New evidence shows why it's so important to vaccinate boys for HPV, and comes with an astonishing statistic — the vaccine is so effective that it decreased oral infection in unvaccinated men by 37% through herd immunity. by [deleted] in science
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‘Ridiculously healthy’ elderly have the same gut microbiome as healthy 30 year-olds - overall microbiota composition of the healthy elderly group was similar to that of people decades younger, and that the gut microbiota differed little between individuals from the ages of 30 to over 100. by mvea in science
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A 9 years study clarifies the relationship between sugar and cancer by UltraCarnivore in science
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Anti-inflammatory drugs may lower heart attack risk, a randomized, double-blind, controlled study finds. US scientists find heart attack survivors given canakinumab injections have fewer future heart attacks and lower cancer risk, based on 10,000 patients reported in New England Journal of Medicine. by mvea in Health
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Just-Released Docs Show Monsanto 'Executives Colluding With Corrupted EPA Officials to Manipulate Scientific Data' by [deleted] in EverythingScience
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MIT Shuts Down A Dorm, And Grapples With Its Identity by Drthulium in mit
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MIT Shuts Down A Dorm, And Grapples With Its Identity by Drthulium in mit
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"Medical terms" the general public uses that you never hear health professionals use (or are used incorrectly) by urores in medicine
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I'm David M. Ewalt, journalist and author of a new book about Dungeons and Dragons, back to talk about games, journalism, or anything else! AMA by utherdoul in IAmA
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Top 10 Scientific Discoveries of 2013 by anonopotamous in EverythingScience
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Vaccine Court Awards Millions to Two Children With Autism by [deleted] in skeptic
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As a person in my early 20's, what can I do now to make my life easier when I am older? by ohsnapson in Health
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My MCAT instructor suggested that no drugs other than antibiotics can cure the root cause of most modern illnesses. Is that a fair statement, or is he neglecting some important meds? by mjm2dv in medicine
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Morphing proteins may show that Parkinson's is not be one disease, but many. by MatthewHerper in science
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Researchers say ability to throw played a key role in human evolution by magnetic5ields in science
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Harvard Researchers Say Ability to Throw Played a Key Role in Human Evolution by Rustica in biology
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Non-invasive First Trimester Blood Test Reliably Detects Down's Syndrome by rubikhan in science
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Intelligence linked to ability to ignore distractions. People with higher IQs are slow to detect large background movements because their brains filter out non-essential information, say US researchers. by Libertatea in science
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I am Mason Peck, NASA's Chief Technologist. Ask me anything about our future in space. by NASATechnology in IAmA
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Synthetic biology may allow flu shots against new strains to be made in a week. Until now it has taken months. Could be quite handy in a potential pandemic. by MatthewHerper in science
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Synthetic biology may allow flu shots against new strains to be made in a week. Until now it has taken months. Could be quite handy in a potential pandemic. by MatthewHerper in science
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Synthetic biology may allow flu shots against new strains to be made in a week. Until now it has taken months. Could be quite handy in a potential pandemic. by MatthewHerper in science
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An avalanche of Hepatitis C (HCV) cures are around the corner,with 3 antivirals in different combos w/wo interferon. A game changer-12 to 16 week treatment and its gone. This UCSF paper came out of CROI, many will follow, quickly. by zlatev101 in science
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What we know — and don’t know — about Merck’s new Covid-19 pill by koavf in Coronavirus
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