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What does the appendix do? Biologists explain the complicated evolution of this inconvenient organ. Via @live_science #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷 #Science 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬

What does the appendix do? Bio...

What does the appendix do? Biologists explain the complicated evolution of this inconvenient organ

The appendix has independently evolved at least 32 times across 361 mammalian species. What makes it an evolutionary darling when it’s more of a medical liability today?

The Conversation

Jack C.M 16h ago

One Nostril Is More Dominant Than The Other. Here's Why. Via @sciencealert #Health ❤️‍🩹 🧑‍⚕️ #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷

One Nostril Is More Dominant T...

One Nostril Is More Dominant Than The Other. Here's Why.

One of the most bothersome things about being sick or having seasonal allergies is that it makes your nose stuffy and blocked.

ScienceAlert

Jack C.M 17h ago

A single injection of mRNA-like treatment could help heart muscle heal after a heart attack in mice and pigs. Could it work in humans too? Via @live_science #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷 #Cardiology

A single injection of mRNA-lik...

A single injection of mRNA-like treatment could help heart muscle heal after a heart attack in mice and pigs. Could it work in humans too?

Researchers boosted levels of a heart-healing hormone in mice and pigs with a single injection of a new, experimental form of self-amplifying RNA that prolonged hormone synthesis for many weeks.

Live Science

Jack C.M 20h ago

Brain implant allows people who are paralyzed to type using their thoughts at speed of texting. Via @scientific_american #AI #ArtificialIntelligence 💻 🤖 🧠 #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷 #neurology

Brain implant allows people wh...

Brain implant allows people who are paralyzed to type using their thoughts at speed of texting

A brain-computer interface allowed two people who had lost the ability to move their limbs to type at speeds of up to 22 words per minute

Scientific American

Jack C.M 21h ago

Cancer Death Rates Fall to Record Low in The #UK 🇬🇧, But Some Types Are Rising. Via @sciencealert #Health ❤️‍🩹 🧑‍⚕️ #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷 #Oncology

Cancer Death Rates Fall to Rec...

Cancer Death Rates Fall to Record Low in The UK, But Some Types Are Rising

Good news: cancer death rates in the UK have fallen to their lowest level on record.

ScienceAlert

Jack C.M 1d ago

Major Parkinson's Study Reveals Symptom Differences in Men And Women. Via @sciencealert #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷

Major Parkinson's Study Reveal...

Major Parkinson's Study Reveals Symptom Differences in Men And Women

Parkinson's disease is the fastest-growing neurological disorder, with over 10 million cases worldwide.

ScienceAlert

Jack C.M 1d ago

Sudden Sight Loss Risk Almost 5x Higher With #Wegovy Than Ozempic, Study Finds. Via @sciencealert #Health ❤️‍🩹 🧑‍⚕️ #Fitness 🏃🏅🏆 #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷 #Ozempic #GLP1

Sudden Sight Loss Risk Almost ...

Sudden Sight Loss Risk Almost 5x Higher With Wegovy Than Ozempic, Study Finds

While GLP-1 drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic are now being broadly championed and widely used, several studies are revealing some potentially worrying side effects – including new research that looks in detail at related vision loss.

ScienceAlert

Jack C.M 1d ago

Officials ‘missed 99% of data’ before ending Covid vaccine recommendation, memos reveal. Via @guardian #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷

Officials ‘missed 99% of data’...

Officials ‘missed 99% of data’ on Covid vaccines before making recommendation, memos reveal

Internal memos ignored Covid safety studies and pushed vaccine changes based on ideology, critics say

The Guardian

Jack C.M 1d ago

Exercise Triggers Memory-Related 'Brain Ripples', Study Finds. Via @sciencealert #Health ❤️‍🩹 🧑‍⚕️ #Fitness 🏃🏅🏆 #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷 #neurology

Exercise Triggers Memory-Relat...

Exercise Triggers Memory-Related 'Brain Ripples', Study Finds

Exercise works wonders throughout the human body, including the brain.

ScienceAlert

Robert Lufkin MD 1d ago

Nuclear Metabolism in Cancer

As a medical school professor, I teach students that metabolism happens in the mitochondria.

I was wrong about WHERE it happens.

A stunning new study just found 200+ metabolic enzymes sitting directly ON your DNA inside the cell nucleus -- not in the mitochondria where they belong.

Each cancer type has its own unique "nuclear metabolic fingerprint."

Breast cancer ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-69217-2

#MetabolicHealth #CancerResearch #Metabolism #Longevity #MedicalScience