Federal scientists released their annual forecast for Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms on June 26, 2025, and they expect a mild to moderate season. However, anyone who comes in contact with toxic algae can face health risks. And 2014, when…
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Toxic algae blooms are lasting longer in Lake Erie − why that’s a worry for people and pets
Federal scientists released their annual forecast for Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms on June 26, 2025, and they expect a mild to moderate season. However, anyone who comes in contact with the blooms can face health risks, and it’s…
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Erectile Dysfunction Is Rising, And It’s More Than Just Blood Flow
Extra strong pills for sale at an adult sex shop in Soho, central London, United Kingdom. Photo by … More
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is no longer merely a symptom of aging but a…
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Acid-busting diet triggers 13-pound weight loss in just 16 weeks
Compared with a Mediterranean diet, dietary acid load decreased significantly on a low-fat vegan diet and was associated with weight loss, according to a randomized cross-over trial conducted by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine…
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Patient Survival Jumps If In-Hospital MD Aced Assessment Test: Study
Patients are significantly likelier to survive a hospital stay if their hospitalist scored in the … More
The odds that a patient survives a…
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My Kidney Cancer Taught Me That Patients Aren’t Consumers
concept – kidney tumor.
Most normal people, when told they have kidney cancer, worry about what that means for their long-term health. I’m not normal. When I discovered I had a 1cm tumor growing on my left kidney, I wondered: “How much…
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New Marker Identified on Tumors Improves Immunotherapy
Tumors are heterogenous masses of cells that rapidly divide. Many cells have different mutations, functions, and ways to avoid immune cell detection and drive tumor progression. The heterogeneity of tumors is…
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I’m a physician who has looked at hundreds of studies of vaccine safety, and here’s some of what RFK Jr. gets wrong
In the four months since he began serving as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made many public statements about vaccines that have cast doubt on their safety and on the objectivity of
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New Method of Immunotherapy Improves Treatment Efficacy
The immune system is central to identifying and eliminating foreign pathogens that enter the body. The innate and adaptive immune responses work together to provide effective immunity against invaders….
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Cancer Patients Face Silent Crisis From Superbugs, New Research Shows
Over the last six months, several major studies have laid bare the threat posed by antimicrobial … More
In the past 20 years, cancer medicine has been revolutionized by an array of new treatments,…
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