New studies on health, explained in plain words.
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The brain after a heart-lung machine: biomarkers and blood values, and what two of them showed in a new study in sheep
Read the article: The brain after a heart-lung machine: biomarkers and blood values, and what two of them showed in a new study in sheepBiomarkers and blood values after a heart-lung machine: a sheep study from Melbourne tracked two brain proteins in the blood. What it showed and what it did not.
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Your biorhythm: why the same half hour of sleep carries a different weight
Read the article: Your biorhythm: why the same half hour of sleep carries a different weightBiorhythm: sleeping, sitting, standing and moving share one day of 24 hours. A study of 68,995 adults suggests that half an hour carries a different weight for short sleepers.
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Female hormonal health and iron: what a new review says about hormones and hepcidin
Read the article: Female hormonal health and iron: what a new review says about hormones and hepcidinFemale hormonal health: estradiol pushes the iron hormone hepcidin down, progesterone pushes it up. What a 2026 review found and left open.
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Heart rate and fitness: can talking therapy change your heart rhythm?
Read the article: Heart rate and fitness: can talking therapy change your heart rhythm?New review: talking therapy for low mood or anxiety goes together with more variation between heartbeats. What does that say about heart rate and fitness?
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Transcendental meditation at work: what six months among university staff showed
Read the article: Transcendental meditation at work: what six months among university staff showedAn Australian study tested six months of transcendental meditation among university staff. What the study found about stress, and where its limits lie.
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Healthy blood pressure: why so few people reach it, and the new map from the American Heart Association
Read the article: Healthy blood pressure: why so few people reach it, and the new map from the American Heart AssociationHealthy blood pressure: only one in five people in the US who know they must lower it reach the target. What new guidance proposes and what you can do.
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