“Ghost poop” is a bowel movement that seemingly disappears without a trace after you flush the toilet. There’s no sign of it either in the toilet paper that you used to wipe your butt or in the toilet bowl. (Photo: Getty)
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From poison to power: How lead exposure helped shape human intelligence
What made the modern human brain so different from that of our extinct relatives, such as Neanderthals? Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, along with an international team, have discovered that ancient…
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Building A Future Without Missed Diagnoses
Despite advances, whole genome sequencing—and with it the promise of early, life-altering therapies—still isn’t a routine part of care for most newborns.
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Many babies enter the world with silent metabolic or genetic…
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Who Will Build Healthcare’s Most Powerful Platform?
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In the late 1800s, the U.S. railroad system didn’t just revolutionize transportation—it catalyzed entirely new industries. Refrigerated railcars enabled a national meatpacking economy. Standard…
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Amazon Launches Virtual Care For Kids Despite Turbulent Retail Health Market
Amazon One Medical is rolling out a pay-per-visit virtual healthcare service for children ages 2 to 11 despite the slow growth of retail health services and trouble of rivals that are scaling back medical services. (Latanya Simmons Photo)
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HIV rates are highest in the American South, despite effective treatments – a clash between culture and public health
The American South has the highest HIV rates in the country, accounting for more than half of new HIV diagnoses nationwide in 2023. This is despite growing availability of a highly effective HIV prevention medication that has made it…
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Zombies, jiangshi, draugrs, revenants − monster lore is filled with metaphors for public health
Imagine a city street at dusk, silent save for the rising sound of a collective guttural moan. Suddenly, a horde of ragged, bloodied creatures appear, their feet shuffling along the pavement, their hollow eyes locked on fleeing figures…
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Signs That AI Eases The Pain Of Loneliness But Distracts From The Cure
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Earlier this year, Forbes.com released a report about concerns for many young adults who are having parasocial relationships with anthropomorphized AI. Anthropomorphized AI includes chatbots that give the…
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Google Cloud And Color Health Partner To Expand Breast Cancer Screening Access
Per the American Cancer Society, the five-year survival rate for breast cancer, if found and treated early in the localized stage, is 99%.
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Color Health announced today that it will be forging a partnership with Google Cloud to increase access…
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A giant asteroid hit Earth, but its crater is missing
“These glasses are unique to Australia and have recorded an ancient impact event we did not even know about,” Professor Jourdan said.
in a crater but in tiny glass fragments found only in Australia.The discovery focuses on rare natural glass…
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