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Restrictive criteria for frontotemporal dementia lead to late treatment

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Restrictive criteria for frontotemporal dementia lead to late treatment
Dementia researchers have called for updates to the diagnostic criteria for one of the most common younger-onset forms of the disease, behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), a condition similar to the one actor Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with.

1.183. Prostate cancer statistics reveal late-stage incidence rates continue to increase rapidly as mortality declines slow

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The American Cancer Society (ACS) has released Prostate Cancer Statistics, 2025, a report on current prostate cancer occurrence and outcomes in the United States. According to the study, prostate cancer incidence rates have reversed from a decline of 6.4% per year during 2007 through 2014 to an increase of 3.0% annually during 2014 through 2021, with the steepest increase (4.6–4.8% per year) for advanced-stage diagnoses.

1.184. New genetic biomarker flags aggressive brain tumors

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Clinicians typically classify meningiomas—the most common type of brain tumor—into three grades, ranging from slow-growing to aggressive.

1.185. Noisy knees not an early arthritis sign, says new study

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Knee crepitus, the sound of cracking or grinding in the knee joint, is very common across all age groups.

1.186. What we do (and don't know) about autism and aging—new research

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Autism is often thought of as a childhood condition, but this is far from true. Autism is a lifelong condition—and most autistic people are adults. Yet less than 1% of autism research has focused on older autistic people.

1.187. Should I exercise if I'm still sore from last time?

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If you're feeling sore from a run or gym session, you might wonder whether it's better to push through or give your body a rest.

1.188. How to save global cancer research from Trump's cuts

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Cancer kills 1 in 5 people globally. Yet, except for a one-off increase in 2021, the flow of money for cancer research has trended downward every year since 2016.

1.189. Alzheimer's erodes brain cells' control of gene expression, undermining function and cognition

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Most people recognize Alzheimer's from its devastating symptoms such as memory loss, while new drugs target pathological aspects of disease manifestations, such as plaques of amyloid proteins. Now a sweeping new study in the journal Cell by MIT researchers shows the importance of understanding the disease as a battle over how well brain cells control the expression of their genes.

1.190. Teens who lose teeth to decay and injury nearly twice as likely to be bullied, study reveals

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Adolescents who lose teeth due to decay or trauma are 42% more likely to be bullied, according to new collaborative research from the University of Sydney and the University of Melbourne.

1.191. New study reveals diabetes changes the shape of our hearts

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A new study from the University of Sydney has revealed how type 2 diabetes directly alters the heart's structure and energy systems, offering vital insights into why people with diabetes are at greater risk of heart failure.

1.192. Restrictive criteria for frontotemporal dementia lead to late treatment

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Dementia researchers have called for updates to the diagnostic criteria for one of the most common younger-onset forms of the disease, behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), a condition similar to the one actor Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with.

1.193. Evolocumab does not improve vein graft disease following coronary artery bypass surgery, finds trial

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After coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), evolocumab did not reduce saphenous vein graft disease rates at two years compared with placebo, according to late-breaking research presented in a Hot Line session presented Sept. 1 at ESC Congress 2025. The study was concurrently published in The Lancet.

1.194. Fishing for a drug: Study brings hope for treating a rare disease

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Despite swimming in different worlds, fish and humans are biologically much closer than one might think. Capitalizing on this kinship, researchers have now used zebrafish embryos to come up with a promising new therapy for kaposiform lymphangiomatosis (KLA)—a rare, life-threatening genetic disorder of the lymphatic system.

1.195. Chagas disease, long considered only a threat abroad, is established in California and the Southern US

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It's one of the most insidious diseases you've never heard of, but Chagas is in California and 29 other states across the U.S.

1.196. 'Reborn again': Blind bride-to-be thriving after triple-organ transplant

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Stricken with cancer in infancy, Jessica Lopez endured tumor-fighting treatments that saved her young life but also left her with lasting heart damage.

1.197. Reconnecting with exercise during cancer treatment

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Exercise decreases the risk of developing cancer. Studies have shown there is a 30–35% reduction in the risk of breast cancer among the most physically active women compared with those who are least active. Exercise also plays a protective role in many other cancers, including lung, endometrial, colon, kidney, bladder and esophageal.

1.198. Dopamine signaling in nucleus accumbens may shape confidence in decision-making

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Decision-making, the process through which humans choose between different available options, has been the topic of countless neuroscience, psychology and behavioral science studies. This process does not only include the moment in which a person comes to a decision, but also the evaluation of different options and, at times, changing one's mind.

1.199. Suicide behind one in every 100 deaths: WHO

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More than one in every 100 deaths globally is due to suicide, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, calling for urgent action to stem a mounting mental health crisis among young people especially.

1.200. For many with HIV, drugs lifted their death sentence. Now they must face old age.

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Past a smoldering pile of trash and two bleating goats, through a doorway beginning to buckle beneath the weight of the bricks above, is a darkened room where a skeletal, 70-year-old man lies on a pillowless bed above a floor littered with trash.

1.201. Africa is seeing a surge of dementia cases. Families aren't sure what to do.

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In the night, when all that glows on this hilltop is the moonlight and all that moves are branches tickled by a soft breeze, the tumult returns. The old woman grows convinced her house is on fire and, panicked, drags the table, chairs and the rest of her few worldly possessions, outside. Unable to calm his mother, her son knows just one way to end it.

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