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Zachary W. Binder, UMass Chan Medical School
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Susan Yeargin, University of South Carolina
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Four health conditions linked to gum disease
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Christine Bryson, Anglia Ruskin University
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Christopher Damman, University of Washington
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TRUTH in Labeling Act would heighten the warning for shoppers looking to cut sugar,...
Kimberly Baker, Clemson University
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Nancy Kressin, Boston University; Christine M. Gunn, Dartmouth College; Priscilla J. Slanetz, Boston University, and Tracy A. Battaglia, Yale University
The Food and Drug Administration...
How to get your kids ready to go back to school without stress −...
Shannon Pickett, Purdue University
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Antibiotic-resistant infections on the rise
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Nasia Safdar, University of Wisconsin-Madison
A new study from the National Institutes of...
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Professor Helen Marshall, University of Adelaide
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Headlines from the National Institutes of Health
- Dr. Kyle Walsh selected to lead the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- HHS Doubles AI-Backed Childhood Cancer Research Funding
- Secretary Kennedy Swears in Dr. Anthony Letai as Director of the National Cancer Institute
- NIH establishes nation's first dedicated organoid development center to reduce reliance on animal modeling
- NIH launches $50M Autism Data Science Initiative to unlock causes and improve outcomes
- Repeated head impacts cause early neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes
- NIH launches landmark project on whole-person health and function
- NIH launches consortium to reduce risk of stillbirth in the U.S.
- Acupuncture treatment improves disabling effects of chronic low back pain in older adults
- Treating opioid addiction in jails improves treatment engagement, reduces overdose deaths and reincarceration
- One dose of antibiotic treats early syphilis as well as three doses
- Phantom limb study rewires our understanding of the brain
- NIH scientists lay foundation for potential gene-editing therapy for late-onset Tay-Sachs
- Two-dose therapy for S. aureus bloodstream infections on par with standard treatment
- Quitting smoking is associated with recovery from other addictions