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Shocking Ways to Avoid Microplastics in Your Brain

ITV’s This Morning told viewers how to cut microplastic exposure after citing a study that reported plastic in human brains.Story HighlightsITV’s This Morning shared...
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Prostate Cancer: Miss This Test, Pay Later

A simple blood test, done early enough, can mean the difference between catching prostate cancer while it's curable and finding it after it has...
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College Duo Stuns America With Cancer Hack

A college student turned her own cancer scare into a nanotechnology breakthrough that just won national recognition.Quick TakeNistha Neupane, a University of Arkansas at...
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Eye-Care Groups Sound Ozempic Alarm

People taking popular weight-loss and diabetes shots may be cutting their risk of a common cause of blindness by nearly a fifth, according to...
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Brain Study Shreds Cannabis ‘Chill-Free’ Myth

A new brain study shows that cannabis can flip on a fear switch in the brain, making some users more anxious instead of calm.Quick...
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Protein Bars’ Hidden Heart Hit

Your morning protein bar and bowl of cereal might be doing more damage to your heart than the butter you swapped out for them.Quick...
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Autoimmune Spiral: The Part Nobody Treats

Millions of women living with autoimmune disease carry a second, hidden burden: a much higher risk of depression and anxiety that too often goes...
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How does a painkiller really “know” where it hurts?

Painkillers do not hunt your hurt; they change the body’s pain signals everywhere at once.Story SnapshotMost over-the-counter pain relievers work by blocking cyclooxygenase enzymes,...
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Medicine’s Blindspot: Why is it so hard to cure the common cold?

Scientists have mapped the human genome, built vaccines in under a year, and sent probes past the edge of the solar system, yet they...
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The Hidden Symptom Fueling Depression

Millions of people who feel anxious or depressed share one quiet symptom nobody asks them about: the simple inability to feel joy anymore.Quick TakeAnhedonia...

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