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Eccentric Exercise: How Slowly Lowering Builds More Muscle With Less Effort
Slowly lowering a weight may build more strength and muscle than lifting it — with half the work. What the research shows…
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The Planetary Health Diet and Your Heart: What a 13,000-Person Study Found
A 13,000-person, 29-year study found the EAT-Lancet Planetary Health Diet was linked to lower heart disease, stroke and heart failure risk. What…
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Your Brain Can Improve at Any Age: What a 4,000-Person Study Found
A 2026 study of nearly 4,000 adults aged 19–94 found brain health can improve at any age — even in your 90s.…
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Common Food Preservatives Linked to High Blood Pressure: What a 112,000-Person Study Found
A 2026 study of 112,000 people linked common food preservatives to 29% higher blood pressure risk and 16% higher heart disease risk.…
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Anti-Inflammatory Diet and Dementia: What a Major 2026 Study Found
A 2026 JAMA study found an anti-inflammatory diet was linked to 21–29% lower dementia risk — even in people with Alzheimer's biomarkers.…
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Texas Children’s Hospital to Pay $10 Million and Launch ‘Detransition Clinic’ in Landmark Gender-Affirming Care Settlement
What Happened in the Settlement? Texas Children’s Hospital, the largest pediatric hospital in the United States, has reached a legal settlement with…
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Summer Health Tips, PCOS Gets a New Name, and E-Bike Dangers: What Health Experts Want You to Know
Public Health-Maxxing: A New Summer Trend That Puts Safety First As temperatures climb and people spend more time outdoors, a group of…
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Hantavirus Cruise Ship Doctor Released From Biocontainment Unit After Inconclusive Test Results
An Oregon oncologist who helped treat sick passengers during a rare hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has been cleared to leave…
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NYU Langone Hospital Subpoenaed Over Transgender Youth Care Records: What This Means for Patients and Privacy
A major New York hospital system has confirmed it received a federal grand jury subpoena demanding records about children who received gender-affirming…
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Cruise Ship Hantavirus Outbreak: 18 Passengers Monitored, Symptomatic Patient Transferred to Atlanta
In a developing public health situation, 18 American passengers from a cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak have been placed under…
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WHO Director-General Addresses Tenerife Residents: Hantavirus Risk Remains Low, Solidarity Is Key
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has taken the unusual step of writing directly to the people of Tenerife, Spain,…
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WHO Reports Hantavirus Cluster on Cruise Ship: What You Need to Know About Andes Virus and Your Safety
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed a concerning but low-risk outbreak of hantavirus linked to a cruise ship, raising questions about…