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Moms with HIV can breastfeed if taking treatment and virus is undetectable, pediatricians’ group says

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Rachel Carter

CNN  —  Each time LaTonya looks at framed photos of herself breastfeeding her baby son for the first time, she swells with ...

Scientists Confirm Microplastics Now Detected in Human Testicles : ScienceAlert

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Rachel Carter

We can now add testicles to the list of places where microplastics have managed to spread – alongside human placentas, ancient rocks, ...

Gene test may predict success on injectable weight loss drugs, a step toward precision medicine for obesity

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Rachel Carter

bymuratdeniz/E+/Getty Images A new genetic risk score called “hungry gut” may help determine who will lose more weight on new injected medications. ...

People using popular drugs for weight loss, diabetes are more likely to be diagnosed with stomach paralysis, studies confirm

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Rachel Carter

CNN  —  Injected medications that treat diabetes and obesity increase the risk of a rare but serious side effect: stomach paralysis, according ...

Mask Myth Busted? New Research Reveals That Wearing Face Masks Did Not Reduce Risk of COVID Infection After First Omicron Wave

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Rachel Carter

Research from the University of East Anglia reveals that wearing face masks did not significantly reduce Covid-19 infection risk following the initial ...

Google’s Top Autocomplete Suggestion for “How to Edge” Is Wild

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Rachel Carter

It is our somber duty to report, dear reader, that if you search the words “how to edge” on Google, the top ...

Pregnancy Changes the Brain in More Ways Than We Knew

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Rachel Carter

When Dr. Liz Chrastil was ready to begin in vitro fertilization, she realized becoming pregnant could also serve as a data ...

Pre-Pandemic Brain Wiring Predicted Teen Mental Health During COVID

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Rachel Carter

Summary: A large study using pre-pandemic brain scans of adolescents reveals that brain wiring before COVID-19 predicted mental health outcomes during the ...

I am the magical sexual creature everyone is hunting for. But I want even more.

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Rachel Carter

How to Do It is Slate’s sex advice column. Have a question? Send it to Stoya and Rich here. It’s anonymous! Dear How to ...

Winston-Salem father beats ‘Glioblastoma’ Stage 4 Brain Cancer twice

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Rachel Carter

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — May is Brain Tumor Awareness Month. According to BrainTumor.org, those diagnosed with Glioblastoma have an average survival rate of ...