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- Bats/Pandemics: To prevent future pandemics, leave bats alone. wcs.com
- Addiction/Curb: Weight-loss meds like Ozempic may help curb addictive behaviors. cnn.com
- Dementia/Signs: How do I know if I have dementia? indiatimes.com
- Cancer Metastases/Mechanisms: Mechanisms behind aggressive cancer metastases uncovered. unibas.ch
- Preterm Newborns/Fractures: Pre-term and low birthweight newborns have fewer fractures in childhood than others. uef.fi
- Breastfeeding/Test Scores: How long you breastfeed may impact your child’s test scores later, study shows. cnn.com
- Heart Disease/Risk Factors: 5 biggest (and preventable) risk factors of heart disease. indiatimes.com
- Mother/Premature Baby: Close contact intervention between a mother and her premature baby may reduce risk of mortality by almost a third. bmj.com
- Parkinson’s/Progesterone: Progesterone’s protective potential against Parkinson’s. news.rub.de
- Eyebrows/Genes: A new study uncovers genes that define the appearance of eyebrows. elsevier.com
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