Scientists have gained new insights into how neurons in the brain communicate during a decision, and how the connections between neurons may help reinforce a choice.
Feb 21, 2024
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A new review of available evidence led by researchers at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute suggests that female reproductive characteristics may be overlooked as risk factors that contribute to later metabolic dysfunction.
Jan 26, 2024
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Menopause, the time that marks the end of a female's menstrual cycles, is a significant transition that comes with aging. This change has health effects, but researchers don't properly consider it in 99% of studies of the ...
Jan 10, 2024
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Researchers have uncovered evidence hinting that the most common bug spray ingredient, DEET, might cause reproductive problems by affecting the formation of egg cells during pregnancy.
Jan 4, 2024
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Four years after the first cases of an unusual pneumonia appeared in Wuhan in December 2019, nearly 7 million people have lost their lives to COVID-19, and some 65 million more continue to struggle with the infection's mystifying ...
Jan 2, 2024
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Patients are more likely to fall, get new infections, or experience other forms of harm during their stay in a hospital after it is acquired by a private equity firm, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard ...
Dec 26, 2023
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Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is extremely common, affecting nearly two-thirds of the world's population, according to the World Health Organization.
Dec 14, 2023
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You are sitting quietly, and suddenly your brain tunes out the world and wanders to something else entirely—perhaps a recent experience, or an old memory. You just had a daydream. Yet despite the ubiquity of this experience, ...
Dec 13, 2023
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The use of prior authorizations by insurance companies for certain oral cancer drugs can lead to significant delays in patients' obtaining the medication and make it more likely that some would discontinue the drug, according ...
Dec 13, 2023
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A new Project Viva study demonstrates the impact of prenatal per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) exposures on children. The study, published in the December 6 issue of Environmental Health Perspectives, observed a strong ...
Dec 8, 2023
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