First-ever transmitted Alzheimer’s cases reported in new study
"As children, they had received growth hormone taken from the brains of human cadavers, which used to be a treatment for a number of conditions that caused short stature. Now, decades later, they were showing signs of Alzheimer’s."
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Dogs provide critical support for homeless people, study finds: Homeless people and their dogs have a mutually beneficial relationship, with the dogs providing critical support for their owners' emotional and mental health while owners make every effort to protect dogs and meet their welfare needs, new research has found. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-dogs-critical-homeless-people.html
8 healthy habits linked to living decades longer: A study of more than 700,000 people found that adopting eight healthy habits by age 40 could extend life expectancy by more than two decades. https://archive.is/nxwDC
Good news on the medical front. A review of data from thousands of people in 25 countries finds that people taking HIV medicine have "almost zero risk" of spreading the virus via sex once their levels are low. Live Science reports: https://flip.it/S7JxJx #Science#Medicine#Health#HIV