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FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Women who have survived breast cancer age faster than women who have never had to survive the disease.The treatment they received impacted their aging rates, according to a new study from Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla. “Breast cancer survivors have higher rates of various age-related diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, and experience faster physical and cognitive decline than women without a history of breast cancer. In this study, we wanted to explore the biology behind this and examine whether certain cancer therapies had a greater long-term impact on survivors,” said study author Jacob Kresovich, an assistant professor at Moffitt.His team used data from the Sister Study, which identified environmental and biological factors...

FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Aspirin, naproxen and other common pain medications known as NSAIDs worsen gastrointestinal infections caused by a bacterium known as Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), new research shows.NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) are widely used to ease pain and inflammation. In a new study using mice, researchers set out to find why they exacerbate C. diff, the leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea worldwide.It appears that NSAIDs disrupt the mitochondria of cells lining the colon, sensitizing them to damage by pathogenic toxins. (Mitochondria are essential components of nearly all cells in the body).“Our work further demonstrates the clinical importance of NSAIDs in patients with C. diff infection and sheds light on why the...

FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have reported a link between air pollution and dementia risk, but they haven't had a good understanding of the mechanisms behind this association. Now, a new study provides some answers. “In this study, we found that two types of vitamin B-related amino acids played a role in increasing or decreasing the risk of dementia caused by air pollution,” said Dr. Giulia Grande, co-author of the report recently published in the journal Neurology. She is a postdoctoral researcher at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.The study found that higher levels of these vitamin B-related amino acids may be linked to the risk of dementia associated with air pollutants called fine particulate matter, or PM2.5.Researchers looked at this...

FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- It’s not only a mother’s mental health that is tied to the risk for preterm birth — the father’s matters, too.New research found that the risk of premature birth was higher for infants whose mothers or fathers had a psychiatric diagnosis than for those whose parents did not.Researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden analyzed data on all live births to Nordic parents in Sweden between 1997 and 2016.The study findings were published July 20 in PLOS Medicine.Of 1.5 million babies, 15% were born to parents with a mental health diagnosis. For parents without a diagnosis, 5.8% of babies were born preterm.Paternal diagnosis increased the risk to 6.3% of births, and maternal diagnosis increased the risk to 7.3%. If both parents had a...