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

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Many studies have indicated that ultra-processed foods are uniquely bad for our health. But the authors of this latest research, published ...
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

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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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Human Genome Project was completed 20 years ago. Here’s how it has revolutionized science

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For the 20-year anniversary of this historic event, we took a look back at the Human Genome Project and its impact ...
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Want taller kids? Skip the coffee while pregnant, study suggests

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Research out recently may one day complicate the standard advice given to pregnant people about drinking coffee. The study found ...
One of the deadliest diseases is on the rise again: Tuberculosis caused 1.6 million deaths last year alone

One of the deadliest diseases is on the rise again: Tuberculosis caused 1.6 million deaths last year alone

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One of the deadliest diseases in the world is once again gaining steam. A new report this week by the ...
Mutiny: Here’s how glioblastoma uses the brain against itself to spread cancer and resist treatment

Mutiny: Here’s how glioblastoma uses the brain against itself to spread cancer and resist treatment

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New research this week suggests that an aggressive brain cancer can hijack the brain’s own circuitry to further spread and ...
Tirzepatide: Drug  in trials that can help you shed 50 pounds or more is as effective as bariatric surgery

Tirzepatide: Drug in trials that can help you shed 50 pounds or more is as effective as bariatric surgery

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Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly [recently] disclosed the latest data from a phase III trial of its experimental type 2 diabetes ...
Viewpoint: Why almost all research showing homeopathy efficacy is worthless

Viewpoint: Why almost all research showing homeopathy efficacy is worthless

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Research on homeopathy, a 200-year-old form of alternative medicine, is often biased to make it look more effective than it ...
Stem-cell therapy can cure… everything? Sketchy clinics selling untested and often illegal treatments proliferate

Stem-cell therapy can cure… everything? Sketchy clinics selling untested and often illegal treatments proliferate

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Sketchy clinics selling untested and often illegal stem cell treatments in the U.S. are proliferating, new research out [November 4] ...
Puppy love: Dogs are born to understand people. Here’s how culture and evolution worked together

Puppy love: Dogs are born to understand people. Here’s how culture and evolution worked together

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The fate of dog and man has been entwined for millennia (exactly how long is still a question, with estimates ...
‘Optogenetics’ miracle? Gene therapy and high-tech goggles partially restore sight to man blinded for 40 years

‘Optogenetics’ miracle? Gene therapy and high-tech goggles partially restore sight to man blinded for 40 years

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[A new gene therapy to treat blindness] relies on something called optogenetics. The idea is to edit nerve cells collected ...
‘Brain glue’: A new way to help people with traumatic brain injuries

‘Brain glue’: A new way to help people with traumatic brain injuries

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Severe traumatic brain injuries, the sort caused by life-threatening accidents or assault that can send people into comas, are very ...
A nasal spray to fend off the common cold?

A nasal spray to fend off the common cold?

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[An] experimental drug—delivered via nasal spray—could help the immune system fend off all sorts of respiratory infections. The treatment is ...
Morbid curiosity? This study records what some people’s last moments alive were like

Morbid curiosity? This study records what some people’s last moments alive were like

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There’s no shortage of morbid curiosity surrounding death. But according to the researchers behind this project, known as the Death ...
Ebola-like virus, Chapare, emerges in Bolivia

Ebola-like virus, Chapare, emerges in Bolivia

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[A new] disease, caused by the Chapare virus, killed three people and is thought to have sickened at least five during [an] ...
‘We have absolutely no idea what the adverse effects of that could be’: What’s the science skinny on ‘brain boosting’ supplements

‘We have absolutely no idea what the adverse effects of that could be’: What’s the science skinny on ‘brain boosting’ supplements

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Nootropics, also called smart drugs, have become one of the fastest-growing segments of the supplement industry. They’re marketed as products that can ...
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Why it will be so difficult to develop a vaccine to prevent opioid addiction

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[P]atients taking opioids for chronic pain can produce antibodies to the drugs, which could help explain some of the side-effects ...
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Science around coronavirus reinfection remains unsettled

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[A] Vox article written by a primary care doctor in Washington D.C. laid out an imminent and frightening pandemic scenario, based on ...
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Mystery inflammation syndrome connected to COVID-19 in children results in brain damage

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[Children with COVID-19] can suffer everything from headaches to muscle weakness, along with visible signs of damage to the brain ...
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We’ve successfully flattened the curve. Now get ready for an ‘agonizing’ COVID-19 plateau

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As the summer gets into full swing and much of the country lifts its restrictions on distancing… it’s important to ...
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‘A misunderstanding’: WHO backtracks on claim that asymptomatic transmission of the coronavirus is ‘very rare’

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The World Health Organization held a press conference on Tuesday [June 9] to clarify a surprising announcement it made a ...
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Does the coronavirus ‘linger in the air’ long enough be dangerous? Why we can’t answer that question.

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Scientists are debating a key aspect of the coronavirus that causes covid-19: whether the virus lingers in the air for ...
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What’s real? Why ‘false memories’ are trouble for police, juries and judges

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In 2015, memory researcher and psychologist Julia Shaw and her co-author published a study on false memories. Over the course ...
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Second person cured of HIV after experimental stem cell transplant

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A London man living with HIV who received an experimental stem cell transplant has appeared free of the virus for ...
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Eliminating HIV by 2030 a real possibility, but ‘we’re not getting off to the right start’

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During his State of the Union address in February, President Donald Trump reiterated a promise he had made a year earlier: By ...
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We can eliminate cervical cancer by 2038

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A preventable cancer might be virtually eradicated in the U.S. within the next two decades, according to a new study out ...
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Immunotherapy breakthrough? CRISPR-edited immune cells proven safe for use in cancer patients in early stage trial

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Now for the first time in the U.S., researchers say they’ve shown that CRISPR-edited immune cells can be safely given ...
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How long will it take to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus?

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As a newly discovered pneumonia-causing virus threatens to engulf China and spread far beyond its borders, governments and researchers are ...
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