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Anxiety disorders tied to low levels of choline in the brain
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-anxiety-disorders-essential-nutrient-brain.html
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Cannabis use associated with quadrupled risk of developing type 2 diabetes
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09-cannabis-quadrupled-diabetes-million-adults.html
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Electromechanical reshaping, an alternative to laser eye surgery
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-alternative-lasik-lasers.html
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An alternative to LASIK eye surgery – electromechanical remodelling
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-alternative-lasik-lasers.html
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Study finds flavor bans cut youth vaping but slow decline in cigarette smoking
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-flavor-youth-vaping-decline-cigarette.html
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Nerve pain drug gabapentin linked to increased dementia, cognitive impairment
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-nerve-pain-drug-gabapentin-linked.html
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Newborns have elevated levels of a biomarker for Alzheimer's
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06-newborns-elevated-biomarker-alzheimer.html
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DHEA-S hormone linked to shorter lifespan in men, but not women
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06-dhea-hormone-linked-shorter-lifespan.html
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Social media use increases depression in preteens, not vice versa
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-05-social-media-depression-preteens-vice.html
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Conservatives may self-rate as having better 'mental health' because of stigma
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-mental-health-stigma-term.html
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Why our waistlines expand in middle age: aging stem cells shift into overdrive
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-waistlines-middle-age-aging-stem.html
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Home washing machines fail to remove important pathogens from textiles
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-home-machines-important-pathogens-textiles.html
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Heart disease deaths worldwide linked to chemical widely used in plastics
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-heart-disease-deaths-worldwide-linked.html
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Exercise before bed is linked with disrupted sleep
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-bed-linked-disrupted.html
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Clinical trial: novel nutritional formula treats gut microbial overgrowth
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-clinical-trial-nutritional-formula-effectively.html
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Scientists: Protein IL-17 fights infection, acts on the brain, inducing anxiety
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-scientists-protein-il-infection-brain.html
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Hunger shifts attention towards less healthy food options, study finds
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-hunger-shifts-attention-healthy-food.html
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High‑dose Vitamin D reduces disease activity in early multiple sclerosis onset
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-highdose-vitamin-d-significantly-disease.html
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Japanese scientists use stem cell treatment to restore movement in spinal injury
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-japanese-scientists-stem-cell-treatment.html
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Renowned US health research hub Johns Hopkins to slash 2k jobs
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-renowned-health-hub-johns-hopkins.html
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Natural occurring molecule rivals Ozempic in weight loss, sidesteps side effects
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-naturally-molecule-rivals-ozempic-weight.html
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Mice exhibit paramedic-like behaviors toward unresponsive peers, study finds
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02-mice-paramedic-behaviors-unresponsive-peers.html
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Hemochromatosis patients can donate their blood rather than having it discarded
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02-hemochromatosis-patients-donate-blood-discarded.html
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Daily omega-3 fatty acids may help human organs stay young
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02-daily-omega-fatty-acids-human.html
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Frequent social media use tied to higher levels of irritability
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-01-frequent-social-media-higher.html
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Commercial tea bags release microplastics, entering human cells
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-commercial-tea-bags-millions-microplastics.html
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Memories are not only in the brain, human cell study finds
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-11-memories-brain-human-cell.html
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Low-cost, portable device can detect colorectal and prostate cancer in an hour
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-10-portable-device-colorectal-prostate-cancer.html
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Plastic chemical phthalate causes DNA breakage, chromosome defects, study finds
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-10-plastic-chemical-phthalate-dna-breakage.html
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Commonly used arm positions can overestimate blood pressure readings: study
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-10-commonly-arm-positions-substantially-overestimate.html
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