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How Chronic Wounds Work—and Why They Won't Heal
Chronic wounds affect millions worldwide and cost healthcare systems billions annually. Here's how normal healing breaks down, why oxygen starvation t...
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Chronic wounds affect millions worldwide and cost healthcare systems billions annually. Here's how normal healing breaks down, why oxygen starvation t...
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AI-powered voice analysis can identify signs of Parkinson's, depression, diabetes, and heart disease from short speech samples — a growing field that...
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Iron is essential for brain function, but as we age it accumulates in key brain regions, damaging neurons and driving cognitive decline. Scientists ar...
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Scientists can now restore hearing in people born deaf by injecting functional genes directly into the inner ear. Here's how the therapy works, which...
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Body mass index has guided medical decisions for decades, yet scientists and physicians increasingly warn that this 200-year-old formula misclassifies...
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As humanity plans missions to Mars and beyond, scientists are discovering that microgravity disrupts nearly every step of reproduction—from sperm navi...
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Cartilage is the smooth, rubbery tissue that cushions every joint in the body, yet it is one of the few tissues that cannot repair itself after damage...
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Resistant hypertension affects millions whose blood pressure stays dangerously high despite three or more medications. New research points to hidden h...
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E-cigarettes heat nicotine liquid into an inhalable aerosol instead of burning tobacco. The science on whether they help smokers quit—or create new he...
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Silent synapses are dormant brain connections that contain NMDA receptors but lack AMPA receptors. Around 30% of synapses in the adult cortex are sile...
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After a stroke destroys brain tissue, the brain can reroute lost functions through neuroplasticity—forming new pathways, sprouting axons, and even mak...
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Kidney stones affect one in ten adults and are growing more common worldwide. Here is how these painful crystals form inside the body, what types exis...
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