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How the Brain Rewires Itself After a Stroke Science

How the Brain Rewires Itself After a Stroke

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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How Kidney Stones Form—and Why They Keep Coming Back Health

How Kidney Stones Form—and Why They Keep Coming Back

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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How Clean Air Zones Work—and Why Cities Adopt Them Science

How Clean Air Zones Work—and Why Cities Adopt Them

Clean air zones restrict or charge polluting vehicles in city centers. With over 320 active across Europe alone, these zones measurably cut nitrogen d...

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Cold Kills 20x More Hearts Than Heat, Major US Study Finds Health

Cold Kills 20x More Hearts Than Heat, Major US Study Finds

A landmark 20-year analysis of over 14 million U.S. cardiovascular deaths reveals cold weather causes roughly 40,000 excess heart-related deaths annua...

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What Is Brown Fat and How Does It Burn Calories? Science

What Is Brown Fat and How Does It Burn Calories?

Brown adipose tissue is a special calorie-burning fat packed with mitochondria. Scientists are studying how it generates heat, protects metabolic heal...

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What Is Erythritol and Why Scientists Are Worried Health

What Is Erythritol and Why Scientists Are Worried

Erythritol is a zero-calorie sugar substitute found in thousands of keto and diet products. Growing research links it to blood clots, stroke risk, and...

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How a Father's Health Before Conception Shapes His Baby Science

How a Father's Health Before Conception Shapes His Baby

Research reveals that a father's diet, stress, and lifestyle alter sperm epigenetics—chemical tags on DNA—that can influence offspring health for gene...

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What Is Long COVID and Why Does It Persist for Years? Health

What Is Long COVID and Why Does It Persist for Years?

Long COVID affects hundreds of millions worldwide, with symptoms lasting months or years after infection. Scientists have identified viral persistence...

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How Cold Weather Raises Heart Attack Risk Health

How Cold Weather Raises Heart Attack Risk

Cold temperatures trigger vasoconstriction, thicken the blood, and spike blood pressure — a cascade that kills roughly 40,000 Americans a year. Here i...

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How Deepfake Medical Images Work—and Why They Fool Doctors Technology

How Deepfake Medical Images Work—and Why They Fool Doctors

AI can now generate synthetic X-rays so realistic that radiologists and other AI systems struggle to tell them apart from authentic scans, raising urg...

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How Measles Causes Immune Amnesia—and Why It Returns Health

How Measles Causes Immune Amnesia—and Why It Returns

Measles is the most contagious virus known to science, capable of infecting 90% of unvaccinated people nearby. Beyond the rash, it erases years of imm...

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How the WHO Works—and What Happens When Countries Leave Science

How the WHO Works—and What Happens When Countries Leave

The World Health Organization coordinates global health efforts for 194 member states. Here is how it is structured, funded, and what happens when a c...

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