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Dec 2025
Recurrent strokes can be avoided with optimal prevention and follow-up
Patients who have had a stroke are prescribed medication to prevent new strokes. Nevertheless, fewer than half achieve the optimal treatment targets.
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Dec 2025
How anger and injustice shape the course of chronic pain
We all know stress can worsen pain, but new research shows that anger and a sense of injustice may be even more powerful triggers. In a study of more than 700 people living with chronic pain, researchers uncovered four distinct "anger profiles" that help explain why some patients hurt more, and longer, than others.
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Dec 2025
A personalized approach to treating pancreatic cancer
It's not surprising that pancreatic cancer is often referred to as a silent killer. With few early symptoms and an aggressive nature, it has one of the lowest survival rates of all cancers.
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Dec 2025
Accessible parks, not just greenery, can increase everyday physical activity
The health benefits of nature are well-known, but its role in encouraging day-to-day physical activity across different regions and demographics has been less clear.
3
Dec 2025
Understanding why simple images feel more aesthetically pleasing
Humans may find images that take less energy to process aesthetically pleasing, suggesting that our attraction to beauty is at least partially an energy conservation strategy.
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Dec 2025
Mindfulness can help reduce problematic smartphone use
With more than four billion people around the globe owning a smartphone, researchers are now looking at ways to reduce a growing public health concern-problematic smartphone use.
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Dec 2025
Settling the creatine safety debate
Research confirms creatine's safety, highlighting misinformation and low-quality supplements as primary concerns over cancer and kidney health risks.
3
Dec 2025
Hidden cellular layers in the hippocampus' CA1 region revealed
Researchers at the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have identified a previously unknown pattern of organization in one of the brain's most important areas for learning and memory.
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Dec 2025
Daily tracking menstrual cycles show affects on athletes
New research reveals how daily tracking of menstrual and contraceptive symptoms impacts elite athletes' performance and well-being more accurately than surveys.
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Dec 2025
Ultrasound can aid in treating vascular occlusion events from cosmetic filler injections
Ultrasound can aid in treating complications from cosmetic filler injections, according to research being presented this week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
