forthcoming plans for the future of the NHS, according to a new report which argues that play “humanizes” the experiences of child patients.

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Preventable cardiac deaths during marathons are down, study finds

While more people than ever are running marathons in the U.S., the risk of dying from a heart attack during a run has fallen dramatically in recent years. That’s a key conclusion from a new study by Jonathan Kim, associate professor in the Emory School of Medicine. Kim’s research is a follow-up to a study he published in 2012—the first investigation into unexpected cardiac arrests during long-distance running events.

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