By the time Alzheimer's disease begins affecting a person's memory, the underlying changes in the brain may have been developing for decades. That delay limits opportunities for early intervention by the time most people ...
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Higher diet quality is associated with better lung function (LF), especially among individuals with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a study published in ERJ Open Research.
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Northwestern University economist Chuck Manski studies decision-making amid uncertainty. That prepared him better than many other cancer patients to decide whether to stay on an immunotherapy treatment that was making him ...
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Allergic rhinitis and asthma are among the most common chronic diseases today, affecting hundreds of millions of people worldwide. One contributing factor is climate change, which is extending pollen seasons, increasing pollen ...
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Fewer cases of mpox virus (MPXV) infection were reported in 2025 than in 2024, but the number of reported cases during September to October 2025 was double that seen in 2024, according to research published in the Aug. 20 ...
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The largest study to date to quantify and compare medical and illicit fentanyl use in the United States suggests that illicit use is more than twice as common as medical use.
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Alfalfa sprouts sold in grocery stores have sickened 55 people in 15 states, federal health officials say.
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More than 300 people died of Ebola in eastern Congo in the past week, one of the highest weekly tolls yet, government data showed Monday, as health workers struggle to catch up with an outbreak that is spreading at unprecedented ...
Aug 24, 2026
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Doctors have long known that changes in body temperature can affect seizure activity. Fever can trigger seizures in some young children, while in rare forms of epilepsy, bathing in hot water can bring on a seizure. Raised ...
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The Lancet HIV Commission on Aging's 2026 report highlights how profoundly the global HIV epidemic is changing.
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