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H.I.V. Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient, a Milestone in the Global AIDS Epidemic

For just the second time since the global epidemic began, a patient appears to have been cured of infection with...

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Drug Combo Creates New Neurons from Neighboring Cells

This article has been republished from materials provided by Penn State. A simple drug cocktail that converts cells...

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Fried food linked to heightened risk of early death among older US women

Regularly eating fried food is linked with a heightened risk of death from any cause and heart-related death, among...

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Leaving 2-hour gap between dinner and bedtime may not affect blood glucose

Leaving a two-hour gap between the last meal of the day and bedtime doesn’t seem to be associated with any...

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Secret to longevity may lie in the microbiome and the gut

You are what you eat. Or so the saying goes. Science now tells us that we are what the bacteria living in our...

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Effective weight control via an implanted self-powered vagus nerve stimulation device

In vivo vagus nerve stimulation holds great promise in regulating food intake for obesity treatment. Here we present an...

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Men and women remember pain differently

Scientists increasingly believe that one of the driving forces in chronic pain — the number one health problem in...

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Chronic Ankle Pain May Be More Than Just A Sprain

Ankle sprains are a common injury after a fall, sudden twist or blow to the ankle joint. Approximately 40 percent of...

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Wireless ‘pacemaker for the brain’ could offer new treatment for neurological disorders

A new neurostimulator developed by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, can listen to and stimulate...

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Video games can change your brain

Scientists have collected and summarized studies looking at how video games can shape our brains and behavior. Research...

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