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Una triple pastilla en dosis bajas reduce cerca de 40% el riesgo de nuevo derrame cerebral hemorrágico y apunta a una prevención más práctica
23/04

Una triple pastilla en dosis bajas reduce cerca de 40% el riesgo de nuevo derrame cerebral hemorrágico y apunta a una prevención más práctica

Una triple pastilla en dosis bajas reduce cerca de 40% el riesgo de nuevo derrame cerebral hemorrágico y apunta a una prevención más práctica Prevenir un segundo derrame cerebral suele ser mucho más difícil de lo que parece sobre el papel. En teoría,...

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A new generation of tools is revealing how neurons and support cells communicate in the brain — but this is still a research advance, not a routine clinical test
23/04

A new generation of tools is revealing how neurons and support cells communicate in the brain — but this is still a research advance, not a routine clinical test

A new generation of tools is revealing how neurons and support cells communicate in the brain — but this is still a research advance, not a routine clinical test The brain has never worked as a collection of isolated cells. Neurons, astrocytes, micro...

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Understanding why hepatitis B infects so few species could unlock better research models — but the problem is not solved yet
23/04

Understanding why hepatitis B infects so few species could unlock better research models — but the problem is not solved yet

Understanding why hepatitis B infects so few species could unlock better research models — but the problem is not solved yet Hepatitis B is a viral infection of major global importance. Yet one of the biggest scientific obstacles around it lies not o...

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Can doctors talk about a president’s mental health? The real debate is not diagnosis — it is ethics, public risk, and professional limits
23/04

Can doctors talk about a president’s mental health? The real debate is not diagnosis — it is ethics, public risk, and professional limits

Can doctors talk about a president’s mental health? The real debate is not diagnosis — it is ethics, public risk, and professional limits Whenever a political leader appears erratic, impulsive, aggressive, or detached from reality, a difficult questi...

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Virtual neurology visits may expand access without necessarily generating more care later — but the supplied evidence does not directly prove that
22/04

Virtual neurology visits may expand access without necessarily generating more care later — but the supplied evidence does not directly prove that

Virtual neurology visits may expand access without necessarily generating more care later — but the supplied evidence does not directly prove that Telemedicine has moved from the margins into routine medical practice. In few specialties has that shif...

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App-based coaching may help support healthy pregnancy weight gain — but its effects depend on real use and it does not replace antenatal care
22/04

App-based coaching may help support healthy pregnancy weight gain — but its effects depend on real use and it does not replace antenatal care

App-based coaching may help support healthy pregnancy weight gain — but its effects depend on real use and it does not replace antenatal care For a long time, tracking weight gain in pregnancy happened mostly in the clinic: the scale, routine antenat...

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‘Hidden’ DNA regions may influence frailty in ageing — but the specific study behind the claim could not be independently verified
22/04

‘Hidden’ DNA regions may influence frailty in ageing — but the specific study behind the claim could not be independently verified

‘Hidden’ DNA regions may influence frailty in ageing — but the specific study behind the claim could not be independently verified Frailty is one of the most important — and hardest to explain — syndromes in ageing. It is not a single disease, and it...

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Children’s mental health does not look the same in rural and urban places — but the gap is more complicated than it seems
22/04

Children’s mental health does not look the same in rural and urban places — but the gap is more complicated than it seems

Children’s mental health does not look the same in rural and urban places — but the gap is more complicated than it seems When people talk about child mental health, there is a strong temptation to split the map into two worlds. On one side are urban...

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Fat cells may keep a ‘memory’ of obesity — and that could make it harder to maintain results after bariatric surgery
22/04

Fat cells may keep a ‘memory’ of obesity — and that could make it harder to maintain results after bariatric surgery

Fat cells may keep a ‘memory’ of obesity — and that could make it harder to maintain results after bariatric surgery Bariatric surgery is one of the most effective interventions available for severe obesity and its metabolic complications. In many pa...

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