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Every person who had COVID or got vaccinated carries an immune memory of the virus. A new vaccine platform has found a way to use that memory to make tumors visible to the immune system.

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Every person who had COVID or got vaccinated carries an immune memory of the virus. A new vaccine platform has found a way to use that memory to make tumors visible to the immune system.

Aug 14 · 8 min read · Nature

For decades, doctors assumed men’s libido follows testosterone, peaking in youth and declining steadily. A study of 67,000 people just showed that assumption is wrong

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For decades, doctors assumed men’s libido follows testosterone, peaking in youth and declining steadily. A study of 67,000 people just showed that assumption is wrong

Aug 6 · 7 min read · Nature

New research finds a single dose of LSD lowers stress and improves problem solving ability, but not in the way scientists expected. The effects showed up a week after the drug wore off

New research finds a single dose of LSD lowers stress and improves problem solving ability, but not in the way scientists expected. The effects showed up a week after the drug wore off

Jul 28 · 6 min read · Nature

The popular theory that highly sensitive people detect more sensory information than others just ran into a laboratory that found no evidence it is true

The popular theory that highly sensitive people detect more sensory information than others just ran into a laboratory that found no evidence it is true

Jul 22 · 8 min read · Journal of Research in Personality

Public health has treated loneliness and social isolation as the same problem for decades. A study of 30,000 people found they are not, and the one everyone talks about barely affects cognitive decline.

Public health has treated loneliness and social isolation as the same problem for decades. A study of 30,000 people found they are not, and the one everyone talks about barely affects cognitive decline.

Aug 11 · 8 min read · The Journal of Gerontology

For years, studies found that taking Tylenol during pregnancy raised the risk of autism and ADHD. A study of 708,000 children just showed those studies were measuring the wrong thing entirely

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For years, studies found that taking Tylenol during pregnancy raised the risk of autism and ADHD. A study of 708,000 children just showed those studies were measuring the wrong thing entirely

Aug 1 · 7 min read · Jama Network

Researchers told 41 people to breathe differently while making risky decisions. A slow exhale physically changed which risks they were willing to take

Researchers told 41 people to breathe differently while making risky decisions. A slow exhale physically changed which risks they were willing to take

Jul 26 · 5 min read · Neuron

New research finds that Crohn’s and colitis patients start developing depression and anxiety years before they are diagnosed. The gut-brain connection begins earlier than anyone realized

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New research finds that Crohn’s and colitis patients start developing depression and anxiety years before they are diagnosed. The gut-brain connection begins earlier than anyone realized

Aug 9 · 8 min read · Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Scientists finally have a biological explanation for why long COVID patients lose motivation and can’t think clearly. They scanned their brains and found the dopamine system was physically damaged

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Scientists finally have a biological explanation for why long COVID patients lose motivation and can’t think clearly. They scanned their brains and found the dopamine system was physically damaged

Jul 30 · 8 min read · Lancet

Researchers finally quantified the hair loss risk that GLP-1 drug users have been reporting for two years, and found it is 37 to 68 percent higher than on comparable medications

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Researchers finally quantified the hair loss risk that GLP-1 drug users have been reporting for two years, and found it is 37 to 68 percent higher than on comparable medications

Jul 24 · 8 min read · The BMJ

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