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The air up there: Oxygen could be a bit overrated
Plus: Assume the position … for sleeping, and COVID’s connection to UFO sightings.
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Increased cancer in military pilots and ground crew: Pentagon
But military aircrew and ground crew were less likely to die from cancer, compared with the U.S. population.
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Physician suicide: Investigating its prevalence and cause
“From your first day of medical school and throughout your career, there was a very rigid system in place that is quite unforgiving, is quite...
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The human-looking robot therapist will coach your well-being now
Plus: The mother of all mindsets and a colon named Collin.
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We have seen the future of healthy muffins, and its name is Roselle
Plus: Mice get drunk, and sober, for science; brains can be more powerful than stomachs.
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Do artificial sweeteners alter postmeal glucose, hunger hormones?
Drinking a sugar-sweetened beverage had a different effect on postprandial levels of glucose than drinking a no-or low-calorie nonnutritive...
Conference Coverage
Bempedoic acid cuts CV events in statin-intolerant patients: CLEAR Outcomes
The CLEAR Outcomes trial establishes this new drug as an important addition to available nonstatin LDL cholesterol–lowering therapies, experts say...
Conference Coverage
500 more steps a day tied to 14% lower CVD risk in older adults
New study supports the value of modest but consistent activity to improve heart health.
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Transplant surgeon to 30,000 marathoners: Give me that liver
Plus: A warning light for better health, and the possible pathology behind nonconsensual sexting.
Opinion
Toxic chemicals we consume without knowing it
“A grossly underappreciated driver in what ails us is the role of environmental toxins and endocrine-disrupting chemicals.”
Conference Coverage
Therapy app cut A1c, drug intensification in T2D