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Une trop forte réaction immunitaire à un virus peut être mortelle et une trop petite le laissera nous infecter. Comment trouver le bon équilibre ? Le secret est peut-être dans notre microbiome.
The microbes living in the gut are key to good health.
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The microbes in your gut influence how your immune system reacts to bacteria and viruses. A severe immune reaction is deadly; a small one lets the virus win. The right balance may depend on your diet.
Researchers are now testing treatments for several kinds of visual impairment.
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Minjin Kim, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Researchers have found a way to encourage cervical cancer screenings and vaccinations in Korean American women. Might their findings also work in other underrepresented populations?
Former President Jimmy Carter pictured at an Atlanta Braves-Toronto Blue Jays game in Atlanta on Sept. 17, 2015, shortly after being treated for melanoma.
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Cancer mortality has dropped in the US, due largely to lower smoking rates, as well as early detection and better treatments. These advances often do not extend to people in developing nations.
The everyday stressors of life can lead to worrisome thoughts.
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James Carmody, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Are you a worry wart? Not to worry. Turns out you were born that way, to some degree. Humans have a default mode in their brains that lead them to worry, but there are many ways to switch gears.
The U.S. incarcerates more people than any other place in the world. Warehousing people in prison is costly and unsustainable.
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Hemant Khanna, University of Massachusetts Medical School
When you think of viruses, you might think of the horrible illnesses they cause, like flu or Ebola. But now researchers are learning how to use the unique traits of viruses to treat disease.
Sgt. Ron Helus, killed by gunshot Nov. 8, 2018, was remembered and honored at his funeral Nov. 14, 2018.
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Michael Hirsh, University of Massachusetts Medical School
In response to the NRA telling doctors to 'stay in their lane' on gun control, doctors loudly and clearly came back with this response: This is our lane. A surgeon explains their concern and urgency.
An exam room at the Planned Parenthood South Austin Health Center in Texas.
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John Harris, University of Massachusetts Medical School
An autoimmune disease called vitiligo causes white spots to appear on the body, in some cases completely erasing an individual's pigmentation. But a new therapy is on the horizon.
One in 7 women suffer depression around pregnancy.
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Tiffany Moore Simas, University of Massachusetts Medical School and Nancy Byatt, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Depression can have a profound impact on mothers and their children. But women often have no idea that they have depression – nor do their medical providers.
Chief of Hematology/Oncology, Medical Director of the Cancer Center, and Eleanor Eustis Farrington Chair in Cancer Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School