One in three Americans has a dysfunctional metabolism, but intermittent fasting could help
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In a new clinical trial, researchers at the Salk Institute and University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that time-restricted eating - also known as intermittent fasting - could offer significant health benefits to adults with metabolic syndrome.
Scientists design new drug to fight malaria
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A team led by scientists at UC Riverside, UC Irvine, and Yale School of Medicine has now designed a new drug against malaria and identified its mechanism of action.
Paving the way for new treatments
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Jianlin "Jack" Cheng from Mizzou's College of Engineering and his student, Nabin Giri, have developed a tool called Cryo2Struct that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to build the three-dimensional atomic structure of large protein complexes, work recently published in Nature Communications.
Women still missing out on treatment for their No 1 killer - cardiovascular disease
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They continue to be underdiagnosed, undertreated, and underrepresented in clinical trials in all areas of cardiovascular disease, says the statement.
Nearly 200 potential mammary carcinogens found in food contact materials: new study highlights regulatory shortcomings
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Triptans more effective than newer, more expensive migraine drugs
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Triptans work by narrowing blood vessels in the brain and preventing the release of chemicals that cause pain and inflammation.
The findings show that four triptans - eletriptan, rizatriptan, sumatriptan, and zolmitriptan - were better at relieving migraine pain than the recently marketed and more expensive drugs lasmiditan, rimegepant, and ubrogepant, which were comparable to paracetamol and most anti-inflammatory painkillers (NSAIDs).
Up to one-third of antibody drugs are nonspecific
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