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Dirty Air, Fading Minds: How Pollution Is Reshaping Alzheimer's Risk for Millions
A study of 28 million older Americans finds air pollution may raise Alzheimer's risk by acting directly on the brain, not just through heart disease.
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The Body Has a Built-In Inflammation Brake. Scientists Just Found the Pedal.
A new human study found that fat-derived molecules called epoxy-oxylipins act as the body's natural brake on inflammation, and a drug that boosts them works.
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A Battery-Powered Oxygen Gel Could Rewrite the Fate of Diabetic Wounds
A new oxygen-generating gel from UC Riverside healed diabetic wounds in weeks — and its implications stretch far beyond the wound clinic.
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The Shingles Vaccine May Be Our Best Alzheimer's Drug — And We Already Have It
An international review of 80 drugs found a shingles vaccine may be our most powerful tool against Alzheimer's — and the implications go far beyond the lab.
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The Hidden Mechanism Behind Lecanemab Changes How We Think About Alzheimer's Drugs
Scientists have finally explained how lecanemab clears Alzheimer's plaques, and the answer could rewrite the rules for every drug that follows.
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17 Mar 2026
A Blood Protein Could Tell You When Alzheimer's Will Strike
For decades, the cruelest feature of Alzheimer's disease has not been the memory loss itself but the invisibility of its approach. By the time a person forgets
17 Mar 2026
The Shingles Vaccine May Be Quietly Slowing the Clock on Biological Aging
A vaccine most people associate with preventing a painful, blistering rash is turning out to have a far more surprising story to tell. A large national study of
17 Mar 2026
The Blood Flow Signal That Could Rewrite How We Detect Alzheimer's
For decades, the dominant story of Alzheimer's disease has been a molecular one: amyloid plaques accumulate between neurons, tau proteins tangle inside them, an
17 Mar 2026
The Pneumonia Bacterium That May Be Quietly Rewiring the Alzheimer's Brain
Every year, millions of people catch a respiratory infection, recover, and move on without a second thought. But a growing body of research is raising an uncomf
17 Mar 2026
Ultramarathons Are Quietly Damaging the Cells That Keep Runners Alive
There is a particular kind of athlete who finds the marathon distance almost quaint. For ultramarathon runners, the real work begins somewhere around mile 30, i
17 Mar 2026
The Hidden Cost of Colorblindness: How a Vision Gap Is Letting Bladder Cancer Win
Most people who are colorblind have spent their lives navigating a world designed for trichromatic vision, learning workarounds for traffic lights, wine labels,
17 Mar 2026
Heart Disease Will Affect 60% of American Women by 2050, AHA Warns
The numbers arriving from the American Heart Association are not a distant warning. They are a forecast built from trends already underway, already measurable,
17 Mar 2026
The Only Licensed Drug for Dementia Agitation Is Riskier Than Doctors Assumed
Risperidone has long occupied an uncomfortable but seemingly necessary place in dementia care. It is the only antipsychotic formally licensed in the UK for mana
17 Mar 2026
The Protein Behind Diabetic Blindness Was Hiding in Plain Sight
Every year, millions of people with diabetes lose their vision not suddenly, but gradually, through a slow erosion that begins long before any symptom announces
17 Mar 2026
The Focus Supplement Linked to Shorter Lifespans in Men
Every morning, millions of men reach for a supplement promising sharper thinking and better performance. Tyrosine, an amino acid found naturally in chicken, che
