Health

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Fertility
The future of fertility, from artificial wombs to AI-assisted IVF
A look back at the history of infertility treatments and ahead to the tech that could change everything we thought we knew about reproduction.
Kristin Houser
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Drugs
The exciting research that may cure Parkinson’s 
GeneCode is developing a drug it hopes won’t just alleviate Parkinson’s symptoms but also protect and restore patient’s neural health.
Kevin Dickinson
A child sitting on a couch in a dimly lit room, holding and looking intently at a tablet, as if testing the Goldilocks hypothesis for the perfect screen brightness.
Mental Health
Beyond screen time: Rethinking kids’ tech use with the “Goldilocks hypothesis”
The “Goldilocks hypothesis” asks parents to think beyond screen time and consider the habits that teens build around technology use.
Kevin Dickinson
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Aging
The most damaging exercise myth
Ross Pomeroy
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Genetics
New on/off switch in mRNA lets doctors “tune” gene therapy
Kristin Houser
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Mental Health
Research: inflammation and mortality may be caused by low “psychological well-being”
Matt Davis
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Neuroscience
Your brain “wakes up” more than 100 times each night. That’s normal — and maybe good
Ross Pomeroy
A man is eating a sandwich.
Food
Red meat causes heart disease. Except when it doesn’t?
Kevin Dickinson
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Drugs
Does caffeine harm your decision-making?
Kevin Dickinson
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Vaccines
Moderna’s mRNA cancer vaccine works even better than thought
Kristin Houser
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Medicine
The 5 most exciting clinical trial results of 2023
Kristin Houser
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Cancer
Chemobrain is real. Here’s what to expect after cancer treatment.
Anton Isaacs
A man sitting at a table with a semaglutide injection in hand.
Healthcare
Professor Giles Yeo on making sense of anti-obesity drugs
Jonny Thomson