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Brain cancer patients who received this pain medication lived longer, study shows

Glioblastoma, the most aggressive and deadly type of brain cancer, is known to have a very poor prognosis — but a new study suggests that a pain-relieving drug could extend survival.
Researchers at Mass General Brigham have found that an already-approved medication — a pain reliever and anti-seizure medication called gabapentin — has been linked to improved survival in patients with glioblastoma.
The findings were published in Nature Communications last week.
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Inspired by previous mouse studies that showed gadapentin’s potential in targeting tumors, the researchers studied the medical outcomes of nearly 700 patients with glioblastoma.
Many of them had already been taking gabapentin to alleviate nerve pain, according to a press release from MGB.
The patients who were taking the drug survived four months longer than those who were not — 16 months compared to 12 months — which was described as «statistic..

How Climate Change Affects Your Gut Health

If you’re like a lot of people, you’re finding it harder and harder to stomach climate change—literally. A warming world leads to all manner of health problems, including increased risk of cardiovascular disease, exacerbation of pulmonary conditions like asthma and COPD, and mental health problems including depression and anxiety. Increasingly, however, climate change is being implicated in a range of illnesses of the gut, such as diarrheal diseases, irritable bowel syndrome, intestinal infection, and more. While the mechanism behind the increase in pulmonary disease in a warmer world is more or less direct—breathing hot, dirty, sooty air isn’t good for anyone’s lungs—the gut connection is more nuanced and multifactorial, involving crop growth, contaminated water supplies, droughts, heat waves, malnutrition, and the microbiome of the soil. None of this is good for us; all of it can affect any of us. Here’s what you need to know about the climate-gut connection.

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Most sleep-deprived cities in US revealed in report: Where does yours rank?

Where you live could affect how you sleep at night.
New research from Innerbody revealed that some areas of the country are more sleep-deprived than others.
The study used data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other benchmarks from the 100 most populous cities in the U.S., ranking each on sleep duration and quality.
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For each city, the researchers analyzed the prevalence of five metrics — physical activity, obesity, alcohol consumption, mental distress, and noise and light pollution — all of which can impact sleep quality.
Below are the top 10 most sleep-deprived cities, according to the study results.
The researchers noted that many of these cities are in the eastern half of the U.S., and Ohio appears multiple times.
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While these cities ranked as the most overall sleep-deprived, Honolulu, Hawaii, placed ..

7 Questions That Can Instantly Boost Your Work Relationships

A company can offer all the free snacks and on-site massages in the world—but if the people don’t make you feel supported, you’re probably still not happy at your job. To an increasing extent, “the corporate world is understanding that relationships and the culture of relationships at work is the new competitive edge,” says Esther Perel, a psychotherapist who hosts the popular couples’ therapy podcast Where Should We Begin?

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In May, Perel shifted her focus from improving relationships at home to bettering those at work. She released a 100-question card game with prompts designed to get people to open up and share stories, in hopes of improving team dynamics and fixing a workplace’s culture. Each prompt targets one of her four pillars of healthy workplace relationships—trust, belonging, recognition, and collective resilience—and it’s designed to be played at an off-site meeting, while onboarding a new employee, during a one-on-one check-in, or at an aft..

FDA Plans to Limit COVID-19 Vaccines to High-Risk Groups

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will no longer recommend yearly COVID-19 vaccines for kids and most adults.

In an editorial article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Vinay Prasad, the newly appointed head of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and research at the FDA, and Dr. Martin Makary, FDA commissioner, explained their plan for how the FDA will evaluate and recommend COVID-19 vaccines going forward.

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Until now, federal guidance has recommended that everyone six months or older receive a COVID-19 vaccine targeting the latest circulating version of the virus to maximize their chances of avoiding severe disease.

The new FDA leadership still recommends that groups at higher risk of being hospitalized or dying from COVID-19 receive yearly COVID-19 shots. This includes seniors, adults with weakened immune systems, and people with underlying health conditions like cancer. Some people in these groups may even qualify for..

Biden’s prostate cancer is ‘hormone-sensitive’ — doctors break down what that means

Joe Biden’s recent diagnosis of «aggressive» prostate cancer has sparked concerns about how far the disease has advanced.
The former president’s prostate cancer has been characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (grade group 5) with «metastasis to the bone.»
The score of 9 indicates «high-grade» prostate cancer with very abnormal cells that are likely to grow quickly, experts say.
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«While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive, which allows for effective management,» the statement said. «The president and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians.»
The fact that Biden’s cancer has been classified as «hormone-sensitive» means it could be more responsive to hormone therapies, and thus more treatable.
Hormone-sensitive prostate cancer needs androgens (male hormones) to grow, according to the National C..

Woman faces risk of rare spinal condition after yoga pose led to slipped discs

Doctors told a U.K. woman she’s at risk of developing a rare spinal condition due to a yoga pose she did years ago, according to news agency SWNS.
Terrilyn Griffiths, 44, from Lowestoft, Suffolk, exhibited early signs of cauda equina syndrome (CES, a dangerous form of spinal nerve damage) in January 2024 when an MRI revealed slipped discs in her back, stemming from yoga-induced back injuries.
«I was showing my ex's kids how to do a standing bridge pose when my back gave way,» she said of the initial incident in 2021.
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At first, Griffiths «thought nothing of it,» but then she began experiencing back pain two weeks later, often feeling like she «would collapse at the waist.»
«It didn't help that I worked a laborious job, and I had to carry heavy materials around all day,» Griffiths, who worked in a factory at the time, told SWNS.
She pushed through the pain for six months until it subsided, le..

Mini-strokes may cause surprising long-term health issue, experts warn

Prolonged fatigue could indicate poor sleep habits — but it could also be a lingering effect of mini-strokes.
That’s according to a new study from Aalborg University Hospital in Denmark, which was published this week in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN).
A mini-stroke — medically known as a transient ischemic attack (TIA) — is a temporary blockage of blood flow to the brain that causes a «short period of symptoms,» according to Mayo Clinic.
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The study found that people who experience a TIA are more likely to report prolonged fatigue lasting up to one year.
«Patients with a presumed transient event reported fatigue at levels comparable to a stroke,» lead study author Birgitte Hede Ebbesen, PT, PhD, a physiotherapist at Aalborg University Hospital, told Fox News Digital.
The researchers followed 354 people averaging 70 years of age who had experienced a mini-stroke.
Over a 12..

How Doctors Treat Aggressive Prostate Cancer Like Joe Biden’s

In a statement from his personal office on May 18, former President Joe Biden revealed he has an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones. “While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management,” his office said in a statement. “The President and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians.”

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Recent studies show that survival for men with prostate cancer that has spread to the bone is just under two years. But this form of cancer, though aggressive, can sometimes be controlled. Here’s what oncologists who treat prostate cancer say are the most common strategies for treating a cancer like Biden’s, and some of the challenges.

The latest ways to curb aggressive prostate cancer

“The good news is this: we have now entered an era of different treatments that I call therapy intensification where we are trying to attack cancer wit..

J.D. Vance Questions Whether Biden Was ‘Capable of Doing the Job’ Following Cancer Diagnosis

Vice President J.D. Vance questioned on Monday whether former President Joe Biden was “capable of doing the job” of Commander in Chief, following the news that Biden has an aggressive form of prostate cancer.

“Of course, we wish the best for the former President’s health. It sounds pretty serious, but hopefully he makes the right recovery,” Vance told reporters. “I will say, whether the right time to have this conversation is now or at some point in the future, we really do need to be honest about whether the former President was capable of doing the job.”

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“I don’t think he was able to do a good job for the American people,” Vance continued.

Biden’s office announced on Sunday that he had been diagnosed with cancer on Friday, after doctors found a nodule on his prostate. After additional tests, doctors determined that the cancer had spread to his bones. Biden’s Gleason score, which is used to grade the aggressiveness of prostate cancers, was 9, indic..