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Playing an instrument linked to better brain health in older adults

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Engaging in music throughout your life is associated with better brain health in older age, according to a new study published by experts at the University of Exeter. Scientists working on PROTECT, an online study open to people aged 40 and over, reviewed data from more than a thousand adults over …

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Here’s What Happened to Each of Griselda Blanco’s Sons

THE NEW NETFLIX limited series Griselda follows the life of infamous Colombian drug queenpin Griselda Blanco, played by an almost-unrecognizable Sofia Vergara. Executive produced by the creative team behind Narcos, Griselda follows the drug trafficker’s ascent through the criminal underworld of Miami in the ’70s and ’80s, and depicts with brutal, lurid detail the violent …

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Saatva President’s Day Sale 2024: Take up to $300 Top-Rated Mattresses

President’s Day is still a few weeks away, but a bunch of holiday deals are already dropping. Among them: some seriously great mattresses and bedding that have been personally vetted and tested by editors. To get even more specific: Saatva, one our favorite mattress brands, is taking up to $400 off its top-rated beds. SHOP …

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Study Identifies Three Categories of Maternal Deaths

Peripregnancy maternal deaths can be classified into three distinct subtypes with different causes, not all of which are obstetric, according to a new study. A review of coroners’ data on all maternal deaths that occurred during pregnancy and up to 1 year afterward in Ontario, Canada, identified these categories of maternal death: in-hospital death during …

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IUS Monitoring of IBD May Prompt Faster Treatment Change

Monitoring inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with intestinal ultrasound (IUS) appeared to lead to earlier treatment changes and faster remission for patients, compared with conventional disease monitoring, according to a small retrospective analysis. “Current disease monitoring tools have significant limitations,” said Noa Krugliak Cleveland, MD, director of the intestinal ultrasound program at the University of Chicago. …

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Europe Approves Neutropenia and Schizophrenia Treatments

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has approved Ryzneuta (efbemalenograstim alfa) as a treatment to reduce the duration of neutropenia and the incidence of febrile neutropenia in adults treated with cytotoxic chemotherapy for cancer. Ryzneuta is a granulocyte colony-stimulating factor that acts on hematopoietic cells by binding to specific cell surface receptors and increases the production …

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Higher-Dose RT Extends Survival in High-Risk Prostate Cancer

For patients with high-risk prostate cancer, treatment with long-term androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and high-dose radiation was associated with significantly better progression-free, cancer-specific, and overall survival compared with ADT and standard-dose radiation. The investigators also found that the patients taking long-term ADT and high-dose radiation did not experience additional late urinary tract or gastrointestinal toxicities. …

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