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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Environment and Ecology, Science News

Coral Communities in the Caribbean – Transformation Since Human Arrival

Study: Cramer, Katie, Mary Donovan, Jeremy Jackson, Benjamin Greenstein, Chelsea Korpanty, Geoffrey Cook, and John Pandolfi. “The Transformation of Caribbean Coral Communities since Humans.” Preprint. Preprints, January 12, 2021. https://doi.org/10.22541/au.161048962.21724991/v1. Coral Reefs in the West For years now every so often we see another headline about the decline of the

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