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The Forever Child: A Controversial Practice That Halts Growth Of The Disabled

>> January 5, 2025

Growth attenuation therapy is a highly controversial practice that’s used on kids with profound disabilities to keep them small their whole lives. Parents say it makes caregiving easier, but disability advocates argue it’s an infringement on human rights. Our …

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Medical Notes: The Brain Differences In Men And Women, Memories Can Be Made In The Kidney, and Why Hockey Is Bad For Your Health

>> January 1, 2025

AI reveals a new understanding of the human brain. Certain brain conditions, like multiple sclerosis and migraines, affect men and women at different rates and severity. To help find the underlying reason, researchers used AI to analyze brain scans. It was …

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Can We Protect Athletes Without Changing The NFL?

>> December 29, 2024

Many athletes are no strangers to hard hits. However, when getting hit becomes your main job – like in the NFL – the injuries add up and can cause severe head trauma. Our expert discusses what causes CTE and the mysteries that still surround the …

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Protecting Your Pregnancy: Everything You Need To Know About Stillbirth

>> December 29, 2024

A stillbirth can happen in any pregnancy, but knowing the risk factors can help increase your chances of having a healthy birth. Our experts this week reveal what mothers should be doing to lower the risk of stillbirth and how to deal with the aftermath of …

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Medical Notes: How To Starve Cancer, Hack Your Sleep, And Supercharge Your Cells

>> December 25, 2024

Cancer loves the sugar in our diets. A new study in the journal Nature shows that fructose promotes the tumor growth of melanoma, cervical cancer, and breast cancer in animals. With the rise of ultra-processed food over the last fifty years, our sugar …

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Don’t Trust The Drugs: The Dangerous Lack Of Diversity In Clinical Trials

>> December 22, 2024

Many medications today are tested mainly on white men – putting millions of patients at risk for unknown side-effects. Our expert discusses the dangers of homogenous clinical trials and the current efforts working to improve the science. Guest …

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One Woman’s Fight To Expose The Genetic Disease That Made Her An Orphan

>> December 22, 2024

Casey Mulligan Walsh only found out she had a genetic disease after the death of both her parents and her brother. She now advocates for early cholesterol testing in children. The earlier it can be detected, the earlier it can be treated, and the more lives …

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Medical Notes: Why Pregnant Women Should Skip Lipstick, The Tie Between Diabetes And Dementia, And The Future Of Farming In The Dark

>> December 18, 2024

We may soon be farming in the dark. Everyone knows that plants need sunlight to grow, but scientists may have just proven that wrong. Photosynthesis is a slow process and researchers have discovered how to boost production by using electro-agriculture. The …

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Why Breast Cancer Survivors Are Getting Tattoos

>> December 15, 2024

People often think that surviving cancer is the happy ending. And while it’s definitely happy, it’s not the end. Many breast cancer survivors are left with significant scarring and body image issues. Our expert reveals how her specific tattoo skillset helps …

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Can COVID Cure Cancer? The Pandemic’s Silver Lining

>> December 15, 2024

History will remember 2020 as the year the world shut down, but there may be a silver lining to this dark time. New research shows that some cancer patients with severe Covid saw a reduction in their tumors. Our expert explains how Covid is helping researchers …

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Medical Notes: The Dangerous Additives In Ultra-Processed Foods, How Happiness Supports Your Brain Health, And Are Robots Outperforming Doctors?

>> December 11, 2024

How scientists could catch schizophrenia sooner than ever before. Having an early diagnosis can significantly improve a patient’s quality of life through proper management of their symptoms. Thankfully, new research published in the journal Nature Mental …

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The Truth About PCOS: Birth Control, Infertility, and Gaps in Research

>> December 8, 2024

Polycystic ovarian syndrome affects at least one in ten women – probably more since it’s so underdiagnosed. Sadly, many women are told that having PCOS means they’ll never become pregnant. However, our expert this week dispels this and other misinformation …

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The Forever Child: A Controversial Practice That Halts Growth Of The Disabled

Medical Notes: The Brain Differences In Men And Women, Memories Can Be Made In The Kidney, and Why Hockey Is Bad For Your Health

Can We Protect Athletes Without Changing The NFL?

Protecting Your Pregnancy: Everything You Need To Know About Stillbirth

Medical Notes: How To Starve Cancer, Hack Your Sleep, And Supercharge Your Cells

Don’t Trust The Drugs: The Dangerous Lack Of Diversity In Clinical Trials

One Woman’s Fight To Expose The Genetic Disease That Made Her An Orphan

Medical Notes: Why Pregnant Women Should Skip Lipstick, The Tie Between Diabetes And Dementia, And The Future Of Farming In The Dark

Why Breast Cancer Survivors Are Getting Tattoos

Can COVID Cure Cancer? The Pandemic’s Silver Lining

Medical Notes: The Dangerous Additives In Ultra-Processed Foods, How Happiness Supports Your Brain Health, And Are Robots Outperforming Doctors?

The Truth About PCOS: Birth Control, Infertility, and Gaps in Research

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