Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is an inherited disorder in which clusters of fluid-filled cysts gradually develop within the kidneys. As these cysts enlarge and multiply, they damage the surrounding tissue and limit the organs’ ability to…
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Limiting childhood vaccines puts everyone’s health at risk
In September, the federal committee that makes vaccine recommendations voted to change the childhood immunization schedule. That in itself isn’t unusual; past committees have done so over the years. But this time, careful…
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How ADHD Benefits Help Physicians Excel: ADHD Comes With Strengths
Doctors with ADHD benefit from ADHD strengths to become outstanding clinicians.
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Across medicine, a quiet revolution is underway. More and more physicians (many of them leaders in their fields) are discovering in midlife that they have ADHD….
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Vice President Dick Cheney’s life followed the arc of the biggest breakthroughs in cardiovascular medicine
The life and political legacy of former Vice President Dick Cheney, who died on Nov. 4, 2025, at the age of 84, has been well documented. But his decades-long battle with heart disease may be less appreciated.
Cheney benefited from almost…
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Florida residents’ anxiety is linked to social media use and varies with age, new study shows
Over 40 million American adults – approximately 19% – live with an anxiety disorder, according to the National Institutes of Health.
Studies show this anxiety is most prevalent in young people. In recent years, social psychologists such…
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Jeff Bezos Is Backing AI Drug Development Startup Profluent
Profluent founder Ali Madani
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Profluent has raised $106 million to scale up use of its AI models for biology in drug development and agriculture.
Ali Madani started thinking about how AI could be programmed for biology in 2020, years before…
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Everyday microplastics could be fueling heart disease
A research team at the University of California, Riverside has found that routine exposure to microplastics — tiny pieces released from packaging, fabrics, and common consumer plastics — may speed up the formation of atherosclerosis, the…
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How to keep Ozempic/Wegovy weight loss without the nausea
New studies are revealing how medications that act on the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) system influence brain networks tied to nausea, thirst, and reward-driven behaviors. GLP-1 drugs include commonly used treatments such as semaglutide…
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Supercomputer creates the most realistic virtual brain ever
Using the strength of one of the fastest supercomputers on the planet, scientists have created one of the most comprehensive and biologically realistic animal brain simulations ever developed. This digital reconstruction of the entire mouse…
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In Mumbai, more than 80% of people who die due to extreme rainfall live in slums
MUMBAI, INDIA – SEPTEMBER 4: People walk through a flooded street following heavy monsoon rains at LBS road Kurla, on September 4, 2019 in Mumbai, India. Heavy rain pounded Mumbai on Wednesday, bringing the city to a halt. Train services were…
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