Health and Medicine

When Inequality Gets Under the Skin: Epigenetics and Cardiovascular Disparities

Epigenetics shows that inequality is not just experienced, but is biologically embedded. Chronic stressors like racism, poverty, and environmental exposure can alter gene expression, reshape the body’s stress response, and even accelerate cardiovascular disease risk across generations.

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Science News

A Future Worth Remembering: Advancing Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease

With over 7 million Americans affected and no cure in sight, Alzheimer’s remains one of the most devastating diseases of our time. But a new wave of blood-based diagnostics could change everything by shifting detection years earlier and redefining what it means to prepare.

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Science News

Who Really Has the Advantage in Medical School Admissions?

Becoming a doctor is one of the most respected career paths in the world. It promises an opportunity to help, to save lives, and make a lasting impact. But even before you take your first step into an MD or DO program, there’s a high-stakes game playing out in applications,

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Science News, Society and Psychology

The far-reaching influence of celebrities on body image and eating disorders

In today’s continually body-conscious media, celebrities are often presented in a manner that provides narrow definitions of what beauty entails. Photos of exceptionally ‘perfect’ and impossibly attractive celebrities are all around us, from billboards to shop windows to social media such as Instagram. Why is it that the ‘latest look’

Health and Medicine, Science News

Antimalarial treatments for rheumatoid arthritis and lupus affect skeletal muscles

Antimalarial (AM) treatments, such as chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), have been used to treat autoimmune disorders for over sixty years. It has been an effective treatment of autoimmune inflammatory disorders like rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) by decreasing the body’s inflammatory response. However, recent research is

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