United States Health News API

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            "title": "Thymic health consequences in adults",
            "description": "The thymus is essential for establishing T cell diversity early in life, but undergoes profound involution with age and has therefore traditionally been regarded as largely nonfunctional in adults1,2. Here we propose that preserving thymic functionality is integral to adult health and longevity. We developed a deep learning framework to quantify thymic health from routine radiographic images and evaluated its association with longevity and risk of major age-associated diseases in two large prospective cohorts of asymptomatic adults: the National Lung Screening Trial (n = 25,031) and the Framingham Heart Study (n = 2,581). In both cohorts, thymic health varied markedly across the population. In the National Lung Screening Trial, higher thymic health was consistently associated with lower all-cause mortality, reduced lung cancer incidence and lower cardiovascular mortality over 12 years of follow-up after adjustment for age, sex, smoking and comorbidities. In the independent Framingham Heart Study cohort, higher thymic health was significantly associated with reduced cardiovascular mortality, independent of age, sex and smoking. Thymic health was further linked to systemic inflammation and metabolic dysregulation, and associated with modifiable lifestyle factors including smoking, obesity and physical activity. Together, these findings reposition the thymus as a central regulator of immune-mediated ageing and disease susceptibility in adulthood, highlighting its potential as a target for preventive and regenerative strategies to promote healthy ageing and longevity. Assessing thymic function and health has highlighted the lifelong importance of the thymus as an organ that could be targeted to improve health outcomes, protect against disease and promote healthy ageing.",
            "content": "Our results show that thymic decay in adults is highly individualized and that loss of thymic health increases mortality and disease incidence, including cancer and cardiovascular diseases. These findings were investigated in two independent prospect... [26753 chars]",
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            "title": "Drooling into your pillow could be a sign of a more serious issue",
            "description": "Drooling during the night can be embarrassing, but when do you need to worry about it? We asked the experts.",
            "content": "EDITOR’S NOTE: Check out CNN’s Sleep, But Better coverage during Sleep Week, March 8-14, or any time of year.\nThe evidence is irrefutable — a pile of drool atop a drenched spot on your pillow. As you awake with a start, you might even wipe that bit o... [7082 chars]",
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            "title": "NYC patients choose to stay awake during surgery",
            "description": "Caroline Shaw is just one of many patients who are having “awake” surgery instead of going under general anesthesia or IV sedation. With the help of oral sedatives and numbing, while under local anesthesia, patients alternate between dozing off and waking up rather than being fully out or fully awake.",
            "content": "Caroline Shaw had no idea she would feel an overwhelming urge to use the bathroom in the middle of her facelift.\n“My face was only half done, and they asked if they could take my picture, which they gave me as a souvenir,” the 57-year-old life coach,... [9937 chars]",
            "url": "https://nypost.com/2026/03/18/lifestyle/nyc-patients-choose-to-stay-awake-during-surgery/",
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