Health
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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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The Invisible Poisons in Our Daily Lives
I want you to think about chemicals for a moment. Not in some abstract, distant factory way. I mean the…
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The Invisible Disaster Killing Thousands: When Chemicals Escape Control
It happens more often than you think. A tanker truck overturns on a highway, spilling toxic chemicals into a river.…
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The Parasite That Hides for Decades Before Destroying Your Heart
They call it the “kissing bug” because it bites people’s faces while they sleep, often near the mouth or eyes.…
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The Cancer We Could Actually Wipe Out – If We Choose To
I want to tell you about something unprecedented in cancer history: the world has set a goal to eliminate a…
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The Silent Threat Killing More People Than Cancer, COVID, and Accidents Combined
Let me hit you with a statistic that changed how I think about health: cardiovascular diseases kill 17.9 million people…
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The Cancer Crisis We Could Actually Prevent
Here’s a number that stopped me in my tracks: one in six people who die globally dies from cancer. That’s…
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The Silent Skin Destroyer: Inside the Mystery of Buruli Ulcer
Imagine developing a massive, destructive ulcer on your arm or leg – and feeling absolutely no pain. No fever. No…
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The Brain Health Crisis You Haven’t Heard About
When was the last time you thought about your brain health? If you’re like most people, probably not recently. We…
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Your brain can be trained, much like your muscles – a neurologist explains how to boost your brain health
If you have ever lifted a weight, you know the routine: challenge the muscle, give it rest, feed it and…
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Brain Health: Your Most Important Organ Needs Care Too
Your brain weighs about three pounds, yet it controls everything—your thoughts, movements, emotions, memories, breathing, heartbeat, and personality. Brain health…
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Period pain and heavy bleeding cost the Australian economy billions every year in lost productivity: study
Michelle O’Shea, Western Sydney University and Mike Armour, Western Sydney University While period pain and heavy menstrual bleeding are common,…
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Breastfeeding: Nature’s Perfect Baby Food and Why It Matters
Imagine a food that’s perfectly designed for babies, comes at the right temperature, requires no preparation, costs nothing, protects against diseases, and…
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Antibiotic resistance could undo a century of medical progress – but four advances are changing the story
André O. Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology Imagine going to the hospital for a bacterial ear infection and hearing your…
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Why ‘unwinding’ with screens may be making us more stressed – here’s what to try instead
Robin Pickering, Gonzaga University As Americans increasingly report feeling overwhelmed by daily life, many are using self-care to cope. Conversations…
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