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Diabetes is known to cause many medical issues, from heart disease to vision problems — and now a new study suggests it could also impact memory and other cognitive functions.
After observing brain activity and behavior in rodent models, researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) determined that type 2 diabetes can «rewire» the brain in ways similar to early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
«Diabetes may be altering the brain similarly to early stages of Alzheimer’s disease,» said lead researcher and UNLV psychology professor James Hyman in the release.
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«Further research is needed, but these findings have the potential to help researchers unlock clues to improved diagnostic or treatment strategies for the disease.»
The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health and published in The Journal of Neuroscience.
Previous studies have shown that people with type 2 diabetes have a higher risk of de..

Hantavirus, the disease that caused the death of Betsy Arakawa, actor Gene Hackman’s wife, has claimed the lives of three people in California.
After Arakawa, 65, was found dead along with Hackman, 95, on Feb. 26, authorities confirmed her cause of death as «hantavirus pulmonary syndrome» (HPS), while Hackman succumbed to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease along with advanced Alzheimer's disease.
Now, Mono County Public Health has confirmed a total of three deaths due to hantavirus in Mammoth Lakes, a town in California's Sierra Nevada mountains.
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Hantaviruses include a group of viruses primarily carried by rodents that can cause severe respiratory or renal diseases in humans, according to Dr. Rhys Parry, a molecular virologist at the University of Queensland in Australia.
Most hantaviruses that are found in North, Central and South America can cause HPS. The disease has a nearly 40% fatality ra..

A Florida baby who was given just weeks to live is thriving today — and it wouldn’t have been possible without the generosity of an anonymous donor who covered her medical bills.
When Bill and Meg Longhenry welcomed their second child, Millie, in August 2023, they were told she had no hope of survival due to a rare and severe congenital brain disorder called alobar holoprosencephaly (HPE).
HPE affects about one in 10,000 live births, and most infants do not survive beyond the first week, statistics show. Millie was born with the most severe form of the disease.
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«We found out that she has a rare brain malformation where part of her brain didn't develop, and the other part didn't develop correctly,» Meg Longhenry said in an on-camera interview with Fox News Digital.
«So there's no division between the two hemispheres and the middle is hollow.»
Doctors told the parents that «Mill..

A newly expanded prostate cancer drug could bring new hope to patients with a common form of the disease.
Novartis, a Switzerland-based pharmaceutical company, announced on March 28 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded approval for Pluvicto (lutetium Lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan), a targeted radioligand therapy (RLT) that is given before chemotherapy.
(RLTs are a form of targeted nuclear medicine that doctors use to treat multiple types of cancer, according to Novartis.)
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The drug is intended for patients with PSMA-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who have received one round of androgen receptor pathway inhibitors (ARPIs), a class of drugs used in the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer.
Pluvicto first got FDA approval on March 23, 2022, but this new expanded approval triples the number of patients eligible to receive the drug, according to a Nova..

Clearing one’s throat is a common reflex to remove mucus and irritants — particularly during allergy season.
But for some, it can become a habit that's hard to break, which can lead to stress and anxiety.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, laryngologist Dr. Inna Husain shared the causes of chronic throat clearing, as well as when to see a specialist and how to kick the habit.
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When people clear their throats, it actually slams the vocal folds together, which over time can cause lesions, nodules, bruising and hemorrhages that affect the voice, according to Husain, who works at Powers Health in Munster, Indiana.
«Those same vocal cords are used to help create sound — so if you keep slamming them, you could injure the surface area of the vocal cords,» she said.
One cause of throat clearing is laryngeal pharyngeal reflux (LPR), or «silent reflux.» This condition occurs when stomach contents come up into the throat,..

A second child with measles in Texas has died, although the exact cause of death is unknown at this time, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. plans to attend the child’s funeral on Sunday, a spokesperson told NBC News.
The pair of children and an adult in New Mexico who is also believed to have died from measles are the first reported deaths in connection with the disease in the country in a decade.
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Since January, 481 cases of measles have been confirmed in Texas alone, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
That total includes six infants and toddlers at a day care center in Lubbock who tested positive within the past two weeks, according to NBC News. Two of those children are among 56 people who have been hospitalized with measles in the area since the disease began spreading in January.
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The old adage is that moms have eyes in the back of their heads, but a new study shows that women in general may also have more sensitive hearing.
The study, recently published in the journal Scientific Reports, sought to examine the correlation between multiple factors — including gender, age and region, among others — and hearing sensitivity.
Patricia Balaresque, Ph.D., at the Centre for Biodiversity and Environmental Research in Toulouse, France, led a team of scientists to conduct hearing tests on 448 individuals from 13 global communities in Ecuador, England, Gabon, South Africa and Uzbekistan.
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The results show that hearing sensitivity is primarily influenced by gender and environment, followed by age and left versus right ear.
«Our findings challenge existing assumptions and highlight the need to consider both biological and environmental factors when studying hearing,» Balaresque said in a press release.
Scientists m..

First daughter Ivanka Trump has gone public with her practice of jiu-jitsu.
In a recent Instagram post by martial artists The Valente Brothers, Trump showed off her mastered maneuvers with trainer Gui Valente.
Trump recently shared that her daughter, Arabella, first started taking classes before the entire family joined.
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Supermodel Gisele Bündchen, who has also trained with the Valente brothers and is the mother of Joaquim Valente's child, has publicly called out the benefits of her own jiu-jitsu practice.
«I feel stronger, more confident and empowered since I started practicing self-defense,» she said in a previous Instagram post. «I feel it’s an important skill for all, but especially for us women.»
In an on-camera interview with Fox News Digital, the three Valente brothers — Pedro, Gui and Joaquim, who are based in Miami, Florida — shared why a self-defense practice like jiu-jitsu is a great physical an..

The link between the zoster vaccine and a lower dementia risk has been strengthened in new research.
A study by Stanford Medicine, published in the journal Nature on April 2, found that the vaccine — which is used to prevent shingles — reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis by about 20% over the next seven years.
«If these findings are truly causal, the zoster vaccine will be both far more effective and cost-effective in preventing or delaying dementia than existing pharmaceutical interventions,» the researchers noted in the study.
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These findings also support an emerging theory that viruses impacting the nervous system can increase dementia risk.
Senior study author Pascal Geldsetzer, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at Stanford, said he considers these findings «hugely important» for clinical medicine, population health and research.
«For the first time, we now have evidenc..

Val Kilmer’s death on Tuesday has sparked reminders of the risks of pneumonia.
The actor, best known for his role as Iceman in «Top Gun» — along with «Batman Forever,» «The Doors» and many other movies — was 65 when he succumbed to the respiratory infection in Los Angeles, The Associated Press reported.
Kilmer’s daughter, Mercedes, confirmed the cause of death, noting that the actor had previously recovered from throat cancer after a 2015 diagnosis.
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Pneumonia is defined by Cleveland Clinic as an infection in the lungs caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi.
This can cause the lung tissue to swell and create a buildup of fluid or pus in the lungs.
Dr. Marc Siegel, clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Health and Fox News' senior medical analyst, said the risk of pneumonia depends on the underlying health conditions of the patient and the strength of the person's immune system.
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