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$10 Cambridge Chip Could Read Your Blood Sugar

A coin-sized chip built at the University of Cambridge could one day read your blood sugar, your hydration, even your blood alcohol level, all...

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Hidden Body Trap Triples Diabetes Risk

Weak muscles paired with extra body fat may raise your diabetes risk more than carrying excess weight alone ever could.Quick TakeA UK Biobank study of nearly 480,000 adults found people with low muscle and...

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Steffi Jones, Zhang Zhongqi, Andreas Hestler, Christin Priebst, Colin David Jones, and Chuck Howley among marathon runners

Human Limits Shattered on a Track Loop

One man ran nearly 200 miles without stopping for a full day, and his body somehow held together the whole time.Quick TakeLithuanian ultrarunner Aleksandr...
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Health risks associated with low levels of alcohol consumption

Your very first sip of alcohol starts a chemical chain reaction that scientists now say carries cancer risk with no safe starting point.Quick TakeThe...
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Why do you get a fever when you’re sick?

Your body cranks up its own internal heat on purpose when germs invade, and that fever is not a malfunction but a calculated defense.Quick...
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Heart Disease Risk: Cholesterol Dogma SHAKEN

A heart surgeon says the number of artery-clogging particles, not just the cholesterol inside them, should guide how we prevent heart attacks—and that shifts...
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The Animals That Live On Every Face

Right now, tiny eight-legged creatures are crawling across your eyelashes, and tonight, in the dark, they will mate on your face while you sleep.Quick...