Head Hits, Heart Risks: Concussions in Football Spike Cardiovascular Danger 🏈❤️
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🏈💥 Concussions in football don’t just hit the brain—they impact the heart too! 📈🫀 New study shows increased BP, arterial stiffness, and cardiac risks in NCAA athletes post-concussion. 🧠➡️❤️ #Cardiology #SportsMedicine #ConcussionRisk #HeartHealth
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🦠 Microbes, Mutations, and Malignancy: Unveiling the Gut–Blood Cancer Axis 💉
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🧬 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. 💥🩸
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Lower Blood Pressure, Sharper Minds, Less Dementia, Longer Lives 🧠💊🌾
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🧠 Big win for brains & blood pressure! In a massive rural China trial (n=33,995), lowering BP with non-physician care ↓ dementia risk by 15%! A scalable, lifesaving model for LMICs. 🌾💊📉 #Dementia #Hypertension #GlobalHealth
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🌬️ Breathe Easy: Nasal Vaccines to the Rescue!
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🚀🌬️ Nasal vaccines: A breath of fresh air in respiratory infection prevention! 🌟 Boosts mucosal immunity (SIgA & IgG) 💪, reduces transmission 🌡️, and protects against COVID-19, influenza, RSV, and more! #Vaccines #PublicHealth #Innovation 🦠💉
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🧬 Silencing Risk: Lepodisiran vs Lp(a)
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🚨 New hope for high Lp(a)! 💉 Lepodisiran, a long-acting siRNA, slashed Lp(a) by 94% with just 2 shots/year. 🔬 RNA precision meets cardiac prevention. 📉 Silent killer, silenced. #CardioTwitter #RNAtherapy #LipoproteinA
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💨 Breathing Battles: Navigating COPD Phenotypes
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🌬️🚶♂️ COPD comes in many forms! From chronic bronchitis 🪫 to emphysema 💨, frequent exacerbators 🚨, asthma-COPD overlap 🌪️, and eosinophilic type 🧫. Tailoring treatment to phenotype is key! #COPD #PrecisionMedicine #RespiratoryCare
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💊 TANDEM Triumph: Dual Power for LDL Cholesterol Reduction!
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🚀 TANDEM Trial: Combining Obicetrapib & Ezetimibe for a powerful LDL reduction! 💊 ✅ -48.6% vs placebo, -27.9% vs Ezetimibe, -16.8% vs Obicetrapib 💪 Safe, effective, and oral! #Cardiology #LipidManagement #ASCVD
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Fungal Pharmacists, Fatty Liver, Future Frontiers 🧬🩸🍄
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A gut fungus 🍄 (Fusarium foetens) secretes FF-C1 🧪, a metabolite that inhibits CerS6 and lowers ceramides 🩸—shielding mice from MASH 🛡️. Fungi aren’t just freeloaders—they may be our next therapeutic allies! 💊🧠 #Microbiome #LiverHealth #FungalTherapy #Science
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💪 Powerful Cholesterol Control: Obicetrapib in the Spotlight 🌟
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🚀 Obicetrapib: A Breakthrough in LDL Lowering! 📉 Reduced LDL by 29.9% in high-risk patients (p<0.001) 💡 Promising adjunct to lipid-lowering therapy! #Cardiology #LipidManagement #HeartHealth 💓
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Fat Chance! 🔬🧬 Middle-Age Spread Starts at the Cellular Level
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Here’s a tweet with emojis based on the article: 🧬 Middle-age spread decoded! 🕰️ Visceral fat grows in midlife not from bigger cells—but new ones! 🎯 CP-A cells fire up fat formation via LIFR–STAT3 🔥 💊 Targeting them may halt metabolic disease before it starts. #Aging #Obesity #CellBiology #Metabolism 🧫 Would you like a version with a more humorous tone or one tailored for clinicians?
info_outlineCOVID MATH for the Physician| Dr RR Baliga's 'Got Knowledge Doc' PodKasts for Physicians | Not Medical Advice or Opinion
Determining How Public Health Measures Might Be Slowing COVID-19 Using the Reproduction Number (Rt)