Fructose, Anxiety, Fear, and the Brain 🍭😨🧠
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🧠🍬 New study in Nature reveals: High-fructose exposure in early life impairs brain development by suppressing microglial phagocytosis via GLUT5 ➡️ HK2-driven metabolic rewiring. Result? 🐭 develop anxiety-like behavior. Cut the sweet talk. Think before you drink. #NeuroScience #FructoseFacts #MentalHealth 🧪🍼
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🏃♂️ Weight, Wellness, and the Weakening Heart
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🚨 New 2025 ACC Statement! Obesity worsens heart failure—but weight loss changes the game. 🏃♂️ Lifestyle helps. 💊 Semaglutide & tirzepatide show promise in HFpEF. 🔬 Rethink BMI. ⚖️ Precision + empathy = better outcomes. 👇 Dive into key takeaways. #CardioTwitter #Obesity #HeartFailure
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Forks, Frailty, and Forgetfulness 🦷➡️🧠: Mapping Malnutrition in Old Age
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👵🍽️ Malnutrition in aging isn’t just about food — it’s frailty, forgetfulness, and function. The DoMAP model 🧠🔺 reveals how low intake, high needs, and poor absorption collide with social, physical & mental challenges. Let’s fix the hidden hunger. 🥣❤️ #Geriatrics #Malnutrition #HealthyAging
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💊 Ditch the Aspirin? 🔄 P2Y12 Prevails 🛡️ After PCI
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🚨 New BMJ meta-analysis! After PCI & stopping DAPT, P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy 💊 reduces MACCE 🧠❤️ (HR 0.77) vs aspirin — without more major bleeding 💉 🫀 MI & stroke ↓ 📊 16,117 pts, 5 trials 🧠 Smarter post-PCI strategy? #CardioTwitter #BMJ #PCI #P2Y12 #Aspirin 🚫
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💉 T Cells, TCF7, and Time ⏱️: The Immune Key to Longevity: When transcription meets transformation
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🧬 New study in Aging Cell finds immune resilience—anchored by TCF7 expression—confers a 🚀 15.5-year survival advantage! 💥 SAS-1 high / MAS-1 low = 🔑 to longevity 👵 Midlife is the window. 🧠 Age is biology, but resilience is destiny. #Longevity #Aging #Immunology #TCF7
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🫀 Hearts, Hope, and Health for All: Lancet Editorial
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🫀 Cardiovascular breakthroughs abound—yet millions still die needlessly. 🌍 Innovation without equity is like a heart without a pulse. 💡 From molecules to communities, it’s time to turn science into survival. #GlobalHealth #CardioCare #EquityMatters
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Migraines: “Prodrome, Precision, Prevention 💫🧠💊”
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🚨New insights from the PRODROME trial! 💊 Ubrogepant 100mg, given before the migraine hits, reduced photophobia, fatigue & brain fog—within hours! 🧠 Targets the prodrome, not just the pain. 📈 A paradigm shift in migraine care? #Migraine #CGRP #NeuroTwitter N 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03679-7
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Finerenone + Empagliflozin: Combo Wins 🥇
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💊 Big win for kidneys! In the CONFIDENCE trial, combo therapy with #Finerenone + #Empagliflozin 📉 slashed albuminuria 29–32% more than either alone in CKD + T2D patients 🧪🛡️ Safe, fast, and promising! 👥⏱️✅ #Nephrology #CardioRenal #SGLT2i #NEJM 🧬🩺
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Blindness, Breakthroughs, Biotech 🧬 From Darkness to Light via Nanoscience
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👁️✨ Scientists have restored infrared vision using tellurium #nanowires implanted in the retina! 🧪 Mice and primates regained light sensitivity and behavioral vision. 🚀 A bold leap toward restoring sight without bulky tech. #VisionScience #NeuroTech #Retina #Innovation
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🥃 Alcohol and 🫀 Heart Disease: Dose, Debate, and Disease
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🍷 Is a glass of wine a heart helper or hidden hazard? The 2025 AHA Statement says: ⚠️ Moderate = uncertain 🚫 Heavy = harmful 🫀 Risks include AFib, stroke, CAD, HF & sudden death 📊 New genetic studies challenge old myths. 👇 Know your limits. Rethink the drink. #CardioTwitter #MedEd #AHA2025
info_outline🧬 A molecule from aging gut bacteria—ADP-heptose—enters the bloodstream, activates ALPK1, and triggers NF-κB signaling, driving the expansion of mutant blood stem cells. 🦠🧓
This discovery links gut health to leukemia risk and reveals new targets like ALPK1 and UBE2N for cancer prevention. 💥🩸