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Keep menstrual cramps away the dietary prevention way
Plus: Unemotional robots provoke emotional humans, superorganisms walk and leap around children’s mouths.
From the Journals
Antioxidant-rich diet may reduce Helicobacter pylori risk
These are the latest data suggesting that balanced diets high in fruits and vegetables may provide an antioxidant environment allowing the body to...
From the Journals
Early FMT shows promise for preventing recurrent C. difficile
The results of this trial suggest that microbiota restoration might be necessary to obtain sustained resolution following C. difficile...
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Malaria vaccine gets special delivery by tiny health personnel
Plus: Sleeping and sweating the years away and dragon-sized embezzling from a cancer charity.
Conference Coverage
Strong link found between enterovirus and type 1 diabetes
Relationship is particularly high within 1 month of type 1 diabetes onset, suggesting potential preventive role for vaccination or antivirals.
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Meet our newest genetically engineered frenemy, herpes
Plus: Cooking and cleaning your way to air pollution, dying to become a tree, and thawing out “COVID-frozen” goals.
From the Journals
Can we eliminate measles and rubella worldwide?
“It’s essential to be hitting kids who haven’t already had a routine vaccine.”
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Early bird gets the worm, night owl gets the diabetes
Plus: Sweating for mosquito science, sharing genes with zebrafish, and sharing vomit with synanthropic flies.
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‘Dr. Caveman’ had a leg up on amputation
Plus: Walking your way to a quieter baby, lending a nose to Parkinson’s research, and identifying the office flirts.
Livin' on the MDedge
One fish, two fish, are good fish for you ... fish
Plus: The secret lives of Vikings’ parasites, the first truck to perform a vasectomy, and the benefits of random-but-not-quite noise.
From the Journals
Acute myocarditis a possible complication of monkeypox
“This case highlights cardiac involvement as a potential complication associated with monkeypox infection.”