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An Experimental Drug Targets Alzheimer's Before the First Memory Fades
A drug called NU-9 blocks toxic brain proteins before Alzheimer's symptoms appear, and it could reshape how we think about prevention entirely.
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Scientists Find a Metabolic Weak Spot in the Drug-Resistant Fungus Candida auris
A new living-host model let scientists watch Candida auris hunt for nutrients during infection, revealing a potential weak spot in one of medicine's most feared pathogens.
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The Blood Flow Fix That Could Reframe How We Treat Dementia
A newly identified lipid deficiency causes brain blood vessels to malfunction — and restoring it could reframe how dementia is treated and prevented.
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Sudan at 1,000 Days: How a Collapsing Health System Feeds Its Own Disaster
Sudan's 1,000th day of war reveals not just a humanitarian catastrophe but a self-reinforcing collapse that no single intervention can easily reverse.
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WHO Warns Weak Drink Taxes Are Fueling a Global Health Crisis
The WHO says governments are letting harmful drinks stay too cheap, and the compounding health costs are now impossible to ignore.
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Men Are Losing the Y Chromosome With Age — and the Consequences May Be Severe
Every man carries a Y chromosome in nearly every cell of his body. It is the genetic signature of biological maleness, the chromosome that triggers testosterone
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The Case for Eating Your Skincare: Vitamin C Works From the Inside Out
The skincare industry has spent decades convincing consumers that the path to better skin runs through a serum bottle. Vitamin C, in particular, has become one
20 Mar 2026
Clogged Brain Drains May Be the Earliest Warning Sign of Alzheimer's
For decades, the hunt for an early Alzheimer's warning sign has felt like chasing a ghost. By the time memory lapses become noticeable, the brain has often alre
20 Mar 2026
Stanford Cracks the Code on mRNA Vaccines and Heart Inflammation
For three years, the myocarditis signal sat in the data like a splinter — real, rare, and poorly understood. Young men, mostly teenagers and men in their twen
20 Mar 2026
The WHO Pandemic Agreement Has a Pathogen-Sharing Problem Nobody Wants to Solve
When the World Health Assembly adopted the WHO Pandemic Agreement in May 2025, it was celebrated as a historic breakthrough, the first binding international ins
20 Mar 2026
The Resurrection of a Banned Metabolism Drug — This Time, Safer
For decades, the idea of a pill that simply makes your body burn more calories has sat at the uncomfortable intersection of scientific ambition and cautionary h
20 Mar 2026
Your Body Clock May Be Sounding a Dementia Alarm Years Before Diagnosis
There is something quietly radical about the idea that the rhythm of your day, the arc of your energy from morning to night, could be whispering warnings about
20 Mar 2026
The U.S. Withdraws from WHO Again — and the World Will Feel It
The World Health Organization has confirmed it received formal notification of the United States' withdrawal, calling the decision one that makes "both the Unit
20 Mar 2026
WHO's Traditional Medicine Summit Signals a Shift in Global Health Priorities
New Delhi became the unlikely epicenter of a quiet revolution in global health policy last week, as the second WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine wrapped
20 Mar 2026
WHO's School Food Guidelines Signal a Reckoning With How Nations Feed Their Children
The World Health Organization has issued a new global guideline calling on governments and school systems to build healthier food environments for children, arg
