The immune system has two separate responses, which are orchestrated to optimize protection against pathogens. The first response is known as innate immunity. This first wave of protection provides broad…
Category: 8. Health
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Researchers Find a Surprising Long COVID Clue in Major Vitamin D Trial
Vitamin D didn’t blunt COVID’s initial impact—but it may hold a surprising clue in the fight against long COVID. A large randomized study led by researchers at Mass General Brigham found that taking high doses of vitamin D3 did not lessen…
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Ketone Diet Improves Immunotherapy Treatment
Ketone bodies are water-soluble molecules produced by the liver from fatty acids to generate energy when there is a glucose shortage. This often occurs during fasting, exercise, or dieting, which all reduce…
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Ketone Diet Improves Immunotherapy Treatment
Ketone bodies are water-soluble molecules produced by the liver from fatty acids to generate energy when there is a glucose shortage. This often occurs during fasting, exercise, or dieting, which all reduce…
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How Collective Intelligence Could Soon Reshape Medical Decision-Making
Advances in network science, artificial intelligence, and clinician networks may shift medical decisions from individual doctors to groups—and even AI models—at scale.
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Fathers’ Nicotine Use May Affect Children’s Diabetes Risk
Nicotine exposure in fathers may quietly reshape their children’s metabolism, hinting at a hidden link to diabetes risk. New research published today (March 12) in the Journal of the Endocrine Society suggests that nicotine exposure in fathers…
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AI Is Forcing Employees to Work Harder, and Longer Hours, Than Ever
More and more research shows that introducing AI in the workplace is actually forcing employees…
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We study pandemics, and the resurgence of measles is a grim sign of what’s coming
In the three decades between 1993 and 2024, measles in the U.S. was relatively rare – a few hundred cases each year, at most. But suddenly, the disease has become so entrenched in American life that it sometimes fails to make headlines…
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The Link Between Cannabis, Depression, and Anxiety
A McMaster University research study examined the association between cannabis and mood disorders and found parallels between rising cannabis use and mental‑health challenges. In addition, the findings…
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Everyday wearable data could reveal early brain health signals
Consumer wearable sensors combined with AI modeling may enable continuous, real-world tracking of cognitive and emotional health, offering a scalable new approach to detecting subtle changes in brain health long before clinical…
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