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Health news • Jul 27

Doctors Say This Everyday Drink Could Cut Liver Cancer Risk by Nearly 50%, New Study Finds

The latest research suggests a link between a regular coffee habit and good liver health. Here's what's behind it.

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Health news • Jul 27

Where You Carry Your Body Fat Is Directly Linked to Brain Aging in First-of-Its-Kind Study

You can weigh the same as someone else, have the same BMI, and still be carrying a completely different risk to your brain.

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Health news • Jul 27

Scientists decipher how T cells sense enemies—such as cancer—at point of contact

Every encounter between a T cell and a potential target—especially when that target is a developing tumor—begins with a rapid series of molecular decisions.

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Health news • Jul 27

How Much Red Meat Is Healthy to Eat Per Week? A Dietitian Weighs In

Many people get their protein from red meat. But experts recommend limiting red and processed meat. Here's how often to eat it, according to a dietitian.

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Health news • Jul 27

A Woman Shared 6 Rarely Discussed ADHD Symptoms, And People Feel Seen

Discover 6 lesser-known ADHD experiences that resonate deeply with those who live with the condition. These quiet realities are finally being shared.

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Health news • Jul 27

Diabetes News: Metformin’s Brain Action

I can't take Metformin because it gives me severe diarrhea, but for others, it is good news that scientists have discover metformin's action in the brain…

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Health news • Jul 27

It’s Not Like We Just Failed to Stop Ebola. We Caused It

Ebola is once again making headlines and has been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern — the World Health Organization's highest...

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Health news • Jul 27

Measles Is Becoming So Common That Treatments May Soon Be Needed

Up until recently, measles vaccination has been so effective that there's been little medical or financial incentive to develop treatments for the disease.

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Health news • Jul 27

A woman who hadn't spoken an intelligible word in twenty years, silenced by a stroke, can form spoken sentences again — not by moving her mouth but through an experimental implant that reads the speech centres of her brain and turns her attempts to spea

A stroke took her speech in 2005. An implant now turns her attempts to speak into a synthesised voice. It arrives from a speaker about a second after she...

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Health news • Jul 27

Eating within 8 hours may help keep the aging brain sharp

Eating within a shorter daily window may help protect certain thinking skills as people age. In a small six-month trial, older women who limited eating to...

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Health news • Jul 27

UK doctors say breakthrough in Alzheimer’s research may have found way to restore sleep

A breakthrough by a UK research team could shift the way sleep loss is treated for patients with Alzheimer's disease.

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Health news • Jul 27

In a University of Chicago lab, a rat left free to roam learned to open a tube and release a trapped cagemate, and when researchers added chocolate as a rival temptation, the rat opened both at much the same speed, then ate less of the chocolate than it would

In December 2011, Inbal Ben-Ami Bartal, Jean Decety and Peggy Mason published a short report in Science describing what happened when they put one rat in an...

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Health news • Jul 27

Doctors share what sleeping with a fan on does to your body and health

Sleeping with a fan on can offer some relief, but too much concentrated air can irritate allergies.

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Health news • Jul 27

Congo Ebola death toll tops 1,400 as vaccine trials start

DR Congo's Ebola outbreak has continued to grow, with confirmed infections reaching 3200 and a fatality rate of nearly one in two. Scientists are racing to...

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Health news • Jul 27

Scientists Just Discovered A Contagious Cancer In A Catfish, The Fourth Known To Science. Meet The Other Three

Scientists have identified a contagious melanoma in brown bullhead fish from the Vermont-Quebec border, marking the fourth known transmissible cancer and...

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Health news • Jul 27

Why are so many disease outbreaks popping up at once in US?

As the calendar shifts to August, the United States has continued to see multiple infectious diseases make headlines.

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Health news • Jul 27

Polk County measles concern ends after 21 days

This follows the first measles case reported in Iowa in 2026. July 26th marked 21 days since the last community-based exposure.

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Health news • Jul 27

Man says ‘AI psychosis’ cost him his job, home and sanity

Anthony Cesar Duncan says chatbot conversations fueled delusions that cost him his home, job and freedom, highlighting concerns about "AI psychosis."

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Health news • Jul 27

Ebola infections in DR Congo surge to 3,200, with 1,405 deaths

The number of people infected with Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has risen to 3,200, according to government data, including at least 1,405...

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Health news • Jul 27

Ebola Outbreak in Congo Set to Become Second-Largest on Record After Confirmed Cases Reach 3,200

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is poised to become the second-largest on record within days, after 856 new confirmed infections were...

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