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CBD and CBG: New Hope for Fatty Liver Disease Health

CBD and CBG: New Hope for Fatty Liver Disease

Israeli scientists have discovered that the non-intoxicating cannabis compounds CBD and CBG improve liver health through two cellular mechanisms: boos...

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Brain Protein DeltaFosB Found to Drive Cocaine Relapse Health

Brain Protein DeltaFosB Found to Drive Cocaine Relapse

Michigan State University scientists have identified DeltaFosB as the key molecular switch that rewires the brain's reward-memory circuit during chron...

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Why Teens Need More Sleep—and Why They Don't Get It Health

Why Teens Need More Sleep—and Why They Don't Get It

Adolescents need 8–10 hours of sleep per night, yet most get far less. Biology, school schedules, and technology conspire against them—with serious co...

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How Psilocybin Therapy Works for Depression Health

How Psilocybin Therapy Works for Depression

Psilocybin, the active compound in 'magic mushrooms,' is emerging as a powerful treatment for depression. Here's how it works in the brain, what a the...

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How HIV PrEP Works: From Daily Pills to 6-Month Shots Health

How HIV PrEP Works: From Daily Pills to 6-Month Shots

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has transformed HIV prevention. Here's how it works — from blocking the virus in your bloodstream to the breakthrough...

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How Habit Formation Works in the Brain Health

How Habit Formation Works in the Brain

Around 65% of our daily behaviors run on autopilot — but how does the brain actually turn a deliberate action into an automatic habit? The answer lies...

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How HIV Prevention Drugs Work: From Pills to Injections Health

How HIV Prevention Drugs Work: From Pills to Injections

PrEP medications have transformed HIV prevention from near-certain infection to near-zero risk. Here's how these drugs block the virus—and why a new t...

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What Is Rett Syndrome and Why Is It Hard to Treat? Health

What Is Rett Syndrome and Why Is It Hard to Treat?

Rett syndrome is a rare neurological disorder caused by mutations in the MECP2 gene that almost exclusively affects girls, stripping away language, mo...

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What Is Dravet Syndrome and Why Is It Hard to Treat? Health

What Is Dravet Syndrome and Why Is It Hard to Treat?

Dravet syndrome is a rare, catastrophic form of epilepsy that begins in infancy, resists most standard medications, and is caused by a single faulty g...

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How PrEP Works: From Daily Pills to Twice-Yearly Shots Health

How PrEP Works: From Daily Pills to Twice-Yearly Shots

Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, has transformed HIV prevention. A new twice-yearly injectable drug called lenacapavir works by targeting the virus'...

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Hepatitis A Outbreak Closes Prague Restaurant: Nine Infected Health

Hepatitis A Outbreak Closes Prague Restaurant: Nine Infected

Prague's public health authority has confirmed a hepatitis A outbreak at a restaurant in Prague 6. Nine people, including the owner, have fallen ill....

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LRG1 Protein Unmasked as Root Cause of Diabetic Blindness Health

LRG1 Protein Unmasked as Root Cause of Diabetic Blindness

Scientists at UCL have identified the protein LRG1 as the earliest trigger of diabetic retinopathy, constricting retinal blood vessels before any visi...

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