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Anti-amyloid drug shows signs of preventing Alzheimer’s dementia
Randall J. Bateman, MD, the Charles F. and Joanne Knight Distinguished Professor of Neurology at WashU Medicine, is the study…
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Why do children use loopholes? New research explains the development of intentional misunderstandings in children
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Most people are familiar with loopholes. When your boss, landlord, partner, customer, or government asks you…
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What I learned during three years at the UK’s most secretive chemical weapons laboratory
Credit: Александр Македонский from Pexels When I first arrived at the top secret Porton Down laboratory, I was aware of…
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How the FDA allows companies to add secret ingredients to food
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain It’s a U.S. Food and Drug Administration rule that most Americans know little about, yet gives…
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Expert discusses surviving a stroke
Credit: Anna Shvets from Pexels In the not-so-distant past, doctors treated strokes in an after-the-fact way. A stroke did its…
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Without immediate action, nearly 260 million people in the US predicted to be overweight or obese by 2050
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Over the past three decades, there has been a startling increase in the prevalence of obesity…
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Breakdancers may risk ‘headspin hole’ caused by repetitive headspins, doctors warn
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Breakdancers may be at risk of developing a condition caused by repeatedly doing a cardinal move…
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The global fight for eradication
Since 1988, all but 2 countries have eliminated polio. Credit: CDC Poliomyelitis is an ancient disease that has resulted in…
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The global fight for eradication
Since 1988, all but 2 countries have eliminated polio. Credit: CDC Poliomyelitis is an ancient disease that has resulted in…
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Young girls are using anti-aging products they see on social media. The harm is more than skin deep
Scarlett Goddard Strahan, 11, poses for a portrait at her home on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, in Sacramento, Calif. Credit:…
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The next pandemic? How a familiar virus exploits new hosts
Influenza A boasts a wide range of natural hosts, with different strains established in different species. This wide network gives…
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A UCLA doctor is on a quest to free modern medicine from a Nazi-tainted anatomy book
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As Dr. Kalyanam Shivkumar pondered how to fix the human heart, he was given a gift…
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A rural Ugandan community is a hot spot for sickle cell disease. But one patient gives hope
Barbara Nabulo cleans clothes at her home in Busamaga-Mutukula village in Mbale, Uganda, Thursday, April 25, 2024. There can be…
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Some psychedelic drug users are stuck with unwelcome highs
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A.J. took two small hits off a cannabis vape pen, a common ritual with his morning…
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Global study reveals stark differences between females and males in disease burden causes
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Globally, there are substantial differences between females and males (aged 10 and older) when it comes…
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Many people with breast cancer ‘systematically left behind’ due to inaction on inequities and hidden suffering
Urgent breast cancer challenges can—and should—be tackled. Credit: The Lancet Breast cancer is now the world’s most common cancer; at…
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How to encourage healthy habits
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Ask a teenager whether they’re eating healthy or getting enough exercise, and you might get a…
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Exploring how oxytocin interacts with testosterone while humans play a game modeling intergroup conflict
Photograph taken during one of the sessions showing individuals playing the intergroup chicken game. Credit: Boaz Cherki. Over the past…
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A paramedic was skeptical about this treatment for stopping repeat opioid overdoses. Then he saw it help
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Fire Capt. Jesse Blaire steered his SUV through the mobile home park until he spotted the…
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Dramatic declines in global fertility rates set to transform global population patterns by 2100, says study
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The world is approaching a low-fertility future. Although by 2100 more than 97% of countries and…
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