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Why a new kidney is not the end of a transplant journey

Dialysis can consume 60 hours a month. After kidney failure twice and two transplants, Tamaryn Stevens knows the toll extends far beyond the machine.

AAP · Sep 26

You Feel Fine at 65 — These 7 Health Checks Could Still Save You Money Later

Turning 65 can feel surprisingly uneventful when you’re healthy, active, and not taking a cabinet full of medications. That makes it tempting to postpone screenings...

Saving Advice · Sep 26

One shot or two? Latest HPV vaccine schedule guidance as ‘significant shift’ looms

About 90% of cervical cancer and anal cancers are attributed to HPV infections, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Independent UK · Sep 26

A Mass Deep in a Patient's Chest Lit Up Like Cancer on a PET Scan, but It Was Gout

Mayo Clinic doctors describe a chest mass that lit up like cancer on PET/CT but turned out to be gout, a disease best known for painful joints.

Medical Daily · Sep 25

A 79-Year-Old's Scans Looked Like Advanced Lung Cancer, but the Rare Disease Behind Them Faded Without Targeted Treatment

A 79-year-old man's CT scans pointed to advanced lung cancer. Surgery revealed a rare lymphatic disease that then regressed without targeted therapy.

Medical Daily · Sep 25

Revealed: the undisclosed safety data emerging as weedkiller maker faces Parkinson’s lawsuits in US

Syngenta denies keeping relevant data from the EPA as paraquat stays in the US market despite global bans

The Guardian - US · Sep 25

Ancient virus hunters: how we discovered sheeppox DNA hidden in medieval gospels

Humans and domesticated animals have lived together for millennia, and this relationship has shaped their destinies in countless ways. Animals offered people food, companionship, traction (pulling ploughs), clothing and transport.

The Conversation · Sep 25

CDC vaccine recommendations are at a standstill, and unanswered questions are piling up

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine recommendation process has been blown up in the past year, and decision-making has ground to a halt

The Independent UK · Sep 25

That Half-Dead Clearance Plant Is $3 — How Do You Know If It Can Be Saved?

There is something dangerously tempting about the clearance rack at a garden center. A perennial that cost $15 in May is suddenly $3, its flowers are gone, half its leaves are brown, and the frugal gardener in you starts calculating how much money you could save if it survives. Sometimes…

Frugal Gardening · Sep 24

Can You Grow Grocery Store Garlic Instead of Buying Seed Garlic?

Standing in the produce aisle, it’s easy to wonder why you’d pay a premium for seed garlic when an ordinary bulb of garlic may cost only a dollar or two. After all, garlic isn’t normally grown from botanical seed—you break a bulb apart and plant individual cloves, which makes grocery…

Frugal Gardening · Sep 24