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Doctors told her to remove her uterus. The real cause of her pain lay elsewhere. - The Washington Post
health 2026/05/02 10:30:47

Doctors told her to remove her uterus. The real cause of her pain lay elsewhere. - The Washington Post

After years of worsening pain, irregular periods and soaring hormone levels, doctors discovered it wasn’t her reproductive organs driving her illness.

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Americans aren't sleeping enough. Here's what could help - NPR
health 2026/05/02 10:30:00

Americans aren't sleeping enough. Here's what could help - NPR

Nearly a third of Americans get less than the recommended seven hours of sleep a night. A lot of us struggle to get to bed as we power through tasks or get lost in endless scrolling. Here’s help.

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Scientists link daytime sleep-like brain waves to attention lapses in ADHD - PsyPost
health 2026/05/02 10:10:09

Scientists link daytime sleep-like brain waves to attention lapses in ADHD - PsyPost

For adults with ADHD, staying focused is often a daily struggle. New research suggests these attention lapses occur because the waking brain frequently slips into brief, sleep-like states, blurring the biological boundary between sleep and wakefulness.

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AI finds signs of pancreatic cancer before tumors develop - NBC News
health 2026/05/02 10:00:00

AI finds signs of pancreatic cancer before tumors develop - NBC News

An artificial intelligence model from the Mayo Clinic detected early signs of possible pancreatic cancer on scans up to two years before patients were diagnosed.

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Nature vs nurture: How much of our personalities are determined at birth? - BBC
health 2026/05/02 09:06:17

Nature vs nurture: How much of our personalities are determined at birth? - BBC

Research is revealing surprising new insights about how much our genes do – and don’t – make us who we are.

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Scientists Found Another Disturbing Thing Ultra-Processed Food Does to Your Body - VICE
health 2026/05/02 07:30:00

Scientists Found Another Disturbing Thing Ultra-Processed Food Does to Your Body - VICE

Not too long ago, I wrote about an op-ed in the New York Times by a Georgetown professor arguing that “junk food” (a term he used for the ultra-processed slop that is TikTok and the like) is eroding our attention spans. Now, just a couple of weeks later, rese…

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