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Scientists losing uphill battle to prevent measles spread

Daniel Engber | 
Measles seems poised to make a comeback in America. Two adults and two children staying at a migrant shelter in ...
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Global ‘longevity hotspots’: What’s the secret of these blue zones?

Joseph Lillis, Justin Roberts | 
Ageing is an inevitable part of life, which may explain our strong fascination with the quest for longevity. The allure of eternal youth drives a multi-billion ...
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Scammy food allergy test? Why the most prominent US allergy association recommends against relying on popular IgG serological panels

A test that claims to be able to diagnose food sensitivities and is commonly available is the food IgG test.  ...
Did eugenicist Charles Lindbergh fake his disabled son’s ‘crime-of-the-century’ kidnapping to cover up experiments by Nazi-sympathizing scientists?

Did eugenicist Charles Lindbergh fake his disabled son’s ‘crime-of-the-century’ kidnapping to cover up experiments by Nazi-sympathizing scientists?

Emily Beitiks | 
The kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh’s son has inspired plausible theories about what really happened ...
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Are ‘superdodgers’ real? Is COVID seasonal? We’re finally making progress on understanding 7 of the biggest COVID mysteries

Knvul Sheikh | 
When the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a global pandemic in March 2020, nearly everything about the novel coronavirus was ...
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Treating tinnitus: FDA approves first device to reduce ear ringing

Chuck Dinerstein | 
Tinnitus is a perceived sound that only you can hear. It might be a ringing, buzz, or tone. It arises ...
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Viewpoint: Do you believe in magic? Many nutritional supplements are impure, ineffective, unsafe — and unregulated. That needs to change

Henry Miller | 
Herbal dietary supplements (also known as nutritional supplements, but correctly called botanicals), once dismissed as hippie fare, are now widely ...
The dark side of convenient foods: 32 health problems from heart disease to depression are associated with ultra-processed foods, new study claims

The dark side of convenient foods: 32 health problems from heart disease to depression are associated with ultra-processed foods, new study claims

Ed Cara | 
Many studies have indicated that ultra-processed foods are uniquely bad for our health. But the authors of this latest research, published ...
‘A walking experiment in hyper-vaccination’: What happened when a man chose to get 217 COVID shots in just over two year

‘A walking experiment in hyper-vaccination’: What happened when a man chose to get 217 COVID shots in just over two years?

Mira Cheng | 
A 62-year-old from Magdeburg deliberately got 217 Covid-19 vaccine shots in the span of 29 months, new study states ...
Nightmare germ: A look back at terrifying Mad Cow Epidemic that began in the 1980s

Nightmare germ: A look back at terrifying Mad Cow Epidemic that began in the 1980s

Ed Cara | 
One of the most existentially frightening illnesses ever to be discovered was mad cow disease, a fatal prion-spread illness that ...
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Comparing weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Mounjaro

Saima Sidik | 
Drug Comparison: A plethora of new weight-loss drugs are now available in the U.S., but they aren’t necessarily the same ...
Japanese patients wait an average of 15 years for a kidney transplant. Xenotransplantation to create pig-grown organs could dramatically enhance suppy

Japanese patients wait average of 15 years for a kidney transplant. Xenotransplantation to create pig-grown organs could dramatically enhance supply

eGenesis and PorMedTec plan to jointly advance the development of genetically engineered organs in Japan to address the massive unmet ...
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PCOS and brain health: Hormonal disorder underdiagnosed, affects 1 in 10 women — and is a sign of cognitive decline later in life

Kristen Rogers | 
PCOS, a hormonal disorder which affects at least 1 in 10 women, has been linked awith potential cognitive issues in ...
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Viewpoint: Healthy eating is less about what you eat and more about how much

Fred Abramson | 
“Avoid carbohydrates!” “Eat intermittently!” “Eat like a caveman!” “Increase foods that are antioxidants!” The list of recommendations is vast ...
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Ozempic and body positivity: Inside the ‘industry-wide strategy to use plus-size influencers to sell injectable weight-loss medication’

Shane O'Neill | 
When Virgie Tovar got an email asking her to promote injectable weight-loss medications on her social media, she thought it was spam ...
Bangladesh still stuck in the past as locally grown Golden Rice hits markets in the Philippines

Bangladesh still stuck in the past as locally grown Golden Rice hits markets in the Philippines

Paul Roberts | 
Golden Rice has finally hit markets across the Philippines as the country embraces the genetically modified crop to boost local ...
Medical marijuana for animals? Veterinarians test treating pets and zoo animals with CBD and THC

Medical marijuana for animals? Veterinarians test treating pets and zoo animals with CBD and THC

Rachel Nuwer | 
Many people and their doctors have embraced medical marijuana for health ills, treating pets and zoo animals with CBD and ...
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Cannabis and male fertility: Here’s how smoking marijuana affects sperm quality

Kerry Charron | 
A recent study published in Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research indicates a potential link between cannabis use and an increase in testosterone, improved ...
Epidemic of severe infections of skin scalp and nails: Overuse of over the counter creams linked to antifungal resistance

Epidemic of severe infections of skin, scalp, and nails: Overuse of over-the-counter creams linked to antifungal resistance

Clare Watson | 
CDC claims combinations of antifungal treatments with corticosteroids are contributing to the rise and spread of severe fungal infections ...
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Hyper-palatable food: Scientist who published the seminal study showing the dangers of all ultra-processed food backs away from his theory

Nina Kristiansen | 
In 2019, Kevin Hall conducted a study that has been cited by researchers all over the world. It is mentioned ...
Oysters have long been thought of as an aphrodisiac. Does science agree?

Oysters have long been thought of as an aphrodisiac. Does science agree?

Lindsey Bever | 
Experts say oysters do contain elements that may enhance sex drive, though there is no scientific evidence showing a direct ...
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Viewpoint: Weighing the costs of relying on government-reimbursements to address America’s ballooning fat problem

Richard Williams | 
Giving everyone that is overweight or obese access to one of the new diet drugs would increase deficit spending from ...
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Organ shortage and genetic modification: Tissues from 3D-bioprinting and GM pigs could address organ shortages but over-regulation causes lags

Henry Miller, Sally Satel | 
Modern medicine has produced many kinds of high-tech miracles, among them gene therapy to correct malfunctioning genes, electrical stimulation devices to restore ...
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Four out of five people with autoimmune diseases are women. We finally know why

Carmen Leitch | 
It's estimated that four of every five people who have an autoimmune disease are women. For some disorders the ratio ...
‘Heart on a chip’ helps scientists assess cancer therapy cardiac risks

‘Heart on a chip’ helps scientists assess cancer therapy cardiac risks

Christina Elston | 
Chemotherapy can be toxic to heart cells. To help protect the hearts of cancer patients, Cedars-Sinai investigators have created a ...
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