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Thyroid hormones play a significant role in pancreatic endoderm cell (PEC) therapy in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D), according to a study, noting that a thyroid hormone adjuvant therapy may be helpful in improving cell outcomes in some recipients of PEC.

Women who have been clinically diagnosed with perinatal depression are at greater risk of death, particularly during the first year of diagnosis and due to an unnatural death, such as suicide, reports a study. The observed association exists independent of psychiatric history and familiar factors.

A nationwide mobility screening encompassing ultrasound bone scan and muscle strength test revealed that 50 percent of adults aged 45 and above were at risk of poor bone health while 1-in-3 had weak muscle strength.