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High blood sugar may have a negative impact on men’s sexual health

The Endocrine Society
Reports and Proceedings

Metabolic health factors, including small increases in blood sugar, are the main drivers of change in the reproductive systems and sexual functioning of aging men, according to a study being presented Saturday at ENDO 2025, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in San Francisco, Calif.

Meeting: ENDO 2025

Emotional health of parents tied to well-being of children with growth hormone deficiency

The Endocrine Society
Reports and Proceedings

Strong emotional links between children with chronic conditions and their family caregivers suggest that improving parent well-being may directly benefit a child’s overall health and coping mechanisms, according to a study being presented Saturday at ENDO 2025, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in San Francisco, Calif.

Funder: Merck KGaA
Meeting: ENDO 2025

A high clinically translatable strategy to anti-aging using hyaluronic acid and silk fibroin co-crosslinked hydrogels as dermal regenerative fillers

Compuscript Ltd
Peer-Reviewed Publication

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsb.2025.04.020

This new article publication from Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, discusses a high clinically translatable strategy to anti-aging using hyaluronic acid and silk fibroin co-crosslinked hydrogels as dermal regenerative fillers.

Journal: Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B

CTE and normal aging are difficult to distinguish, new study finds

Northwestern University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Findings from a new Northwestern Medicine study of 174 donated brains, including some from former high school and college football players, pump the brakes on the theory that playing contact sports like football and hockey may increase the risk of brain diseases like Alzheimer’s disease or chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) due to a buildup of a specific protein in the brain.

Journal: Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease

Ankles might point the way to cartilage repair in osteoarthritis

Duke University Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Key proteins in the ankles are similar to those used by salamanders to regenerate severed limbs and might hold the key to a new therapeutic approach for joint disease.

Maternal depression substantially compromises parenting quality

Wolters Kluwer Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Mothers experiencing depression have considerable challenges across multiple parenting domains, according to a global systematic review published in the July issue of Harvard Review of Psychiatry, part of the Lippincott portfolio from Wolters Kluwer. Maternal depression is defined as major depressive disorder (MDD) that occurs during pregnancy or emerges within 4 to 30 weeks after birth.

Journal: Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Hidden danger: Study maps rise of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome in the U.S.

University of Delaware
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study shows four in five U.S. adults are affected by cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome—a little-known but widespread condition connecting obesity, diabetes, kidney disease and heart risk. With rates rising in every state since 2011, researchers are urging action to slow an alarming trend that they say is a result of fragmented healthcare systems.

Journal: JACC Advances