A large international study found that an experimental oral diabetes medication produced significant improvements in both glucose control and weight loss. For millions of people with type 2 diabetes, GLP-1 drugs have transformed treatment by helping lower blood sugar while also promoting weight loss. But many of the most effective options still require injections, creating [...]
A new study from Mass General Brigham, the Broad Trauma Initiative, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found 16 blood biomarkers consistently linked to PTSD — all already on standard clinical lab panels: cholesterol, glucose, liver enzymes, albumin, bilirubin, white and red cell counts, the kind of routine results that stack up in a patient's chart during any ordinary physical. — Read…
Scar-driven changes in joint tissue may underlie treatment resistance in rheumatoid arthritis, opening the door to new targeted therapies. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects millions worldwide, causing persistent joint pain, swelling, and stiffness when the immune system mistakenly attacks the tissue lining the joints. Over the past two decades, an expanding toolkit of anti-inflammatory and…
Mass General Brigham researchers used long-term data and a blood test for the biomarker pTau217 to identify the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s disease in cognitively healthy adults. A team of investigators at Mass General Brigham reports that a blood test measuring plasma phosphorylated tau 217 (pTau217), a biomarker linked to Alzheimer’s disease, can forecast changes [...]
A healthy thymus in adults is tied to longer life, reduced disease risk, and improved cancer treatment response. Two new studies from researchers at Mass General Brigham are challenging the long-standing belief that the thymus becomes unimportant after childhood. By using artificial intelligence (AI) to review standard CT scans, scientists found that adults with a [...]
A large clinical trial suggests that a daily multivitamin may influence the pace at which the body ages. Researchers led by Mass General Brigham report that older adults who took a daily multivitamin for two years showed signs of slower biological aging. The effect was strongest among participants who entered the study with a biological [...]
A clinical trial suggests that a wake-promoting drug may help early-morning shift workers overcome the biological challenges of working during hours when the brain expects sleep. Before sunrise, millions of people are already at work. For many of them, the biggest challenge is not motivation. It is biology. Early morning shifts are more common than [...]
Vitamin D didn’t blunt COVID’s initial impact—but it may hold a surprising clue in the fight against long COVID. A large randomized study led by researchers at Mass General Brigham found that taking high doses of vitamin D3 did not lessen the severity of COVID-19 infections. However, the results suggest the supplement could play a [...]
A modified herpes virus boosted immune T cell infiltration in glioblastoma tumors and was associated with improved survival. Researchers from Mass General Brigham and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report that a single dose of an oncolytic virus can help the immune system gain access to aggressive brain tumors. Oncolytic viruses are genetically engineered to infect and [...]
After an analysis of health data from over 131,000 people tracked for up to 43 years, researchers found that drinking coffee and tea daily seems to guard against the development of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of cognitive decline.
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