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Blood Protein Shapes Reveal Alzheimer's Years Early
A landmark study published in Nature Aging has identified structural changes in three blood proteins that can detect Alzheimer's disease years before...
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A landmark study published in Nature Aging has identified structural changes in three blood proteins that can detect Alzheimer's disease years before...
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The vagus nerve is the body's longest cranial nerve, linking the brain to nearly every major organ. Vagus nerve stimulation—once a fringe idea—is now...
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A European Phase 2 trial published in The Lancet found that sulthiame, a drug originally used to treat childhood epilepsy, reduced breathing interrupt...
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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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