Since his inauguration in January 2025, President Donald Trump has issued several executive orders that seek to limit federal recognition of transgender people. These orders have attempted to ban transgender athletes from women’s sports,…
Category: 5. Health
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Having ADHD And Living In A Smaller City Might Increase Obesity Risk: Study
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is usually associated with the image of a child jumping off walls and being…
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Caitlin Clark Sidelined For 2 Weeks With Quad Strain
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – MAY 20: Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever during the game against the … More
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New study analyzes air quality impacts of wildfire smoke
With wildfires increasing in frequency, severity, and size in the Western U.S., researchers are determined to better understand how smoke impacts air quality, public health, and even the weather. As fires burn, they release enormous amounts of…
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Zika virus uses cells’ ‘self-care’ system to turn against host
A new study reveals the biological secret to the Zika virus’s infectious success: Zika uses host cells’ own “self-care” system of clearing away useless molecules to suppress the host proteins that the virus has employed to get into those cells in…
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Location matters: Belly fat compared to overall body fat more strongly linked to psoriasis risk
Researchers have found that central body fat, especially around the abdomen, is more strongly linked to psoriasis risk than total body fat, particularly in women. This link between central fat and psoriasis remained consistent regardless of…
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Wilms tumors: How genes and imprinting pave the way for cancer
A research team at the Biocenter of Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU), together with cooperation partners at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge (UK), has taken a significant step towards understanding Wilms’ tumors,…
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Boys who are overweight in their early teens risk passing on harmful epigenetic traits to future children
A new study suggests that boys who become overweight in their early teens risk damaging the genes of their future children, increasing their chances of developing asthma, obesity and low lung function.
Research published in Communications Biology…
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A chip with natural blood vessels
How can we investigate the effects of a new drug? How can we better understand the interaction between different organs to grasp the systemic response? In biomedical research, so-called organs-on-a-chip, also referred to as microphysiological…
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Chronic renal failure: Discovery of a crucial biomarker
In a world first, Canadian scientists at the CRCHUM, the hospital research centre affiliated with Université de Montréal, have identified microRNA able to protect small blood vessels and support kidney function after severe injury.
For the four…
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