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Health news • May 27

Why caffeine can sabotage deep sleep even when you still get eight hours

Evening coffee has sparked controversy for years. Some people fall asleep without difficulty, while others toss and turn for half the night.

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Health news • May 27

My Patient Invited Me To Her Home To Watch Her Die. What I Saw When I Arrived Gave Me Goosebumps.

She sat down and paused for a few seconds, and then looked at me earnestly and asked, 'Will you be there to hold my hand?'”

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Health news • May 27

Human haematopoietic stem cells remember inflammatory stress

Inflammation activates blood cells, contributing to ageing and malignancy1–3. Haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) survive a lifetime of infection to sustain...

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Health news • May 27

AI maps brain waste-clearing flow, revealing two speeds tied to deep sleep

When a person goes into deep sleep, waterlike fluid circulates around the brain, washing away metabolic waste that is linked to diseases such as Alzheimer's...

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Health news • May 27

Many people skip colonoscopies. Experts just added a blood test to the options.

Blood tests miss early cancers and should be limited to people who decline other methods, new guidelines say.

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Health news • May 27

Canada to suspend immigration documents for residents of Uganda, South Sudan, and the DR Congo

Canada will suspend immigration documents for residents of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan starting May 27, 11.59 p.m. EDT.

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Health news • May 27

Expedition Cruise Ship Hondius Delayed for Additional Cleaning

A week after the expedition cruise ship Hondius reached Rotterdam with a skeleton crew aboard, the operator reports its departure is being delayed for...

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Health news • May 27

Cluster of mpox cases identified in Wisconsin; prevention resources

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) encourages Wisconsinites to take steps to prevent mpox after cases were recently confirmed in southeastern...

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Health news • May 27

Hantavirus is in the news

Hantavirus news is usually confined to high-risk areas such as Arizona and New Mexico and unusual outbreaks like that in Yosemite National Park in 2012.

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Health news • May 27

Woman, 42, Suffers Burst Brain Aneurysm and Stroke While Driving. It Started With 2 Sudden Symptoms

Nichole Vallette, 42, had a sudden, severe headache and nausea while driving to work. It was the first sign of a life-threatening ruptured brain aneurysm...

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Health news • May 27

'Breakneck' Ebola epidemic in Congo outpaces world's response

Interviews with global health officials and documents ​from a meeting led by the World Health Organization and Africa Centres for Disease Control and...

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Health news • May 27

Inside Your Health: Tick bites activity on the rise in Minnesota

Tick bite activity is rising across the U.S. and Minnesota is among the states reporting high emergency room visits.

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Health news • May 27

Multi-Tissue Transcriptomic Clocks Offer Clues to Mammalian Aging, Mortality

Researchers identified genes and pathways involved in aging and mortality with new transcriptomic clocks based on cross-tissue expression data for four...

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Health news • May 27

‘Universal’ aging clocks offer new clues to longevity

“Universal” biological signatures of aging shared across different mammalian species—including humans—could offer new clues to identifying longevity and...

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Health news • May 27

False Ebola claims run wild as Congo outbreak worsens

Distrust and violence flare in the Democratic Republic of Congo as false claims spread that the outbreak — and the disease itself — is a hoax.

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Health news • May 27

5 ways daily cannabis use can affect your body and mind

Proponents say the drug can help with sleep and pain, but there's little research surrounding potential long-term effects of daily use.

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Health news • May 27

Sex advice: I haven't told my wife about why my last marriage ended. It feels like I'm lying to her.

How to Do It is Slate's sex advice column. Have a question? Send it to Stoya and Rich here. It's anonymous! Dear How to Do It,. I've been married to my...

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Health news • May 27

More Than This Many Hours of Sleep Is Linked to Early Death, Scientists Find

New research found that there's such a thing as too much sleep, which can accelerated aging and a higher risk of mortality.

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Health news • May 27

Blood test added to screening guidelines for colorectal cancers for first time

The American Cancer Society introduces new screening options for colorectal cancer, including a blood test, to increase early detection.

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Health news • May 27

This 1 Activity Could Actually Slow Down Aging. You Might Already Be Doing It Without Realizing

Unlike chronological age, which simply refers to how long you've been alive, biological age refers to how fast your cells, tissues, and organs are aging.

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