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As global climate change intensifies, heat waves are becoming more frequent, longer and more severe, emerging as an important environmental stressor on human health. Previous research has linked exposure to heatwaves to increased risks of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, cognitive impairment, and mental health problems, while older adults are particularly vulnerable due to reduced thermoregulatory capacity and reduced physiological reserves. At the same time, population aging is accelerating, making it increasingly important to understand how environmental factors shape long-term aging trajectories. Compared to chronological age alone, biological age provides a more comprehensive measure of multisystem physiological deterioration, and accelerated biological…

Researchers from the Universities of Hildesheim, Bonn and Freiburg have revealed at the molecular level how human skeletal muscle responds to resistance exercise. Their findings provide new insights that may help athletes optimize training programs, improve rehabilitation strategies, and prevent age-related muscle loss. Resistance training is essential for maintaining healthy skeletal muscle throughout life. The World Health Organization now recommends that even older adults perform moderate strength-strengthening activities at least twice a week to prevent muscle weakness. The new research is published in the current issue. nature communications. Regular physical activity is very important for healthy aging. However, endurance exercise…

Cancer cells survive by hiding from the immune system’s surveillance. A KAIST research team has developed a new anti-cancer platform that allows cancer cells to emit their own danger signals, prompting immune cells to attack them, while also providing gene therapy. This approach is expected to provide a new therapeutic strategy that combines cancer immunotherapy and gene therapy in a single nanoparticle. Immunogenic cell death (ICD) is a process in which dying cancer cells send danger signals to nearby immune cells, prompting them to attack. Polypeptides are polymers made up of long chains of amino acids.KAIST (Chairman Bae Choongsik) announced…

People diagnosed with cocaine use disorder can be divided into three distinct behavioral and neurological subtypes, a finding that suggests individualized treatments could improve notoriously low recovery rates. Researchers identified these different profiles based on emotional regulation, cognitive control, and brain connectivity patterns. The study was recently published in the journal Translational Psychiatry. Current addiction treatment is largely premised on a one-size-fits-all model. Up to 85% of people treated for cocaine use disorder return to long-term drug use. Addiction researchers have proposed that the underlying mechanisms that lead to drug use typically fall into three broad behavioral categories. Some people…

Scientists have discovered two new mechanisms of action for established antibiotics, paving the way for the potential development of new antibiotic treatments. A team based at the University of Exeter studied this bacterium. Coxiella barnet To investigate why they are so sensitive to doxycycline. Doxycycline, one of the most commonly prescribed antibiotics, is effective at low concentrations. Cells build proteins with machines called ribosomes. Newly assembled proteins exit from here via exit channels. the team discovered that C. Burnety, Antibiotic molecules stack on top of each other to block ribosome exit channels, revealing a new mechanism by which doxycycline neutralizes…

Procode AI, an artificial intelligence-powered revenue cycle management (RCM) company, has secured $10 million in Series A funding to expand its platform to practicing surgeons. Health Velocity Capital led the funding round. Procode AI’s strategy is to acquire and vertically integrate AI technology within companies, rather than selling standalone AI products, co-founder Jeff Cripe told Fierce Healthcare in March. The company’s AI coding copilot converts operational reports into billing and diagnostic codes. This significantly reduces manual coding time and downstream rejections, executives said. The startup now partners with more than 350 plastic surgery and dermatology providers through its acquisition of…

Researchers have identified the health and lifestyle factors most closely related to the daily burden of endometriosis, from fertility to mental health. Study: Associations between health and lifestyle factors and multidimensional quality of life in women with endometriosis: A cross-sectional study. Image credit: Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock.com New research published in Frontiers of global women’s health Identify modifiable health and lifestyle factors associated with the overall quality of life of women with endometriosis. Endometriosis disrupts many aspects of a woman’s life Endometriosis is a chronic gynecological disease characterized by the presence of endometrium-like tissue outside the uterus. This condition is associated with many…

Major ocean currents in the Atlantic Ocean are slowing, and the effects could extend far beyond the Atlantic Ocean. A new study from the University of California, Riverside suggests the change could reduce snowfall in Greenland while strengthening powerful storms along the California coast. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a vast ocean current system that acts like a planetary conveyor belt. It transports warm tropical water north, helping to keep regions such as Europe relatively calm. As the water cools and becomes denser, it sinks and flows south along the ocean floor. “It’s well known that the AMOC…

Included Health Inc., a virtual care and health navigation company, has entered into an agreement to acquire Firefly Health Inc. to expand alternative health plans for employers. In January, Included Health began designing alternative health plans for employers and expanding its existing all-in-one virtual care platform. Founded in 2017, Firefly Health is a primary care and health plan provider serving more than 20,000 individuals nationwide. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2026. The companies did not disclose financial details of the acquisition. “In some ways, this is very much of the moment and what the…

Aurenar, which developed a non-invasive, disposable neuromodulation platform, on Tuesday announced a $5.7 million seed funding round to accelerate progress. American Heart Association Ventures’ Go Red for Women Venture Fund and Solas BioVentures led the funding round, with participation from BJC Health and Kaleida Capital. Aurenar’s V-Link platform provides transurethral vagal stimulation to modulate the body’s inflammatory response to conditions such as subarachnoid hemorrhage. It received breakthrough device designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on June 30. Dr. Eric Leuthardt, founder and CEO of Aurenar, told Fierce Healthcare that the idea to non-invasively use vagus nerve stimulation…