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Health news • Jun 25

How drugs like Ozempic are messing with people’s smell and taste

The lean-seeking masses could end up losing more than just their apple bottoms, as recent research suggests the meds can mess with both taste and smell.

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Health news • Jun 25

Younger Generations Are Aging Faster – and It May Be Fueling a Surge in Cancer

Younger generations may be aging biologically faster than those before them, and that shift could help explain rising rates of cancer at younger ages.

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Health news • Jun 25

Iron accumulation in the brain may contribute to neurodegeneration

Neurodegenerative diseases affect tens of millions of people worldwide. Among these, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases are the most common; in the United...

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Health news • Jun 25

This Cat Parasite Infects Billions of People. Scientists Say We’ve Been Underestimating It

Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite that spreads through cat poop and contaminated food and water, should be taken much more seriously than it currently is,...

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Health news • Jun 25

Kristen Bell Shared the High-Protein Snack She Recommends to All Her Friends

Kristen Bell loves this high-protein cottage cheese bowl, which you can make with a handful of pantry ingredients. Learn how simple it is to make.

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Health news • Jun 25

Gene Cluster Produces Multiple Antibiotics to Combat Drug Resistance

Streptomyces bacteria mount a coordinated attack on bacterial biotin production -- a strategy against multidrug-resistant infections.

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Health news • Jun 25

Nature Medicine Retracts Viral Lung Cancer Timing Study After Four-Month Investigation

A Phase III trial linking morning administration of immunochemotherapy to dramatically better survival outcomes in non-small cell lung cancer has been...

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Health news • Jun 25

Which diet — and exact foods — are great for preventing dementia: study

What you eat has a serious impact on how your brain ages — and a new study says a certain diet could greatly reduce your dementia risk.

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Health news • Jun 25

ER Visits for Tick Bites Are Surging to Decade-High Levels. How To Protect Yourself

Emergency room visits for tick bites are surging across the country, and some experts project 2026 will be the worst tick season in a decade.

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Health news • Jun 25

If You Can Pass This 30-Question Adulting Quiz, You're Doing Life Better Than 90% Of People

Life is a funny thing. One day, you're living life as you've been living, and then BAM—that one medical emergency/bad experience/rude landlord/unexpected...

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Health news • Jun 25

Two new reports highlight obstacles to containing US measles outbreaks

Two new reports examining recent US measles outbreaks highlight the challenges of containing the spread of the disease in certain communities.

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Health news • Jun 25

A healthy diet may still make a difference for people at higher risk of dementia

New study of older adults in Sweden suggests healthier diets may still be linked to lower dementia risk even after early biological changes are detected.

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Health news • Jun 25

5 Exercises That Are Wrecking Your Knees After 60 (And What to Do Instead)

An expert names five exercises that may stress your knees after 60 and the joint-friendly swaps to do instead.

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Health news • Jun 25

Why men die younger than women — and the tough guy paradox that drives doctors nuts

Could being a tough guy become a deadly mistake? Women live longer than men, all over the world. In the US, men live around 76 years, while women live till...

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Health news • Jun 25

I lost my hearing at 32. Recognizing it as an emergency could have helped.

The loss in one ear is permanent, and I have ongoing tinnitus as a side effect of a widely misdiagnosed condition.

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Health news • Jun 25

World’s most contagious disease found at busy California airport

A traveler infected with the world's most contagious disease passed through a busy Southern California airport during the summer travel rush,...

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Health news • Jun 25

Congo tightens travel rules after Ebola case reaches France

The Democratic Republic of Congo has imposed a 21-day quarantine for anyone returning from Ebola-affected areas ​before they can travel abroad,...

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Health news • Jun 25

I Think My Best Buddy Is Sending Me Covert Signals. I Need to Be Very Careful About What I Do Next.

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Health news • Jun 25

After a brain injury, he found purpose fixing bikes no one else would bother with

Rob, 54, forgot how to do his job after a car hit him in a crosswalk, leaving him with cognitive and physical impairment. But he still remembered how to fix...

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Health news • Jun 25

Strange Side Effect Found Among Ozempic Users—and It Has to Do With Smell and Taste

New research has identified a potential, if small, added risk of smell and taste disturbances linked to GLP-1 use.

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