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Sarah ZhangThe Atlantic |
People are discovering the truth about their biological parents with DNA—and learning that incest is far more common than many think. When Steve...
Cystic fibrosis once guaranteed an early death—but a medical breakthrough has given many patients a chance to live decades longer than expected....
The weight-loss effects of GLP-1 drugs have little to do with the gut. When scientists first created the class of drugs that includes Ozempic, they...
The next generation of weight-loss therapies could allow patients to lose fat and gain muscle at the same time. The newest and much-hyped obesity...
Everyone hits a weight-loss plateau, but the race is on for next-generation drugs that can help patients lose even more weight. The latest weight-loss...
No one can know exactly, but archaeologists have found a few unexpected clues. The naked human is a vulnerable creature. Lacking the fur of our...
A reelected Donald Trump would continue to attack studies that stand in the way of his agenda—and to make support for scientific inquiry a tribal...
The much-hyped technology for editing genes has fulfilled one of its biggest promises. When Victoria Gray was still a baby, she started howling so...
And they take turns working throughout the day. Having caught a cold every month since my kid started day care, I’ve devoted a lot of time recently...
Half the people in the world harbor this bacterium, but it sickens only a fraction. Why? At first, doctors didn’t believe that bacteria could live...
One scientific breakthrough has led to three novel shots for RSV. Every fall, when the air turns chilly and the leaves red, pediatric ICUs begin...
Leftover medications are going to save the animals from a deadly feline coronavirus. Cyprus is home to 1 million or so free-roaming cats that wander...
A common over-the-counter decongestant just doesn’t work. Will it finally get pulled? You wake up with a stuffy nose, so you head to the pharmacy,...