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Siren call of daylight saving must be resisted, scientists say
The clock, not the steam engine, is the key machine of the modern industrial age. —Lewis Mumford, 1934 Forget long, ...
An avocado a week may lower heart disease risk
People who eat two or more servings of avocado each week may lower their risk ...
Former CDC directors discuss the future of the agency
On Monday, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rochelle Walensky, announced ...
A diversity lag in U.S. medicine includes stalled progress for Black men
As female representation rose dramatically in U.S. medical schools, the number of Black men in ...
Understanding primary progressive aphasia
When you think about progressive brain disorders that cause dementia, you usually think of memory ...
Genetic risk scores developed for six diseases
A team of researchers has developed a genetic risk score for six common diseases, which ...
Infertility history linked with increased risk of heart failure
A new study finds that women who had experienced infertility had a 16 percent increased ...
In Alzheimer’s, DNA errors stress cells, create dysfunction
Inside brain cells, errors in DNA can accumulate as we age. But in patients with ...
It may be increasingly legal but doesn’t mean cannabis is safe
A recent CBS News/YouGov survey found that two-thirds of Americans want recreational marijuana use to ...
Early snapshot of pandemic’s impact on children’s mental health
Home from school and separated from peers during crucial developmental phases, young children and adolescents ...
Lessons from a pandemic
The initial surge of COVID-19 patients in Boston-area hospitals has passed, but the memories of ...
