Tiny, newly formed tumors shed small fragments of DNA that are swept into the bloodstream. Future cancer screening tests could detect them early.
Category: 5. Health
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Cancer DNA is detectable in blood years before diagnosis
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Want to eat healthier? Add to your diet, rather than limit it
Nutrition experts say add more greens and beans to your diet; cooking classes can teach people to make these nutrient-dense foods taste delicious.
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Why Smoking Is Making A Comeback — And What It Means For Your Health
Gen Z is picking up where past generations left off—with a cigarette in hand.
A cigarette lit on screen once symbolized noir, danger and cool detachment — think Bogart or David Lynch. Then came the lawsuits, anti-smoking campaigns, bans…
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How artificial intelligence controls your health insurance coverage
Over the past decade, health insurance companies have increasingly embraced the use of artificial intelligence algorithms. Unlike doctors and hospitals, which use AI to help diagnose and treat patients, health insurers use these algorithms…
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3Daughters redesigns IUD to eliminate insertion pain for women.
3Daughters painless IUD
For decades, women seeking long-acting birth control have endured a painful and outdated…
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Cold sore virus hijacks human genome in 3D–and scientists found its weak spot
Viruses are entirely dependent on their hosts to reproduce. They ransack living cells for parts and energy and hijack the host’s cellular machinery to make new copies of themselves. Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1), it turns out, also redecorates,…
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Fitness trackers are failing millions — this fix could change everything
For many, fitness trackers have become indispensable tools for monitoring how many calories they’ve burned in a day. But for those living with obesity, who are known to exhibit differences in walking gait, speed, energy burned and more, these…
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Self-esteem skyrockets 131% after weight-loss surgery, study reveals
Self-esteem scores more than doubled within one year of weight-loss surgery, according to a new study* presented today at the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting.
Researchers from Geisinger…
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Can Improving Taxation In Africa Help Meet Health Needs?
Waiting for malaria vaccination in Uganda’s Apac District (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda)
In Sierra Leone, there was a time when “people were so happy to pay” local taxes, says Joanna Favour Tom-Kargbo, an economic justice manager for…
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Link Between Cannabis Use Disorder and Heart Problems
Patients hospitalized for heart failure who have cannabis use disorder (CUD) are significantly more likely to experience cardiogenic shock, acute myocardial infarction, and arrhythmias than those without the…
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