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Personality Traits Strongly Linked to Mental Health Risks - Neuroscience News
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Personality Traits Strongly Linked to Mental Health Risks - Neuroscience News

A major study of over 16,000 participants found that personality traits explain about 25% of the overall risk for mental health problems like depression, anxiety, and phobias.

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Study Challenges Leading Theories On Consciousness Origins - Neuroscience News
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Study Challenges Leading Theories On Consciousness Origins - Neuroscience News

A landmark study tested two leading theories of consciousness — Integrated Information Theory (IIT) and Global Neuronal Workspace Theory (GNWT) — but found neither definitively explained conscious experience.

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What is it like to die? University of Minnesota’s VR experience offers some answers. - Star Tribune
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What is it like to die? University of Minnesota’s VR experience offers some answers. - Star Tribune

Our reporter returned from the Embodied Labs experience with some thoughts on what he’d like his last hours to look like.

Minneapolis Star TribuneRichard Chin, Richard Chin
A Person’s Life Expectancy Could Be Known Right After Birth – Here’s How - The Daily Galaxy
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A Person’s Life Expectancy Could Be Known Right After Birth – Here’s How - The Daily Galaxy

Researchers have uncovered surprising links between embryo health and longevity. What happens before birth could shape how long we live and the diseases we face.

The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel
Working out too hard can backfire. A personal trainer shares 4 red flags and 4 green flags to optimize your routine. - Business Insider
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Working out too hard can backfire. A personal trainer shares 4 red flags and 4 green flags to optimize your routine. - Business Insider

Intense exercise can help you save time and make faster gains, but going too hard can backfire. A trainer explains how to tell the difference.

Business InsiderGabby Landsverk
Yearly medical checkup that Chicagoan thought would be free resulted in a $1,430 bill - Chicago Sun-Times
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Yearly medical checkup that Chicagoan thought would be free resulted in a $1,430 bill - Chicago Sun-Times

Carmen Aiken had purchased a health insurance plan on the federal Affordable Care Act marketplace and thought the visit would be covered at no cost. BlueCross Blue Shield of Illinois decided otherwise.

Suntimes.comSamantha Liss, Lauren Sausser
New breast reconstruction procedure hailed 'massive breakthrough' - BBC
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New breast reconstruction procedure hailed 'massive breakthrough' - BBC

Tanya Tanna had the pioneering operation following her cancer diagnosis and a mastectomy.

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The MMR vaccine doesn’t contain ‘aborted fetus debris’, as RFK Jr has claimed. Here’s the science - The Conversation
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The MMR vaccine doesn’t contain ‘aborted fetus debris’, as RFK Jr has claimed. Here’s the science - The Conversation

Robert F Kennedy Jr recently said the MMR vaccine contains fetal debris and DNA fragments. This is where these claims come from, and why there’s no need to worry.

The Conversation AfricaHassan Vally
Newspaper headlines: Weight loss jabs 'at chemist' and 'hottest' May - BBC
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Newspaper headlines: Weight loss jabs 'at chemist' and 'hottest' May - BBC

Weight-loss injections will be available over the counter and a heatwave arrives in the UK.

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Kennedy to ask CDC for new look at treatments for measles, other diseases - CNN
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Kennedy to ask CDC for new look at treatments for measles, other diseases - CNN

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, is asking the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for an agencywide “scientific process” on treating measles and other conditions with medications as well as alterna…

CNNKatherine Dillinger
Alzheimer's Could Be Linked to a Common Virus You Already Have - ScienceAlert
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Alzheimer's Could Be Linked to a Common Virus You Already Have - ScienceAlert

The common cold sore virus, which is often caught in childhood, usually stays in the body for life – quietly dormant in the nerves.

ScienceAlertThe Conversation
The Hidden Dangers of a Certain Painkiller in Eretz Yisroel - VINnews
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The Hidden Dangers of a Certain Painkiller in Eretz Yisroel - VINnews

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email A young kollel wife in Yerushalayim, the daughter of a close talmid chacham friend, recently experienced a harrowing medical ordeal that nearly cost her life rachmana litzlan. …

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Popular portal to track Marylanders’ vaccinations just went dark - The Baltimore Banner
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Popular portal to track Marylanders’ vaccinations just went dark - The Baltimore Banner

A popular online portal to track Marylanders’ vaccination histories became unavailable in the state Thursday.

Thebaltimorebanner.comMeredith Cohn
Scientists Just Discovered a New Health Benefit of Coffee - AOL.com
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Scientists Just Discovered a New Health Benefit of Coffee - AOL.com

We'll be savoring every sip from our mugs!

Eatingwell.comLauren Manaker M.S., RDN, LD, CLEC
The Best Non-Toxic Sunscreens, According to Dermatologists - Vogue
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The Best Non-Toxic Sunscreens, According to Dermatologists - Vogue

Experts share their top picks for the best non-toxic sunscreen formulas, from La Roche-Posay to Avène to Kosas.

VogueJenny Berg
Immunotherapy Breakthrough Could Help Some Cancer Patients Avoid Surgery and Chemotherapy - AOL.com
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Immunotherapy Breakthrough Could Help Some Cancer Patients Avoid Surgery and Chemotherapy - AOL.com

"We found that some cancer types responded extremely well to the immunotherapy, including colon and stomach cancer," researchers said

PEOPLEKimberlee Speakman
2 Foods You Should Eat More of to Lower Inflammation, According to a New Study - EatingWell
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2 Foods You Should Eat More of to Lower Inflammation, According to a New Study - EatingWell

Learn what this study shows regarding protein and fiber intake and inflammation. Plus, some tasty ways to add plant-based protein to your diet.

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'Breakthrough': 1 molecule may be promising treatment for family of devastating mitochondrial diseases - Live Science
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'Breakthrough': 1 molecule may be promising treatment for family of devastating mitochondrial diseases - Live Science

Scientists found a compound that appears to counter common mutations behind POLG-related diseases, rare conditions that harm mitochondrial DNA.

Live ScienceNicoletta Lanese
Animal sedative medetomidine is showing up in the US illegal drug supply, CDC says - AP News
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Animal sedative medetomidine is showing up in the US illegal drug supply, CDC says - AP News

Three new health reports detail growing concern about an animal sedative that’s showing up in the nation's illegal drug supply. Medetomidine was first detected in illegally manufactured opioids is North America in 2022. Investigators say the drug is being mix…

Associated PressMike Stobbe
Report: RFK Jr.-Led HHS Has Shut Down Federal Lab Studying the World’s Scariest Germs - Gizmodo
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Report: RFK Jr.-Led HHS Has Shut Down Federal Lab Studying the World’s Scariest Germs - Gizmodo

The Integrated Research Facility is one of the few labs in North America where scientists can safely study BSL-4 pathogens like the Ebola virus.

Gizmodo.comEd Cara