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Reprogramming the immune system may open a new front against brain cancer — but the promise is still more conceptual than proven
13/05

Reprogramming the immune system may open a new front against brain cancer — but the promise is still more conceptual than proven

Reprogramming the immune system may open a new front against brain cancer — but the promise is still more conceptual than proven Few areas of oncology are as frustrating as aggressive brain tumours. Even with advances in surgery, radiotherapy, chemot...

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Orforglipron may help preserve weight loss after injectable obesity drugs stop — but the strategy looks more promising than proven
13/05

Orforglipron may help preserve weight loss after injectable obesity drugs stop — but the strategy looks more promising than proven

Orforglipron may help preserve weight loss after injectable obesity drugs stop — but the strategy looks more promising than proven Obesity treatment is moving into a more mature, and perhaps more realistic, phase. For years, the public conversation f...

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A single online mental health session may lift teenagers’ hope in the UK — but the evidence is still early
13/05

A single online mental health session may lift teenagers’ hope in the UK — but the evidence is still early

A single online mental health session may lift teenagers’ hope in the UK — but the evidence is still early Mental health support for teenagers often fails at the very first hurdle: timing. Help may exist in theory, but not in the moment a young perso...

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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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