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A Quietly Filed Federal Charter Now Tells a Vaccine Advisory Panel to Weigh Supplements and Healthy Lifestyle

HHS revised the National Vaccine Advisory Committee charter to direct members to consider supplements and lifestyle as alternatives to vaccination.

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Focused Life Force Energy Says It Can Improve Sleep, Focus, and Mood. Here's What the Research Shows.

The subscription company points to studies led by a Harvard- and Yale-trained University of Arizona scientist to support an unusual claim that the energy of a space can be changed remotely. Here is a fair look at the evidence and its limits.

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Female Cyclists Faced Strange Chest Checks at the Tour de France Over Claims of an Aerodynamic Edge

Cyclists faced clothing checks at the Tour de France Femmes over alleged bra padding. The aerodynamics is real. The evidence that anyone cheated is not.

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Chewing Bubble Gum After Beetroot Juice Nudged Blood Pressure Down, and the Researchers Say Do Not Copy It

A King's College London trial found that sugary gum after beetroot juice raised nitrite levels and cut blood pressure by roughly 3 to 2 mmHg.

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His Appendix Sat on the Left Side, and 36 Days Passed Before Anyone Found the Rupture

A man with mirror-image organs had left-sided appendicitis missed for weeks, ending in a liver abscess and major bowel surgery, doctors report.

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Dogs' Brains Tell Fear from Sadness on a Human Face, and a Smile Reaches the Reward Circuit

Brain scans of awake pet dogs revealed a distinct response to human smiles and activity patterns that differentiated fear from anger and sadness.

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A Fake Eye Disease Called Bixonimania Fooled Four AI Chatbots and One Peer-Reviewed Journal

A researcher invented 'bixonimania' to test AI. Chatbots called it real, a peer-reviewed journal cited it, and the paper was retracted.

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Vaccines Given During Pregnancy Cover a Newborn's First Months Before Any Infant Shots Begin

Antibodies transferred across the placenta protect newborns against pertussis, flu, and RSV during the weeks before infant vaccination can start.

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Randomized Evidence Now Challenges the Advice to Give Up Coffee After an Atrial Fibrillation Diagnosis

A commentary reviews the DECAF trial, where AFib patients who drank daily coffee had 39 percent lower recurrence than those who abstained.

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Extreme Heat May Be Accelerating How Fast Plastics Break Down into Particles People Breathe and Swallow

A Vanderbilt physician explains why summer heat and UV light may accelerate plastic breakdown and what remains unknown about the health risks of microplastics.

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An Antibody Injection Cut Hot Flashes by 83 Percent in a Mid-Stage Trial of 92 Women

AbCellera reports that a single injection reduced moderate-to-severe hot flashes by 83% at 4 weeks in a Phase 2 trial of 92 postmenopausal women.

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An LSD-Based Anxiety Drug Met Its Goal in a First Late-Stage Trial, and the Road to a Prescription Is Still Long

Definium says a single dose of its LSD tablet cut anxiety scores by 5.4 points more than placebo at 12 weeks in a 214-person Phase 3 trial.

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Age Alone Predicts Little About Driving Safety, and the Real Warning Signs Are More Specific

Federal safety officials say age is not the sole predictor of driving ability. Vision, reaction time, medications, and cognition matter more.

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Whole Body Donation Is Not Organ Donation, and the Rules Surprise Families at the Worst Moment

Checking the organ donor box does not enroll anyone in a body donation program, and several conditions can make a donation ineligible at death.

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Navy Removes the Commander of a Medical Command Serving 32,000 People in California's Central Valley

The Navy relieved Capt. Mathew Loe at Lemoore, citing loss of confidence. The command serves more than 32,000 beneficiaries in California.

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In-Home Physical Therapy Is Expanding Through AI, and Hands-On Assessment Is What Gets Traded

AI-supported home physical therapy is growing fast. New evidence shows where remote care holds up and where in-person care ranks higher.

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A California Health System Wants Minnesota's Hospitals, and a 2023 State Law Will Decide

Sutter Health's bid for Allina Health is the biggest test yet of a 2023 Minnesota law requiring state review of health care mergers.

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New Weight Loss Pills Barely Worked in Mice Until Scientists Uncovered a Brain Circuit Controlling Cravings

Small-molecule GLP-1 drugs barely bind rodent receptors, stalling animal work. A humanized mouse finally revealed a reward circuit they switch off.

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A Necklace with a Thermal Camera Flagged Smoking in Real Time, and 91% of Its Alerts Were Right

Northwestern researchers tested a sensor necklace that detects eating and smoking in real time. Nine in ten smoking alerts turned out correct.

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Doctors Have Given Patients Bacteria Killing Viruses for a Century, and Regulators Still Have Not Approved a Single One

Phage therapy has one positive randomized result and no FDA approval. The bottleneck is matching a strain-specific virus to each patient.

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Unemployment Was the Strongest Single Predictor of Death and Dementia in Women Who Went Through Early Menopause

A study of 19,912 UK Biobank women with early menopause found unfavorable social conditions tied to a 75% higher death risk over about 11 years.

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About 1 in 7,000 People Carry a Broken Gene That Appears to Keep Them Lean, and Drugmakers Noticed

A Nature study of more than 1 million people found rare FNIP1 variants associated withFNIP1 gene, metabolic health genetics, liver fat, TG:HDL ratio, cardiometabolic disease, Regeneron Genetics Center, obesity genetics less liver fat, lower blood sugar, and 60% lower odds of disease.

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CDC Tells Health Departments to Monitor Travelers from Congo Twice Daily for 21 Days

CDC interim guidance directs state and local health departments to assess, educate, and monitor travelers from DRC, Uganda, and South Sudan for 21 days.

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Mothers Working from Home Breastfed Less Than Those Returning to Workplaces in a Small Longitudinal Study

A Washington State University study of 81 mothers found that exclusive breastfeeding at 24 weeks was highest among those working outside the home.

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Health Care Hiring Cooled Sharply in July as Hospital Payrolls Went Flat

Health care added 22,000 jobs in July against a 36,000 monthly average, and hospital payrolls dipped by about 400 positions as clinics grew.

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