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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 a Marathon and Why Is It 26.2 Miles? Sport

What Is a Marathon and Why Is It 26.2 Miles?

From a legendary Greek messenger to Olympic royalty, the story behind the marathon's exact distance is stranger than most runners know — and the scien...

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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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Why Is a Marathon Exactly 26.2 Miles? Sport

Why Is a Marathon Exactly 26.2 Miles?

The marathon's oddly precise distance traces back to ancient legend, a Victorian poem, and a royal family's viewing preferences at the 1908 London Oly...

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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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How Fatty Liver Disease Works—and Why It's So Common Health

How Fatty Liver Disease Works—and Why It's So Common

Once overlooked, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) now affects roughly one in three adults worldwide. Here's how fat si...

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What Is Diabetic Retinopathy and How It Causes Blindness Health

What Is Diabetic Retinopathy and How It Causes Blindness

Diabetic retinopathy is the world's leading cause of preventable blindness in working-age adults. Here's how high blood sugar silently destroys the ey...

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How CAR T-Cell Therapy Fights Cancer Health

How CAR T-Cell Therapy Fights Cancer

CAR T-cell therapy reprograms a patient's own immune cells to hunt and destroy cancer. Here's how this revolutionary treatment works, which cancers it...

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