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Strap that tracks heart rate in pregnancy may predict premature births

A wrist-worn heart tracker called WHOOP detected changes in activity during pregnancy that may be linked to premature births

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Racial and ethnic disparities undermine dementia care in the US

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Could combatting loneliness extend the lives of people with obesity?

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Contaminated hormone injections may have given five people Alzheimer’s

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Can a blood sugar monitor really help boost your health?

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Why does the UK want to ban disposable vapes and when will it happen?

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Patch with octopus-like suckers helps drugs penetrate the skin

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Retinal images could predict future risk of heart or lung disease

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Menstruation isn’t dirty, so let’s drop terms like sanitary towels

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Exploring our body oddities is about far more than just idle curiosity

Dedicating time and money to inquire about aspects of our physiology that appear to serve little purpose might seem a little strange, but it turns out to be a great route to breakthroughs in biology

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US states had 65,000 rape-related pregnancies after banning abortion

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Syphilis-like bacteria found in 2000-year-old human remains in Brazil

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Why is the US still in such poor health, despite its wealth?

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Reversing type 2 diabetes is much harder than clinical trials suggest

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