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What Is Acromegaly and Why It's Hard to Diagnose
Acromegaly is a rare hormonal disorder caused by excess growth hormone in adults. It progresses slowly over years, often going undiagnosed for half a...
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Acromegaly is a rare hormonal disorder caused by excess growth hormone in adults. It progresses slowly over years, often going undiagnosed for half a...
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Cannabis doesn't just blur memories—it can manufacture vivid recollections of things that never happened. Here is the neuroscience behind how THC hija...
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A major European phase 2 trial found that sulthiame, an existing epilepsy medication, reduced breathing interruptions in moderate-to-severe sleep apne...
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Cocaine addiction is not a moral failure but a biological one. Scientists now understand in detail how the drug hijacks the brain's reward circuitry,...
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Cryonics is the practice of freezing legally dead humans at extremely low temperatures in hopes of future revival. Here is how the science works, what...
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Sleep apnea causes breathing to repeatedly stop during sleep, raising the risk of heart disease, stroke, and cognitive decline. Here is how it works a...
For the first time in 25 years, a genuinely new class of painkiller has won FDA approval. Here is how NaV1.8 blockers like suzetrigine stop pain at th...
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A landmark study of 1,300 golden retrievers found that the same genes driving canine anxiety, trainability, and aggression also shape human depression...
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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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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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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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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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