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A big step forward vs cancer nature.com/articles/d4158…

EricTopol's tweet image. A big step forward vs cancer
nature.com/articles/d4158…

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Ultraprocessed foods and increased all-cause mortality A dose relationship from 8 countries, ~240,000 participants, and ~15,000 deaths ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-…


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Do viruses play a role in the cause of Alzheimer's disease? In the wake of observational studies showing some protection from the vaccines vs. shingles economist.com/science-and-te… Unclear, but an ongoing clinical trial of valacyclovir, an anti-viral, may help to resolve


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This is horrible news for numerical weather prediction in this country. The data that comes from these key parts of our weather enterprise saves lives. DOGE moves to cancel NOAA leases on key weather buildings axios.com/2025/03/03/dog…


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How multimodal A.I. of real time smartwatch data can automatically detect a person's loss of pulse—sudden cardiac death—and notify emergency services nature.com/articles/s4158… @GoogleDeepMind @jesunshine @Nature


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Peto's Paradox—that cancer does not increase with body size of mammals—was wrong. A new, comprehensive study of 263 species documents higher cancer prevalence with increasing body mass. Some large animals (e.g. elephants) have some built-in genetic adaptations…


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Fully preventable deaths and hospitalizations from a disease that was eradicated here, with much more to come.

BREAKING: A person hospitalized with measles in West Texas has died, the first in an outbreak that has infected more than 120 people. apnews.com/article/measle…



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The immune response from the Covid boosters introduced last September is holding up very well against current circulating variants 👍thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

EricTopol's tweet image. The immune response from the Covid boosters introduced last September is holding up very well against current circulating variants 👍thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

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A very innovative approach to cancer: engineering fat cells to convert to beige fat to starve tumors, outcompeting 5 types of cancer in experimental models nature.com/articles/s4158… @NatureBiotech @NadavAhituv @UCSFMedicine


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I wouldn't have anticipated this one! Preventing or treating hypertension through a gut microbiome intervention, in both mice and a pilot study in people cell.com/cell-metabolis… @Cell_Metabolism

EricTopol's tweet image. I wouldn't have anticipated this one!
Preventing or treating hypertension through a gut microbiome intervention, in both mice and a pilot study in people
cell.com/cell-metabolis… @Cell_Metabolism

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We knew about the potential origin of Parkinson's disease from the gut (known as Braak’s hypothesis). But the kidney?! nature.com/articles/s4159… @NatureNeuro


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A generalist #AI LLM medical model that improves accuracy of physician diagnosis across 8 specialities for common and rare diseases nature.com/articles/s4159… @NatureMedicine


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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the leading cause of infectious birth defects and linked to many other morbidities such as transplantation. For the first time in over 50 years of pursuit, a vaccine is in reach jci.org/articles/view/…

EricTopol's tweet image. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the leading cause of infectious birth defects and linked to many other morbidities such as transplantation. For the first time in over 50 years of pursuit, a vaccine is in reach jci.org/articles/view/…
EricTopol's tweet image. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the leading cause of infectious birth defects and linked to many other morbidities such as transplantation. For the first time in over 50 years of pursuit, a vaccine is in reach jci.org/articles/view/…

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The scientist who is responsible for driving GLP-1 drugs for the treatment of obesity and testing them for prevention of Alzheimer's disease—Lotte Bjerre Knudsen— tells her story in a remarkable conversation. Full transcript, or video, all free, no ads. Link in my profile,…

EricTopol's tweet image. The scientist who is responsible for driving GLP-1 drugs for the treatment of obesity and testing them for prevention of Alzheimer's disease—Lotte Bjerre Knudsen— tells her story in a remarkable conversation. Full transcript, or video, all free, no ads. 
Link in my profile,…

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"A healthy mind is a healthy immune system" How can we prevent age-related changes of the immune system to preserve brain fitness? by @basurco_leyre @maabellanas and colleagues @WeizmannScience an insightful perspective, open-access @NeuroCellPress cell.com/neuron/fulltex…

EricTopol's tweet image. "A healthy mind is a healthy immune system" 
How can we prevent age-related changes of the immune system to preserve brain fitness?
by @basurco_leyre @maabellanas and colleagues @WeizmannScience 
an insightful perspective, open-access @NeuroCellPress 
cell.com/neuron/fulltex…
EricTopol's tweet image. "A healthy mind is a healthy immune system" 
How can we prevent age-related changes of the immune system to preserve brain fitness?
by @basurco_leyre @maabellanas and colleagues @WeizmannScience 
an insightful perspective, open-access @NeuroCellPress 
cell.com/neuron/fulltex…

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Two new studies zero in on the anti-inflammatory effects of the GLP-1 family of drugs, independent of weight loss, highlighting the gut-brain axis (modulating TLR response) and the gut GIP impact by @DanielJDrucker and colleagues cell.com/cell-metabolis… @Cell_Metabolism

EricTopol's tweet image. Two new studies zero in on the anti-inflammatory effects of the GLP-1 family of drugs, independent of weight loss, highlighting the gut-brain axis (modulating TLR response) and the gut GIP impact
by @DanielJDrucker and colleagues
cell.com/cell-metabolis… @Cell_Metabolism…

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Among ~9 million Americans, representing over 440 occupations, who had the lowest proportion of #Alzheimers disease related deaths? Ambulance and taxi drivers bmj.com/content/387/bm… ? benefit of spatial and navigational processing

EricTopol's tweet image. Among ~9 million Americans, representing over 440 occupations, who had the lowest proportion of #Alzheimers disease related deaths?
Ambulance and taxi drivers
bmj.com/content/387/bm…
? benefit of spatial and navigational processing

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If you like dark chocolate, you'll like this finding from today that it reduces the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes (not seen with milk chocolate) [in 3 large prospective cohorts, with the usual caveats of epidemiological, observational nutrition studies]🍫🍫

EricTopol's tweet image. If you like dark chocolate, you'll like this finding from today that it reduces the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes (not seen with milk chocolate) 
[in 3 large prospective cohorts, with the usual caveats of epidemiological, observational nutrition studies]🍫🍫
EricTopol's tweet image. If you like dark chocolate, you'll like this finding from today that it reduces the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes (not seen with milk chocolate) 
[in 3 large prospective cohorts, with the usual caveats of epidemiological, observational nutrition studies]🍫🍫

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