Prevention

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What Are PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' and Why They Matter Health

What Are PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' and Why They Matter

PFAS are a class of over 10,000 man-made chemicals that resist breakdown in the body and environment, linked to cancer, hormone disruption, and — acco...

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How Maternal RSV Vaccination Protects Newborns Health

How Maternal RSV Vaccination Protects Newborns

RSV is the leading cause of infant hospitalization worldwide. A vaccine given to pregnant women in late pregnancy transfers protective antibodies dire...

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What Are Ultra-Processed Foods—and Why Avoid Them? Health

What Are Ultra-Processed Foods—and Why Avoid Them?

Ultra-processed foods now make up nearly 60% of calories in the average American diet. A growing body of research links them to heart disease, diabete...

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Gut Bacteria and Serotonin: Hope for IBS Sufferers Health

Gut Bacteria and Serotonin: Hope for IBS Sufferers

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have identified two gut bacteria capable of producing serotonin, opening new therapeutic avenues for the m...

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What Is Graft-Versus-Host Disease and How Is It Treated? Health

What Is Graft-Versus-Host Disease and How Is It Treated?

Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a serious complication of bone marrow and stem cell transplants where donor immune cells attack the recipient's bo...

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MIT's Gut Protein Discovery May Transform IBD Treatment Science

MIT's Gut Protein Discovery May Transform IBD Treatment

MIT researchers have identified intelectin-2, a protein with a dual role in gut defense — it reinforces the intestinal mucus barrier and directly kill...

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What Is Auditory Beat Stimulation and How Does It Work? Health

What Is Auditory Beat Stimulation and How Does It Work?

Auditory beat stimulation uses precisely tuned sound frequencies to nudge brain activity into calmer states. Here is the science behind how binaural b...

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How PET Scans Work and Why They Detect Cancer Early Health

How PET Scans Work and Why They Detect Cancer Early

PET scans use radioactive sugar tracers and gamma-ray detection to map metabolic activity inside the body, revealing tumors long before symptoms appea...

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How Your Gut's Mucus Layer Defends Against Bacteria Health

How Your Gut's Mucus Layer Defends Against Bacteria

A thin coat of mucus lining your intestines is one of the body's most important — and least understood — defenses. Here's how it works, what it keeps...

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What Is Prediabetes and Why Reversing It Matters Health

What Is Prediabetes and Why Reversing It Matters

More than 630 million adults worldwide have prediabetes — and most don't know it. Here's what the condition is, how it develops, and why new research...

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How Cancer Metastasis Works and Why It's So Deadly Health

How Cancer Metastasis Works and Why It's So Deadly

Metastasis — the spread of cancer from its original site to distant organs — accounts for more than 90% of cancer deaths. Here is how the process work...

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How Severe COVID and Flu Infections Raise Lung Cancer Risk Health

How Severe COVID and Flu Infections Raise Lung Cancer Risk

New research published in Cell reveals that severe respiratory viral infections reprogram immune cells in the lungs, creating a long-lasting pro-tumor...

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