New Super-Drug Stronger Than Fentanyl Spreading Across U.S.

A new federal threat notice says a little-known opioid, cychlorphine, has been linked to 55 U.S. deaths since 2025, and it is showing up...

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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 TakeFever happens when immune signals tell the brain's hypothalamus to...

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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...
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Restart a Heart – Lifesaving CPR Training

A kid who learns to push hard and fast on a chest can double someone's chance of walking out of the hospital alive.Quick TakeBystander...
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Counting Calories? Tufts Doc Calls It Harmful

A Tufts nutrition dean says counting calories might be the worst habit in your diet, not the best one.Quick TakeDariush Mozaffarian, former dean of...
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The Tiny Cell That Triggers Crippling Back Pain

Scientists have found the hidden stem cell that may be quietly narrowing the lower spine and pressing on nerves for millions of people.Quick TakeResearchers...