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Antibiotics may help to treat melanoma | KU Leuven

Credit: CC0 Public Domain July 22, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- Some antibiotics appear to be effective against a form of skin cancer known as melanoma. Researchers at KU Leuven, Belgium, examined the effect of these antibiotics on patient-derived tumors in mice. Their findings were published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. These antibiotics exploit a vulnerability that arises in tumor cells ...

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Species of gut bacteria linked to enhanced cognition and language skills in infant boys | University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

Credit: CC0 Public DomainJuly 13, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- A University of Alberta-led research study followed more than 400 infants from the CHILD Cohort Study (CHILD) at its Edmonton site. Boys at o ...

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First actionable clock that predicts immunological health and chronic diseases of aging | Buck Institute for Research on Aging

Credit: CC0 Public Domain July 12, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- Researchers from the Buck Institute and Stanford University have created an inflammatory clock of aging (iAge) that measures inflammatory lo ...

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A fermented-food diet increases microbiome diversity and lowers inflammation | Stanford University Medical Center

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain July 12, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- A diet rich in fermented foods enhances the diversity of gut microbes and decreases molecular signs of inflammation, according to r ...

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Alexa, Artificial Intimacy, and Living Lives of Quiet Desperation — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust July 12, 2021 More than 100 million Amazon Echoes have already been sold across the globe. Researchers believe many consumers purchase the artificial intelligence device ...

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Are your illusions blocking your power? — Mickey Z.

Still photo and quote from Harold and Maude (1971) Mickey Z. — World News Trust July 5, 2021 We awaken each morning after a couple or many hours in the astral and, in a flash, we must recall who we a ...

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What Keith Haring taught us about life, loss, and death — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust June 30, 2021 Recently, when I asked my Facebook friends for article suggestions, two requests were “life, death, and aging” and “the illusion of control.” I let those we ...

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What’s missing from the debate about guns? — Mickey Z.

Still photo of Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry (1971) Mickey Z. — World News Trust June 28, 2021 I haven’t written much about guns in my life so I thought it was time to do what I do best: Add in some ...

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Biden, Brain Damage...and Reagan’s Example? — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust June 23, 2021 “One can lie with the mouth, but with the accompanying grimace, one nevertheless tells the truth.” (Nietzsche) There has been plenty of talk lately about th ...

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Why I’ve Spent Nearly 5 Years Helping Homeless Women in NYC — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust June 21, 2021 In mid-June, I made a post on Facebook — asking for article suggestions. A handful of the replies related to why I started Helping Homeless Women - NYC, my ...

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Will you volunteer to join the Internet of Bodies? — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust June 18, 2021 It was at my first-ever gym job. The clientele was obscenely wealthy yet they yearned for what we trainers had: muscular physiques. One of my co-workers, Wa ...

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