Inflammation Keeps Us Alive. It's Also Making Us Sick. - The New York Times

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Chronic inflammation underlies many age-related diseases; GLP-1 drugs reduce inflammation but also risk infection, while real-time monitoring may soon personalize treatment.

Spring Allergy Season Is Coming. Here’s How to Make It Less Miserable. - The New York Times
Starting allergy treatments like antihistamines or nasal sprays several weeks before spring begins can reduce symptom severity throughout the season.
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Ozempic is changing the foods Americans buy
GLP-1 medications like Ozempic reduce household grocery spending by 5.3% and shift purchases from snacks to yogurt, fruit, and nutrition bars.
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What happens when you clone mice for 20 years straight?
Serial cloning of mice for 58 generations accumulated mutations and chromosomal abnormalities, causing efficiency to drop to near zero, yet surviving clones had normal lifespans.
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Brain has five ‘eras’, scientists say – with adult mode not starting until early 30s | Neuroscience
A study of brain scans from nearly 4,000 people identifies five developmental epochs with key turning points around ages nine, 32, 66, and 83.
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The golden age of vaccine development - Works in Progress Magazine
Vaccine development has progressed from serendipitous discoveries to a systematic, atomic-precision science, enabling the design of new vaccines in weeks rather than centuries.
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