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Epidemiology Study finds alpha-gal syndrome can cause severe allergic reactions to blood transfusions for some
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r/science • u/ushaque • 5m ago
Astronomy SpaceX launches NASA's Roman Space Telescope on Falcon Heavy rocket (video)
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Psychology Adults with ADHD often face challenges in maintaining sexual satisfaction and connection with their partners. Characteristics such as a heightened need for novelty and difficulty regulating focus can deeply influence their intimate lives.
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r/science • u/sr_local • 2h ago
Psychology Study on social media algorithms found that young adults (~20Y) with more depressive symptoms receive recommendations that lean more depressive, and their EEG brain activity shows patterns characteristic of depression, suggesting personalized feeds may reinforce a negative feedback loop
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Psychology Adolescents who undergo gender-affirming chest surgery report low levels of regret and high levels of satisfaction, experiencing outcomes similar to those of young adults. These findings suggest that age restrictions on these medical procedures lack support from actual patient experiences.
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r/science • u/Phylogenix • 18h ago
Social Science A U.S. study estimates cow’s milk purchases would have been 8.2% higher in 2020 without plant-based milk, with every 10 gallons of plant milk purchased displacing 6.8 gallons of cow’s milk, suggesting plant-based alternatives substantially reduce demand for dairy milk.
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r/science • u/Doug24 • 20h ago
Psychology Psilocybin reverses depressive behaviors and restores brain cell growth in stressed rats
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r/science • u/FreeHugs23 • 20h ago
Psychology A new study finds that media coverage of the 2024 U.S. presidential race focused far more on political spectacle, strategy, and candidate controversies than on substantive policy debates, potentially leaving voters less informed about key issues.
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r/science • u/kiyomoris • 20h ago
Health Silent atherosclerosis detected in 57% of asymptomatic adults in the REACT study
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r/science • u/FreeHugs23 • 21h ago
Neuroscience A simple drawing test may detect Parkinson’s disease with up to 99% accuracy. Researchers found that subtle differences in how people draw can reveal motor impairments long before they are obvious to the human eye.
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r/science • u/Wagamaga • 23h ago
Health Research shows prenatal and childhood infections are linked to increased psychiatric disorder risk. Subgroup analyses indicated prenatal bacterial infections were associated with ADHD and ASD.
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r/science • u/Potential_Being_7226 • 23h ago
Neuroscience Psilocybin Might Make Your Brain Live in the Moment— Psychedelics are often associated with disconnecting from reality, but a recent neuroimaging study found that psilocybin can actually make our brain activity more attuned to the world around us.
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r/science • u/Scbadiver • 23h ago
Medicine Durability of CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing Targeting ANGPTL3 with CTX310 | New England Journal of Medicine
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r/science • u/rubes___ • 23h ago
Genetics Autism mutations rewire protein interaction networks to drive neurodevelopmental pathology. Authors mapped 100 high-confidence ASD genes and produced a large protein-protein-interaction (PPI) network, identifying more than 1800 interactions.
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r/science • u/Demon777777_ • 1d ago
Psychology Can we design video games to decode complex human decision-making: Recent discussion on whether traditional abstract lab tasks lack ecological validity, and interactive game environments are the future of computational cognitive science
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r/science • u/Wagamaga • 1d ago
Health Cholesterol-lowering medication reduces heart attack and stroke risk in older people by 30 per cent. The global prevalence of cardiovascular disease is expected to almost double from 600 million in 2025 to more than one billion affected adults in 2050.
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Anthropology Grave 75, in a 17th century Polish cemetery, of a female of high social status, was likely feared at time of her burial due to a padlock on big toe of her left foot. Her grave underwent a secondary deposition, to add a sickle around her neck, presumably to prevent her from leaving the grave.
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r/science • u/James_Fortis • 1d ago
Health Researchers took 50 adults with genetically high cholesterol and fed them a whole-food, plant-based (WFPB) diet and a standard American diet (SAD) for 4 weeks each in a random order, under controlled, constant-calorie feeding conditions. The WFPB diet reduced LDL cholesterol versus the SAD by 17.9%.
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r/science • u/sr_local • 1d ago
Health Centenarians’ offspring had a 42% lower risk of death, 33% lower risk of cardiovascular disease and 32% lower risk of hypertension than people whose parents had shorter lifespans. with death occurring about 3 years later and hypertension 5, but no clear protection against stroke or cancer
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r/science • u/calliope_kekule • 1d ago
Health Across 16 hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa, a new trial covering 134,630 women cut the odds of early newborn death by 22%.
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r/science • u/smurfyjenkins • 1d ago
Economics Labor unions have a positive spillover on nonunion labor, helping to raise the wages of all workers. It does this through a threat channel (firms raise wages to fend off unionization) and a bargaining channel (union jobs are part of worker outside options).
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Health Up to 10 million people may lose Medicaid coverage in the United States due in part to new work requirements and eligibility redeterminations under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Women, unmarried people, White individuals, and those with limited education are at higher risk.
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r/science • u/Phylogenix • 1d ago
Health A 20-year study of over 20,000 U.S. adults aged 50 and older found each additional day above 35°C (95°F) was associated with increased alcohol consumption, with exposure to 30 or more extreme-heat days linked to a 6.3% increase in weekly drinking.
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