Friday, October 31, 2025
Friday, October 31, 2025

Blocking a protein known as CDK7 could prevent heart damage associated with a commonly used cancer chemotherapy medication, according to a new study. Importantly, the researchers also found that inhibiting CDK7 could help enhance the medication's cancer-killing capability. Based on an animal model, the study findings could provide a foundation for future treatment strategies to reduce chemotherapy-related heart toxicity and increase treatment effectiveness. This could ultimately help increase the lifespan of people with cancer.
Read more …Protein discovery could help prevent cancer treatment-related heart damage

Healthy adults under the age of 75 are unlikely to benefit from taking more than the daily intake of vitamin D recommended by the Institutes of Medicine (IOM) and do not require testing for vitamin D levels. For children, pregnant people, adults older than 75 years and adults with high-risk prediabetes, the guideline recommends vitamin D higher than the IOM recommended daily allowance.
Read more …Healthy adults under age of 75 urged to take recommended daily allowance of vitamin D

A pregnant woman reads the label on a prenatal supplement container while at the drug store.

If there’s one thing doctors agree on, it’s that all of their pregnant patients should take prenatal supplements. As a result, about 3 in 4 expecting mothers follow their doctor’s advice[1].

But even though they’re crucial for the health of mother and baby alike, prenatal supplements are completely unregulated[2]. There are no rules that require these supplements to contain any nutrients at all, let alone the...

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