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  1. Health & Medicine

    Protein signatures may one day tell brain diseases apart before symptoms

    Blood tests could pave the way for distinguishing between Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and some dementias, aiding early treatment for brain diseases.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Organ age, not just your birthday, may determine your health risks

    Blood proteins that reveal some organs age faster than others — and that may predict disease and lifespan.

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  3. Chemistry

    Gut microbes may flush ‘forever chemicals’ from the body

    Experiments in mice show that some gut bacteria can absorb toxic PFAS chemicals, allowing animals to expel them through feces.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    These 5 nutrients might be lacking in your diet

    U.S. diets should include more of vitamins D and E, fiber, calcium and magnesium — all are essential nutrients that could offer health benefits.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Chronic low back pain may be less likely if you walk – a lot

    Adults who walked more than 100 minutes per day were less likely to have chronic low back pain than those who walked fewer than 78 minutes per day.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Vaccine policy in the U.S. is entering uncharted territory

    A key advisory group vows to base decisions on evidence, boost confidence in vaccines and protect health. Experts fear the opposite is happening.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    A new diabetes treatment could free people from insulin injections

    In a small cell therapy trial, 10 out of 12 people with type 1 diabetes no longer needed supplemental insulin, even a year after treatment.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    This painless nanoneedle patch might one day replace certain biopsies

    Using millions of tiny needles, the patch samples molecular data from inside cells without damaging them, providing intel on composition in minutes.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    See how the herpesvirus reshapes our cells’ DNA in just eight hours

    New imaging tools reveal how within an hour of infection, the virus begins to alter our chromosomes to kick-start its own replication.

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