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Clinical trials: Why every medicine you take exists because strangers volunteered to test it first
Sarah held the consent form in her hands, reading it for the third time. She had breast cancer. Standard treatment…
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Climate change: The health crisis doctors can’t treat but we can still prevent
Dr. Sharma worked the emergency room during Delhi’s record-breaking heatwave last summer. The first patient arrived at dawn—a 67-year-old construction…
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Chronic respiratory diseases: The silent epidemic stealing breath from millions worldwide
Maria first noticed something wrong when she couldn’t keep up with her grandson anymore. Simple walks left her gasping. Climbing…
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Artificial metacognition: Giving an AI the ability to ‘think’ about its ‘thinking’
Have you ever had the experience of rereading a sentence multiple times only to realize you still don’t understand it?…
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Why too much phosphorus in America’s farmland is polluting the country’s water
When people think about agricultural pollution, they often picture what is easy to see: fertilizer spreaders crossing fields or muddy…
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Cholera: Why a treatable disease still kills thousands when clean water would stop it
The text message came at 3 AM. Dr. Hassan, working with an aid organization in Yemen, watched five patients arrive…
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Children’s environmental health: The invisible killers in the air, water, and dirt
Three-year-old Maya couldn’t stop coughing. Her mother thought it was just another cold, common in their neighborhood near a busy…
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Childhood cancer: Why 80% survive in rich countries but only 30% in poor ones
Seven-year-old Amara was diagnosed with leukemia in rural Kenya. Her mother sold everything—their goats, her jewelry, borrowed from relatives—to get…
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Penis size may be driven by women (oh, and it matters)
Rob Brooks, UNSW Sydney How important is penis size? Authors from the Australian National University, Monash and La Trobe provide…
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Why are human penises so large? New evolutionary study finds two main reasons
Upama Aich, The University of Western Australia and MIchael Jennions, Australian National University “Size matters” sounds like a tabloid cliché,…
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Human composting, natural burials, water cremation: greener ways to go when you die
All of us, sooner or later, will need to make a decision about the final resting place for ourselves or…
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Practise using bags and lunchboxes: how to build your child’s confidence as they start school
Starting school is a big moment in a child’s life. It is a time filled with new routines, new people…
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Child health: Why millions of preventable deaths happen while we watch
The small boy arrived at the clinic barely breathing. His mother had walked six hours carrying him, watching his tiny…
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Child Growth: The Most Important Numbers You’re Not Tracking
Every month, Sophie takes her 18-month-old daughter Emma to the clinic. The nurse measures Emma, plots the numbers on a…
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The Disease That Went From Nowhere to Everywhere
Picture this: it’s 2003, and you’re a medical student in Brazil. You’re memorizing hundreds of diseases, but chikungunya isn’t one…
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