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Less sugar in first 1,000 days of life protects against chronic disease. Scientists found that restricting sugar intake to levels in dietary guidelines in early life was linked to a 35% drop in rates of type 2 diabetes in middle age and a 20% fall in high blood pressure.

Less sugar in first 1,000 days of life protects ag...

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New study reveals varied links between dark personality traits and mental health | Increases in narcissism appeared to coincide with a decrease in mental health symptoms, while elevated levels of psychopathy and Machiavellianism were associated with concurrent increases in symptoms.

New study reveals varied links between dark person...

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Childhood attention issues, coupled with genetic predispositions, increase the likelihood of experiencing psychotic-like symptoms in adolescence. Data on 10,000 youths, discovered that variability in attention spans partially explains how genetic risk factors translate into psychotic-like symptoms

Childhood attention issues, coupled with genetic p...

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Research is the first to demonstrate how the heart and brain communicate with each other through the immune system after a major cardiovascular event, emphasizing the importance of increased sleep after a heart attack

Research is the first to demonstrate how the heart...

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Quitting smoking six months after cancer diagnosis improves survival across a wide variety of cancers | Study results found a 22%-26% reduction in cancer-related mortality among those who had quit smoking within three months after tobacco treatment began.

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Blood-sucking moths and flesh-eating birds: These are nature’s strangest vampires

Blood-sucking moths and flesh-eating birds: These ...

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An Old Foe Dethrones Covid-19 as the World’s Leading Infectious Killer (It's tuberculosis)

An Old Foe Dethrones Covid-19 as the World’s Leadi...

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Scientists have developed a new material capable of capturing the harmful chemical benzene from the polluted air, offering a potential solution for tackling a major health and environment risk

Scientists have developed a new material capable o...

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Weight-loss surgery down 25 percent as anti-obesity drug use soars

Weight-loss surgery down 25 percent as anti-obesit...

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It would take far longer than the lifespan of our universe for a typing monkey to randomly produce Shakespeare. There is a 5% chance for a single chimp to type the word ‘bananas’ in its own lifetime. However, the entire 884,647 words will almost certainly never be typed before the universe ends.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has turned us into homebodies. People are staying home far more since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to US researchers who say urban planning should adapt to this new normal, and consider repurposing some office and retail real estate.

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Artificial intelligence reveals Trump’s language as both uniquely simplistic and divisive among U.S. presidents

Artificial intelligence reveals Trump’s language a...

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Amino acids are a significant carbon source for the lipids in fatty liver disease; excess protein intake may play an underappreciated role in NAFLD/NASH

Amino acids are a significant carbon source for th...

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an analysis of almost 10,000 people from non-industrialized rural societies, such as hunter-gatherers, suggests that midlife crisis is not a universal phenomenon

an analysis of almost 10,000 people from non-indus...

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Anti-obesity drug has life-changing benefits for arthritis. Clinical-trial participants saw their knee pain abate and could engage better with activities that got them up and going.

Anti-obesity drug has life-changing benefits for a...

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Big surges in new autism diagnoses among young adults, as well a rise in diagnoses for girls and young women, have driven a near-tripling of U.S. autism cases in just over a decade, researchers report.

Big surges in new autism diagnoses among young adu...

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Overeating leads to diabetes due to a surge of neurotransmitters. In mice, brain signals triggered the release of fatty acids in the liver, which are linked to metabolic disease.

Overeating leads to diabetes due to a surge of neu...

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Mandating less salt in packaged foods could prevent 40,000 cardiovascular events, 32,000 cases of kidney disease, up to 3000 deaths, and could save $3.25 billion in healthcare costs

Mandating less salt in packaged foods could preven...

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