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Can’t quiet your mind? Watching your brain might help you meditate.

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by Katya Poltorak
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This cancer vaccine makes its own oxygen and gives T-cells a boost

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by Katya Poltorak
Sherman adjusts an EEG electrode on a cap fitted to a study participant's head, shot from a low angle with a tangle of colored wires visible against the cap.

This professor is studying how brainwaves can cut crippling joint pain

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by Rich McKay
Illustration of a woman running on a treadmill connected by sound waves to a brain, which processes overlapping speech bubbles and a conversation between two people at a table.

Could exercise help you hear in a noisy room? Early results say yes

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by Katya Poltorak
Students sit cross-legged in a meditation pose with eyes closed, hands resting on their knees in mudra position.

Where did your attention go? Five insights about changing your mind

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by Katya Poltorak
Close-up of kratom powder pressed into round tablets.

Why Massachusetts banned this addictive Asian plant

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by Cesareo Contreras
A school bus driver wearing a neon vest giving a high five to a young student.

Grandparents, teachers and even bus drivers can build resilient kids

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by Katya Poltorak
A pipette drips liquid into a petri dish in a lab, with test tubes in a rack in the foreground.

Moderna and Merck show personalized cancer vaccines can work.

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by Katya Poltorak
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Diet culture is back. Are GLP-1s fueling eating disorders?

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by Katya Poltorak
A close up of a hand holding a vial of the MMR vaccine.

More measles outbreaks feared as children head back to school

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by Rich McKay
Actress Hayden Panettiere poses at a red carpet event.

Hayden Panettiere’s death and the dangerous duo of addiction and PPD

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by Katya Poltorak
Physician in surgical gown and mask holding an endoscope, monitor beside her displaying the live internal camera feed.

Is age more than just a number when it comes to health screenings?

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by Cyrus Moulton