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Understanding the motivation related to the admission of traditional Chinese medicine by patients

Understanding the motivation related to the admission of traditional Chinese medicine by patients

Background and goals Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is widely used in caring in China as an integral part of treatment. This study was aimed at understanding the motivation of patients with cancer in China to accept TCM in the treatment and examining their communication with oncologists. Acquiring insight into these factors can increase culturally sensitive, […]

Traditional BMI boundaries overestimate overweight and obesity in men

Traditional BMI boundaries overestimate overweight and obesity in men

New research that will be presented at this year’s European Congress of Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, May 11-14) show that the cutting points of the body mass indicator (BMI) significantly overestimate overweight and obesity in men’s athletes. The study from Italy also offers new cut -off points for overweight and obesity in this group. […]

Non -traditional risk factors related to strokes in adults under 50

Non -traditional risk factors related to strokes in adults under 50

Adults under the age of 50 had more than twice the risk of stroke from migraine or other non -traditional stroke risk factors, and not traditional risk, such as high blood pressure, in accordance with research published today in the SCIENTIFIC Journal of American Stroke Association, the division of American Heart Association. Previous studies indicate […]

A new study challenges the traditional view of gene change

A new study challenges the traditional view of gene change

Certain sequences in the genome turn genes on and off. Until now, it was believed that each of these gene switches, or so-called enhancers, had its own place in DNA. Different enhancers are therefore separated from each other, even if they control the same gene and turn it on in different parts of the body. […]