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You can dream while you're awake. The boundary between wakefulness and sleep is a lot blur

Tonight, as you close your eyes in bed, something strange will happen to you: Your mind will drift from an ordinary thought to a dream, but it will be impossible to say exactly when it happened. We tend to imagine that the boundary between being asleep and awake is clear: When we

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Men may be more likely than women to receive later-stage diagnoses for many cancer types i

Between 2015 and 2022, men were more likely than women to be diagnosed with regional and/or distant stages of 20 nonreproductive solid cancer types in the United States, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Asso

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The myth of the 'lizard brain' and the real trade-off inside your mind

So many of life's most pivotal decisions come down to one question: Should you listen to your logic or your emotions? Popular culture often frames this tension as a struggle between two minds—a "more evolved" rational layer built atop an ancient "lizard brain" driven by primal in

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Mediterranean diet is associated with better psychological well-being, study suggests

Following a Mediterranean diet may provide additional benefits for mental health. A new study has now linked it to greater psychological well-being among people over 50. The research is the result of a collaboration between University College London and the Barcelona Institute fo

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Bidirectional association found between TBI, neurological diagnoses

There is a bidirectional association between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and certain neurological conditions, according to a study published online June 17 in Neurology.

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Using AI to provide new insights into why Ebola outcomes differ between patients

There is currently a serious outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo of the severe and often fatal illness. Symptoms include fever, vomiting, diarrhea, severe dehydration and hemorrhage. Rapid clinical deterioration is common. University of Liverpool researchers have led

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Nurse practitioner workforce grew 10% yearly, outpacing physicians and PAs from 2016 to 20

New Columbia University School of Nursing research reveals nurse practitioner (NP) workforce growth outpaced prior projections while physician and physician associate (PA) growth remained steady between 2016 and 2023. During this period, the NP workforce expanded at an average an

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Lower diversity and poorer function of gut bacteria linked to frailty in older women

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have identified clear links between the composition of gut bacteria and frailty in older women. In cases of high frailty, with an increased risk of illness and death, gut bacterial diversity is lower and function is impaired. The study,

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Race and ethnicity modify the association between US socioeconomic status and metabolic di

Higher socioeconomic status is not associated with equal reductions in rates of type 2 diabetes and obesity across all racial and ethnic groups in the United States, according to a new study published July 8, 2026, in the open-access journal PLOS One by Sara Cromer of Harvard Med

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In São Paulo, Brazil, the expansion of bike lanes and parks encourages residents to cycle

According to a study that analyzed the behavior of 1,500 São Paulo residents between 2014 and 2024, the implementation of new bike lanes, parks and other public facilities in the Brazilian city has encouraged transportation-related physical activity and promoted public health ben

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Alcohol drives opposite brain circuit changes in amyloid and tau Alzheimer's models

Alcohol use has been associated with an increased risk of cognitive decline and dementia. But new research from Texas A&M University's Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine at Texas A&M Health suggests the relationship between alcohol and Alzheimer's disease is more complicated

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Does a person's neighborhood impact their risk of pancreatic cancer?

A new Yale-led study published in JNCI Cancer Spectrum is the first to examine the overall relationship between pancreatic cancer and neighborhood-level socioeconomic factors.

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