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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Eating a certain type of food could increase the risk of getting a deadly cancer at a younger age, researchers say. A new study at Mass General Brigham has linked higher consumption of ultraprocessed foods, which largely include ready-to-eat foods with high levels of sugar, salt, saturated fat and food additives, to …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Colon cancer patients could live longer if they take GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, a new study suggests. Researchers at UC San Diego studied more than 6,800 patients who were taking one of these popular similar diabetes and weight-loss medications. They found that the patients were much less likely to die …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A team of Mayo Clinic scientists have created a way to estimate a person’s risk of developing memory and thinking problems long before symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease begin, potentially changing how the disease is detected and treated in the future. The research, published in The Lancet Neurology, draws on decades of data …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An experimental drug has shown promise in fighting a hard-to-treat form of bladder cancer known as BCG-unresponsive high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin) is an immunotherapy drug that is often the first-line treatment for certain early-stage bladder cancers. The new drug, TAR-200 — which was evaluated in a trial sponsored …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! People with a history of cardiac arrest could protect themselves from future risk with one simple daily habit. A study at Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City, Utah, discovered that supplementing with vitamin D3 can significantly reduce the risk of a second heart attack in those who have already suffered one. In …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Patients with irregular heartbeats — caused by atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common heart rhythm disorder — have historically been warned to limit or eliminate caffeine.  But a new study suggests that moderate coffee consumption could actually reduce recurrence of AF after treatment. Researchers at University of California, San Francisco enrolled 200 …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Exposure to a common chemical used in dry cleaning and some consumer products has been linked to triple the risk of a dangerous liver disease, a new study suggests. Tetrachloroethylene (PCE), which is also used in some adhesives, spot cleaners and stainless steel polish, was associated with three times greater odds of …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Chronic kidney disease has been named the ninth leading cause of global death. Record numbers of men and women are currently estimated to have reduced kidney function, according to new research following a study published in the journal The Lancet. Researchers at NYU Langone Health, the University of Glasgow, and the Institute …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A deep clean at the dentist may benefit more than just your oral health. In a two-year study of people with periodontitis or severe gum disease, researchers from University College London (UCL) found that those who got intensive treatment — a full-mouth deep cleaning with regular follow-ups — had slower thickening and …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Scientists have created a new antibody treatment that helps the immune system recognize and attack pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer cells use a sugary “disguise” to trick the immune system into ignoring them. Most current cancer immunotherapies target proteins or genes, but this new therapy focuses on the sugars on the cell surface, …