When Rachel Pope started studying the menopause transition a decade ago, she hadn’t lived it herself. So, she asked her three older sisters who they would turn to for help if they experienced the…
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Machine learning can predict preeclampsia by week 34 of pregnancy
A machine-learning model developed by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators may provide clinicians with an early warning of a complication that can occur late in pregnancy. Preeclampsia is a sudden onset condition that involves high blood pressure…
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Nearly half of young adults report loneliness in eight-country study
Nearly half of young adults across eight countries report feeling lonely—and those who do face much higher likelihood of depression and anxiety, according to a new international study led by researchers at the Washington University in St. Louis…
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An AI-informed model of human reward-based learning: Hybrid approach could aid studies of mood disorders
People’s decisions are known to be influenced by past experiences, including the outcomes of earlier choices. For over a century, psychologists have been trying to shed light on the processes underpinning human decision-making and reward-based…
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Prior authorization bans for buprenorphine alone may not improve treatment retention
State laws that ban insurance prior authorization for buprenorphine—a leading medication for opioid use disorder—may not help more patients stay in treatment for the recommended minimum of 180 days, Weill Cornell Medicine researchers report….
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15 Foods Highest in Vitamin B12 for Energy and Brain Health
Vitamin B12 helps your body produce DNA and red blood cells, supports brain health, plays a key role in energy metabolism, and encourages healthy nerve function. The recommended daily value (DV) for B12 is 2.4 micrograms (mcg) for adults, 2.6…
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Experts call meaning, purpose, and spirituality foundational to evidence-based, whole-person lifestyle change
A new peer-reviewed paper calls for meaning, purpose, and spirituality to be treated as core components of lifestyle medicine—not optional add-ons—because they directly influence patients’ ability to adopt and sustain health-promoting behaviors.
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Why you can remember every word of a song from 25 years ago – but not why you walked into the room
While driving recently, a long-forgotten song came on the radio. I found myself singing along; not only did I know all the lyrics to a song I hadn’t heard in 25 years or more, but I also managed to rap along. How is it that I could give…
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NASA officials sent over 2,000 baby jellyfish into space. Tens of thousands more came back to Earth
If humans were ever able to live in space, how would children born there react to changes in gravity?
That’s a question space agency NASA wanted to answer in the 1990s. A team, led by Dorothy Spangenberg, devised an experiment that could…
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Smart combinations of antibiotics can slow down resistance
When a bacterium becomes resistant to one antibiotic, it may sometimes become more sensitive to another. This biological side-effect offers an unexpected opportunity in the fight against antibiotic resistance.
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