Category: Medicine
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HSPGs: Neurodegenerative Disease Busters?
Welcome back to another adventure along The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Medicine! Today, we will discuss some new, groundbreaking research on a group of proteins that can reverse cell damage caused by neurodegenerative diseases. But first, we need to understand what neurodegenerative diseases are before we highlight the protein group. Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by the progressive…
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No Sugar or No Sight: The Impact of Semaglutide on Vision
Welcome again to another journey along The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Medicine! Today, we look at an alarming discovery scientists have made towards the side effects of a common form of treatment for diabetes: semaglutide, which is marketed under popular names like Ozempic and Wegovy. Diabetes, as many may know, is a chronic medical condition that occurs…
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The Energy Cost of Aging: Why Older Adults Move Slower
Welcome again to another journey along The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Medicine! Today, we will explore an exciting discovery made by scientists that sheds light on why our grandparents, and older people in general, tend to move slowly. As we age, it’s a well-known fact that our movements tend to slow down. A recent study conducted…
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