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Researchers have developed a new “body clock” tool that calculates people’s biological age — and could even predict the risk of disability or death.
The tool, which comes from the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine, uses eight different metrics from a patient’s physical exam and bloodwork to determine the results, according to a press release from UW.
The tool’s method — officially named the Health Octo Tool — is detailed in the journal Nature Communication in a May 5 publication.
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The researchers see this method as more comprehensive than current health assessments, which typically focus on individual diseases rather than overall wellness, according to the report’s first author, Dr. Shabnam Salimi, a physician-scientist and acting instructor in the Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine at UW.
Using data from large longevity studies, the Health Octo Tool was found to pred..

As Parkinson’s cases continue to rise, the race is on for therapies to combat the effects of the disease — and researchers have pinpointed an unlikely source of relief.
Psilocybin, a psychedelic compound found in some mushrooms, has been found to improve mood, cognition and motor symptoms in Parkinson’s patients, according to a new study from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).
The substance, often referred to as “magic mushrooms,” has previously been shown to alleviate depression and anxiety, which prompted the researchers to explore its potential for Parkinson’s.
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People with the neurological movement disorder often suffer from “debilitating mood dysfunction” and don’t tend to respond well to traditional antidepressants, according to a UCSF press release.
“Many people don’t realize this, but mood symptoms in Parkinson’s are linked to ..

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed SB 700 into law Tuesday, eliminating the ability of local governments to add fluoride or other medical additives to the state’s public water supply, a move cheered by supporters of medical freedom and health transparency.
“Jamming fluoride in the water supply … is essentially a forced medication,” DeSantis said during a news conference in Tallahassee. “At the end of the day, we should all agree that people deserve informed consent.”
The new law, part of the broader Florida Farm Bill, does not ban fluoride entirely.
Floridians will still be able to purchase fluoridated water from private suppliers. But it draws a firm line against the government deciding what goes in your glass without your say.
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“When it gets hot in the Sunshine State, no one clamors for a cold glass of fluoride,” state Sen. Keith Truenow told Fox News Digital. “We will protect our natural resources and gi..

Some researchers are sounding the alarm about a potentially deadly fungus that could spread throughout parts of the U.S., Europe and Asia.
The study article, which was published in pre-print (not yet peer-reviewed) in Research Square, claims that “rising global temperatures” could lead to severe infections of Aspergillus, a fungal mold that thrives in warm, damp climates.
The resulting infection — called Aspergillosis — can impact humans, livestock and plants, the researchers wrote.
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In the study, scientific models were used to predict where Aspergillus is expected to increase based on different climate scenarios.
The researchers predict that the fungus’ prevalence could increase by 77% by the year 2100, potentially exposing millions of people in Europe to the infection.
Jacob Glanville, CEO of Centivax, a San Francisco biotechnology company, was not involved in the research but reviewed the ..

North Dakota has reported its first case of measles in over a decade.
This case — the state's first since 2011 — involves an unvaccinated child, who, according to North Dakota Health and Human Services, may have contracted the virus from an out-of-state visitor.
The infected person is currently isolating at home to avoid spreading measles to others, according to the press release.
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“HHS is contacting those who may have been exposed and advising unvaccinated individuals [on] how long to quarantine,” reads the statement. “Because the majority of North Dakotans are vaccinated, the risk to the general public is low.”
“Anyone with symptoms consistent with measles should call ahead before visiting a clinic to avoid exposing others,” said Molly Howell, HHS immunization director, in a statement.
“Vaccination remains the most effective defense against measles. Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccinatio..

Two years ago, Emma Dimery was told her stage 4 colon cancer was incurable. Today, she is healthy and cancer-free — and she says a last-resort clinical trial saved her life.
Dimery, who lives in Minnesota, was just 23 when she was diagnosed with colon cancer, which has been rising sharply among teens and young adults in recent years.
After experiencing abdominal pain and having abnormal blood work, Dimery underwent a colonoscopy, which revealed a “softball-sized” tumor and another “golf ball-sized” one, she told Fox News Digital.
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Despite multiple surgeries, chemotherapy, radiation and some combination therapies, Dimery’s treatment-resistant cancer spread throughout her body over the years, leading to what she described as a “low point.”
“I was basically treading water, doing immunotherapy every other week for probably four years or so,” she told Fox News Digital during an on-camera interview, adding tha..

People who pay more in taxes could be less likely to die from cancer.
The link was revealed in a new study published in JAMA Network Open, which aimed to explore how state-level tax revenue impacts cancer screenings and mortality in the U.S.
Researchers from The Ohio State University, Emory University in Georgia and the University of Verona in Italy analyzed 1,150 state-years of tax data over a 23-year period, between 1997 and 2019. (A state-year refers to one year of data from one state.)
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They also reviewed population-level cancer screening rates and cancer-related deaths from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) databases.
The states with higher tax income were found to have increased cancer screening rates and decreased cancer mortality rates, the researchers found.
For each $1,000 increase in tax revenue per capita, the population had a 1.61% increase in colorectal cancer screening, a 2.17% i..

Scientists have developed what they believe is the most widely effective antivenom ever — and the secret ingredient came from one man’s blood.
In the course of their research, the team found a man, Tim Friede, who had been bitten hundreds of times by 16 species of deadly snakes — the poison lethal enough to kill a horse, according to the scientists — over an 18-year period.
Friede had received the bites intentionally as part of a self-immunization process using escalating doses. As a result, he had become “hyper-immune” to the effects of snake neurotoxins, the researchers stated.
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“After being introduced to Tim Friede and his incredible journey and immune history, we decided there was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study his blood and isolate the basis of a universal antivenom,” lead study author Jacob Glanville, CEO of Centivax, a San Francisco biotechnology company, told Fox News Digital.
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