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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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Trace chemicals left on fruit and vegetables after farming enter your bloodstream every time you eat—here is how residues form, what risks they carry...
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C. difficile is a spore-forming bacterium that hijacks the gut after antibiotics wipe out protective bacteria. Here's how it works, why it keeps comin...
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Triple-negative breast cancer lacks the three receptors targeted by most breast cancer drugs, making it harder to treat than other subtypes — but new...
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A large randomized clinical trial, the PISCES study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, demonstrates that four grams of fish oil per da...
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Scientists from the Czech Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with colleagues from California, have described how the whooping cough bacterium uses...
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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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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...
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Pre-workout supplements promise better performance at the gym, but their high-dose stimulant cocktails carry real risks — from disrupted sleep to card...
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...
Nasal spray vaccines work by training the immune system at the exact point where viruses enter the body — the nose and airways — creating a line of de...
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