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'This might be the point of no return': Experts on the current measles outbreak and where we go from here3 Comments -
Artificial turf contains 400 chemicals tied to cancer and hormone disruption. But is it unsafe?
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'We can identify these really early, before the clinical diagnosis': Epigenetic markers may help explain why Native Hawaiians are aging fasterINTERVIEW Live Science spoke with Alika Maunakea, an Native Hawaiian epigeneticist, about how epigenetics underpins health disparities between Native Hawaiians and others in Hawaii.
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DNA sequencing is rewriting our understanding of historic outbreaks, but it can't tell the whole storyTechniques for analyzing DNA have advanced, enabling scientists to better understand disease outbreaks throughout history.
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Ebola outbreak in Central Africa will be a nightmare to contain, experts warnAnalysis Experts say the Ebola outbreak raging in Central Africa could be challenging to contain due to ongoing conflict in the region and a lack of vaccines and international aid.
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Landmark finding that showed brains of kids with ADHD mature later was actually a mirage in the data, new research findsA "foundational" study found that the brains of children with ADHD matured later, but that finding was likely a mirage tied to issues with how the children were followed over time.
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Common asthma drug helps fight hard-to-treat cancers, including aggressive breast cancers, early study findsScientists found that blocking a protein best known for its role in asthma enhances cancer immunotherapy in preclinical models.
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Biopsy triggered 'spontaneous regression' of woman's arm tumorDiagnostic dilemma Doctors describe a strange case in which a tumor in a woman's arm disappeared without specific treatment.
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More young people are getting colorectal cancer — here's what scientists think might be happeningAnalysis People 65 and older are seeing their rates of colorectal cancer drop, but younger people are being felled by a rising number of cases.
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Poll: What do you think of PMOS, the new name for PCOS?Poll Last week, a common hormonal condition that impacts millions of people got a new name. Tell us what you think about the change.
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Deadly Ebola outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern, WHO declaresHealth officials suspect that an Ebola epidemic has killed 100 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with the World Health Organization declaring it a public health emergency.
