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Many veterans and older adults born before 1965 may have inadvertently been exposed to hepatitis C through medical practices used decades ago or through blood contact during military training or service. To help shed light on this, Wake County Public Health is hosting a series of free community information sessions to help this population and…

A shift in global health has reached a critical threshold, as more than one billion people worldwide were now living with obesity, according to a comprehensive report released by the World Health Organisation in December 2025.Also read |Inside India’s silent emergency: Country ranks 2nd globally in childhood obesity, second only to China

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Spruce Biosciences (Nasdaq: SPRB) has appointed Adrian Quartel, M.D., FFPM, as chief medical officer, strengthening its executive leadership as the late-stage biopharmaceutical company advances tralesinidase alfa enzyme replacement therapy (TA-ERT) toward a planned Biologics License Application (BLA) filing in the fourth quarter of 2026

High added sugar raises cancer risk mainly by driving obesity, not feeding tumors

Exercise may provide some relief for people with hip osteoarthritis, but the improvements in pain and physical function may be too small for many patients to notice in everyday life, according to a new Cochrane review. The researchers caution that stronger evidence is still needed before firm conclusions can be drawn

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Obesity is a major risk factor for colorectal cancer (CRC), yet the mechanisms linking obesity-associated gut dysbiosis to tumor progression remain unclear. Here, we show that a high-fat diet and fecal microbiota from patients with obesity-associated CRC deplete the GABA-producing commensal Bacteroides ovatus, resulting in reduced luminal GABA and accelerated tumorigenesis. Microbial GABA activates epithelial…

Meta Platforms’ leadership disregarded internal research about its Instagram platform’s impact on teenagers as the company sought to maximise profit from young ‌users, lawyers for the US state of Tennessee have told ‌a jury