Hacker News with Generative AI: Health

Study finds strongest evidence yet that shingles vaccine helps cut dementia risk (theguardian.com)
Researchers who tracked cases of dementia in Welsh adults have uncovered the strongest evidence yet that the shingles vaccination reduces the risk of developing the devastating brain disease.
Health, Science, Vaccines, Dementia
4 points by amichail 4 hours ago | 0 comments
Daylight Saving Time affects your sleep and diet (economist.com)
As clocks spring forward in the northern hemisphere, many people will be looking forward to longer, sunnier evenings—a few groggy mornings is a price they’re probably willing to pay. But a growing body of research suggests that they ought to be more cautious. The arrival of Daylight Saving Time (DST) seems to have long-lasting negative effects on human health.
Health, Sleep, Diet, Time
4 points by vinni2 5 hours ago | 1 comments
Texas children treated for Vitamin A toxicity as medical disinformation spreads (texasstandard.org)
Medical disinformation connected to the West Texas measles outbreak has created a new problem. Children are being treated for toxic levels of vitamin A.
Medical Disinformation, Health, Texas, Measles Outbreak
15 points by croes 6 hours ago | 5 comments
Show HN: OpenNutrition – A free, public nutrition database (opennutrition.app)
Nutrition search, reimagined.
Nutrition, Health, Open Source, Databases, APIs
274 points by joshdickson 13 hours ago | 138 comments
Some gut bacteria could make certain drugs less effective, study indicates (phys.org)
A study published in Nature Chemistry by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and Yale University shows how common gut bacteria can metabolize certain oral medications that target cellular receptors called GPCRs, potentially rendering these important drugs less effective.
Medicine, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Health
9 points by pseudolus 15 hours ago | 1 comments
Shingles vaccine linked to reduction in dementia diagnoses, study finds (abc.net.au)
Scientists may have produced the strongest evidence yet that the shingles vaccine is linked to reduced dementia risk.
Health, Science, Vaccines, Dementia
10 points by stubish 15 hours ago | 0 comments
Four decades not sleeping well – until a doctor took my insomnia seriously (theguardian.com)
When I tell people that I have immense trouble with sleep, what they hear is that I’m difficult, neurotic, a diva with control issues. For nearly 40 years, every doctor I’ve pleaded with has announced that the problem is in my head.
Health, Sleep Disorders, Mental Health, Personal Stories
11 points by wheels 22 hours ago | 6 comments
Study finds strongest evidence yet that shingles vaccine helps cut dementia risk (theguardian.com)
Researchers who tracked cases of dementia in Welsh adults have uncovered the strongest evidence yet that the shingles vaccination reduces the risk of developing the devastating brain disease.
Health, Science, Vaccines, Dementia
6 points by pseudolus 1 day ago | 1 comments
An ‘Impossible’ Disease Outbreak In The Alps (theatlantic.com)
In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why?
Health, Science, Disease Outbreaks, ALS, Alps
5 points by voisin 1 day ago | 1 comments
Mitochondria transplants could cure diseases and lengthen lives (economist.com)
Organ transplants are a familiar idea. Organelle transplants, less so. Yet organelles are to cells what organs are to bodies—specialised components that divvy up the labour needed to keep the whole thing ticking over. Swapping old organelles for new in cells where the machinery has switched from ticking to tocking thus makes sense in principle. And, for one type of organelle, that principle is now being tested in practice.
Biotechnology, Health, Medicine, Science
9 points by Brajeshwar 1 day ago | 0 comments
Study finds strongest evidence yet that shingles vaccine helps cut dementia risk (theguardian.com)
Researchers who tracked cases of dementia in Welsh adults have uncovered the strongest evidence yet that the shingles vaccination reduces the risk of developing the devastating brain disease.
Health, Science, Vaccines, Dementia
4 points by zeristor 1 day ago | 0 comments
Mass layoffs hit workers at HHS: CDC, NIH, FDA (usatoday.com)
Mass layoffs began Tuesday at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and at the Food and Drug Administration, the first steps in a plan to cut 10,000 jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Government, Health, Layoffs, Public Health
8 points by throw0101c 1 day ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: Do You Take Protein Suppliments? Any Noticeable Benefits? (ycombinator.com)
Fitness, Nutrition, Supplements, Health
15 points by samrohn 1 day ago | 13 comments
'One of the darkest days': NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs (nature.com)
On health economist Jay Bhattacharya’s first day as head of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), the chiefs of four of the 27 institutes and centres that make up his agency — including the country’s top infectious-diseases official — were removed from their posts.
Health, Leadership, Government, Science, Layoffs
13 points by rbanffy 1 day ago | 0 comments
Show HN: AI Supported Workout Planner (repsome.com)
Artificial Intelligence, Fitness, Health, Programming, Web Applications
11 points by wunderlab 1 day ago | 0 comments
Sports supplement creatine makes no difference to muscle gains, trial finds (unsw.edu.au)
People who take the popular sports supplement creatine and lift weights do not build muscle any faster than those who do resistance training without the supplement, new research shows.
Sports Science, Health, Supplements, Fitness
162 points by geox 2 days ago | 169 comments
Omega-6 fatty acid promotes the growth of an aggressive type of breast cancer (sciencedaily.com)
Linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid found in seed oils such as soybean and safflower oil, and animal products including pork and eggs, specifically enhances the growth of the hard-to-treat "triple negative" breast cancer subtype, according to a preclinical study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.
Breast Cancer, Health, Nutrition, Science, Fatty Acids
17 points by FollowingTheDao 2 days ago | 1 comments
Neighborhood environmental exposures and incidence of ADHD (sciencedirect.com)
Emerging studies have associated low greenspace and high air pollution exposure with risk of child attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Population-based studies are limited, however, and joint effects are rarely evaluated.
Health, Science, Environment
6 points by xlii 2 days ago | 1 comments
Lowering bad cholesterol may cut risk of dementia by 26%, study suggests (theguardian.com)
Lowering your levels of bad cholesterol could reduce the risk of dementia by 26%, a study suggests.
Health, Dementia, Cholesterol, Medical Research
6 points by mindracer 2 days ago | 2 comments
I can smell when people have cancer (reddit.com)
Believe it or not, I can smell when someone has cancer.
Cancer, Health, Science, Human Senses
18 points by nixass 2 days ago | 9 comments
AR Computers to Terminate Eyestrain and Myopia (eyewiki.org)
In humans, prolonged contraction of the ciliary and medial rectus muscles during close reading will result in eye strain.
Health, Vision, Technology, Artificial Intelligence
48 points by plun9 2 days ago | 26 comments
'One of the darkest days': NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs (nature.com)
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
Science, Health, Government, Layoffs, Leadership
11 points by rntn 2 days ago | 1 comments
FTC: 23andMe buyer must honor firm's privacy promises for genetic data (arstechnica.com)
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson said he's keeping an eye on 23andMe's bankruptcy proceeding and the company's planned sale because of privacy concerns related to genetic testing data.
Privacy, Genetics, Law, Business, Health
11 points by MBCook 2 days ago | 4 comments
Layoffs begin at US health agencies which research, track disease, regulate food (apnews.com)
Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department began receiving notices of dismissal Tuesday in an overhaul ultimately expected to lay off up to 10,000 people.
Health, Government, Layoffs, Public Health
7 points by consumer451 2 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Calculation Hub: Every Calculation Tool You'll Ever Need (calculation-hub.com)
Access hundreds of free calculators in one place. Financial, scientific, health, and more — all the tools to make informed decisions.
Tools, Finance, Science, Health
15 points by saguiitay 2 days ago | 0 comments
Cantor Analysts Blast RFK Jr., Warn of 'Dangerous Territory' (bloomberg.com)
Cantor Fitzgerald biotech analysts slammed the leadership of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., calling on the Trump administration to “re-evaluate” his role after a top vaccine official stepped down.
Politics, Health, Vaccines
15 points by petethomas 3 days ago | 2 comments
New blood test checks for Alzheimer's and assesses progression, study (theguardian.com)
Researchers have developed a blood test for patients with thinking and memory problems to check if they have Alzheimer’s and to see how far it has progressed.
Alzheimer's, Medicine, Health, Science, Research
10 points by pseudolus 3 days ago | 0 comments
23andMe bankruptcy: With America's DNA put on sale (cnbc.com)
Genetics, Finance, Health, Business
40 points by 01-_- 3 days ago | 12 comments
How Working-Class Life Is Killing Americans, in Charts (2020) (nytimes.com)
When the economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton first published their research on “deaths of despair” five years ago, they focused on middle-aged whites.
Social Issues, Health, Economics, United States
6 points by rawgabbit 3 days ago | 1 comments
Top vaccine official resigns from FDA, criticizes RFK Jr (apnews.com)
The top vaccine official with the Food and Drug Administration has resigned and criticized the nation’s top health official for allowing “misinformation and lies” to guide his thinking behind the safety of vaccinations.
Health, Vaccination, Politics, FDA, Misinformation
10 points by almog 4 days ago | 0 comments